Satish Dharmaraj

Satish Dharmaraj, Founder and CEO of Zimbra

Satish Dharmaraj is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist who founded Zimbra, an open source email and collaboration software company, in 2003. He served as CEO until selling Zimbra to Yahoo! for $350 million in 2007.1

Key Facts About Satish Dharmaraj

• Founded Zimbra in 2003 and served as CEO until selling to Yahoo in 2007 for $350 million1
• Currently a general partner at Redpoint Ventures, ranked #5 on the 2024 Forbes Midas List of top 100 venture capital investors1
• Previously held positions at Openwave Systems, Sun Microsystems, and IBM12
• Holds degrees in Computer Science and Electronics Engineering, as well as an executive management degree from Harvard Business School1
• Has invested in successful startups like Snowflake, Pure Storage, Zendesk and others1
• Wrote a blog post in 2013 outlining his vision for reinventing corporate email, which led to his investment in Acompli which was acquired by Microsoft for $200 million2

Satish Dharmaraj is considered one of Silicon Valley's leading venture capitalists, with a track record of successful entrepreneurship and investments. His experience founding and leading Zimbra to a large exit has informed his work as an investor and advisor to many promising startups.12