Seetharam Venkatesh

Seetharam Venkatesh is a seasoned enterprise technology expert with vast experience at the bleeding edge of innovation. Venkatesh served as a Partner at Capital One Ventures where he focused on enterprise investing efforts, and he invested in numerous enterprise startups such as Snowflake (IPO), ThoughtSpot (Unicorn), and more. He has an excellent operating career, building platforms, and leading engineering teams at Hortonworks, Yahoo!, and other successful startups. Venkatesh was also part of the team that built Hadoop at Yahoo!.

In summary, Venkatesh is a results-driven, innovative senior information technology executive and business partner specializing in enterprise technology. He has a proven track record of operating at the leading edge at all times, emphasizing early-stage investments in the enterprise technology space. He excels at developing platforms, leading impactful teams, guiding startups, and delivering exceptional returns via meaningful IT practices. He's an angel investor, former Apache member, mentor, committer/PMC on various projects at The Apache Software Foundation, and former investor and board observer at Hazelcast, among others. Venkatesh is a highly qualified and highly sought-after individual in the technology industry.