Asheem Chandna

Trusted venture capital partner. First call for ambitious engineers and entrepreneurs who want to build category-leading companies. Invest at all company stages - seed, early-stage and growth. Have helped found and build multiple companies. Zero company revenue to hundreds of millions, and company market cap to billions. Included in the Forbes Midas List for 9 years. Experienced company board member - have served on 20+ technology company boards, including 3 public companies (PANW, IMPV, FIRE), & multiple that have been acquired in strong M&A outcomes. Have helped create & build multiple businesses to market-leading positions – both as a VC (2003 - present), & previously as a product executive (1988 - 2002). As a company director, work closely with CEOs, founders, management teams to help create & grow category-leading companies that provide customers with differentiated capabilities and superior business value. Help companies in multiple areas including strategy, recruiting, customer acquisition, business development, marketing, operational benchmarks, company financings & exits. Current company boards and investments include Abnormal Security, Censys, Dazz, Delphix, Kodem, Obsidian Security and Rubrik. Previously company director at AppDynamics (CSCO), Aquantia (AQ), Awake Security (ANET), CipherTrust (INTC), Imperva (IMPV), Innovium (MRVL), Neeva (SNOW), NetBoost (INTC), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), PortAuthority (WBSN), Securent (CSCO), Skyhigh Networks (McAfee), Sourcefire (CSCO), Sumo Logic (SUMO), Xsigo (ORCL), Zenprise (CTXS). Also previously invested in Aruba (ARUN), TechProcess (Ingenico). Additional prior company advisory roles and/or investments include Alteon (NT), Arcot (CA), BigBand (BBND), FineGround (CSCO), Neoteris (JNPR), Perfigo (CSCO), Rainfinity (EMC), Responsys (ORCL), Secure (MCAF), Selectica (SLTC), VitalSigns (BT), Whole Security (SYMC), Union Bay Networks (AAPL), Yodlee (YDLE).