Thrilled to announce our investment in Galileo 🔭 as part of their $45M series B fundraise alongside some great company - Scale Venture Partners, Citi Ventures, Amex Ventures Databricks Ventures, Battery Ventures, Factory, Walden Catalyst Ventures 🚀 We’ve heard time and time again that observing, evaluating and securing AI systems is incredibly difficult and Galileo’s fully featured product is the perfect painkiller 💊 Thrilled to partner with a technically deep and commercially savvy team including founders Vikram Chatterji, Yash Sheth and Atindriyo Sanyal Investment rationale - https://lnkd.in/gNutbJqf #GenAI #Hallucination #Observability #Evaluation Sandesh Patnam Tk Kurien Vedant Agrawal Akshay Kini Eric Tong Justin Yannix Angelina DiPreta Kurt Batinich Andrew Chang Akshay Rai Vijendar Dwarakanath Eva-Maria Olbers
Premji Invest - US
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Menlo Park, California 2,095 followers
Premji Invest is an evergreen venture capital fund with a crossover strategy.
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Premji Invest is a privately held investment firm supporting the Azim Premji Foundation. Premji Invest manages direct investments funds in venture capital, growth equity and public equities in Technology, Consumer, Financials and Healthcare.
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We look forward to hosting an event with Ballistic Ventures on the intersection of #AI and #Cybersecurity at AGI House! Join us on October 29th from 4pm-7pm for a discussion with some of the leading minds in the AI and Security space to learn about how security leaders can better integrate (gen)AI into existing workflows, how we can make AI applications more secure by identifying AI-generated content and deepfakes, and what opportunities lie ahead for engineers interested in the cyber space. Join us at the most famous AI Hacker House in the Bay Area (psst – Sergey Brin and Andrej Karpathy have shown up from time to time!). A panel between Kevin Mandia (Co-founder and General Partner, Ballistic Ventures & former CEO, Mandiant), Loris Degioanni (CTO and Co-founder, Sysdig), Jake Seid (Co-founder and General Partner, Ballistic Ventures), and Rami Habal (former CPO, Abnormal Security) on what builders should be thinking about will be followed by a Happy Hour on AGI House’s garden patio. Engineers, founders, and anyone interested in the intersection of AI and cybersecurity are welcome! Please find the event page and registration here: https://lnkd.in/e2bgRTKv #AI #cybersecurity #AGIHouse #PremjiInvest #BallisticVentures Sandesh Patnam Vedant Agrawal Michelle L. Kincaid Manjot Pahwa Akshay Kini Angelina DiPreta Justin Yannix Eric Tong Eva-Maria Olbers Krista Peters
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We look forward to Manjot Pahwa joining Ankur Capital’s “Deep Science Forum 2024” to share her experience in early-stage investing, deep science ventures, and beyond. Join the conversation on October 7th in Bangalore. Register here: http://bit.ly/4740WdL
Announcing Manjot Pahwa: Panelist at the Deep Science Forum 2024! We’re excited to have Manjot, Head of Early Stage Technology Investments at Premji Invest, joining our panel on Growth Investments into Deep Science Tech Startups. With a wealth of experience in identifying and supporting early-stage technology ventures, Manjot will share insights into what investors look for and how deep science startups can position themselves to secure growth capital. Join us on October 7th, 2024, in Bangalore for an in-depth discussion on growth investments in the deep tech space. Register now: http://bit.ly/4740WdL #DeepScienceForum2024 #Investments #DeepTech #Growth #Startups #Innovation #Panelist Ritu Verma Rema Subramanian Krishnan Neelakantan Shiva Shanker Vishal Katariya Suraj Nair Vishal Aman Naveli Jain Amanda Sequeira Debansh Sahoo Surbhi Krishna Singh
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We're excited to be partnering with poolside for their $500M Series B round to support their mission of revolutionizing software development! poolside has a unique full-stack solution - from foundation model to product; an applied research focus and the team to build it; combined with a unique three-tier go-to-market distribution which includes developers, direct sales and channel. Even further, they have the team to build it, under the visionary leadership of Jason Warner and Eiso Kant. We’re thrilled to be partnering with the team for the journey ahead! Akshay Kini Sandesh Patnam Eric Tong Justin Yannix Vedant Agrawal Eva-Maria Olbers Akshay Rai Angelina DiPreta https://lnkd.in/dE_FN7FA
poolside: Software Reimagined Using First Principles
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We're excited for our early-stage investment lead Vedant Agrawal to give a talk at the IIT Bay Area Alumni Association Leadership Conference. Join us on October 19 at the Santa Clara Convention Center to hear Vedant share learnings from his experience in investing in AI. Buy your tickets here - www.iitbayconf.org. We look forward to seeing you there! Vedant Agrawal Sandesh Patnam Manjot Pahwa Eric Tong Angelina DiPreta Justin Yannix Akshay Kini Akshay Rai Rishabh Bardia, CFA Eva-Maria Olbers
Join us for an insightful talk with Vedant Agrawal from Premji Invest - US as he unpacks the investor’s mindset when it comes to AI companies! In this session at the IIT Bay Area Leadership Conference 2024, Vedant will share his expertise on what investors look for in AI startups, the key factors that drive investment decisions, and how to position your company for success in this rapidly evolving landscape. The conference is OPEN to ALL. Get your tickets now before the 25% discount ends this Sunday, Sep 29 - use the promo code IITBAALC24 while the offer lasts! https://lnkd.in/gRUVzbfA #AI #Investment #Startup #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Networking Nidhi Kannoujia, Arnab Debnath, Ashis Khan, Lochan Alagh, Praveen Vayalamkuzhi, PhD, FRSA, Rao Charagondla (CNR), Swapnil Sinvhal, Dipty Desai, Ph.D., Surbhi Kaul, Ishita Sharan, Hrishikesh Sathawane, Bidyut Parruck
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We welcome Manjot Pahwa to Premji Invest. She will be heading our early-stage investments in technology across SaaS and enterprise markets in India! Manjot joins us via her stints at Google, Stripe, a startup in the ML Ops area, and Lightspeed! This journey gives Manjot a unique ability to connect with founders deeply in product and technology and be an amazing thought partner to them as they build enduring businesses. We are excited that Manjot is part of our team and best embodies Premji Invest's core values of "kindness and rigor". Premji Invest - US
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Kurt Batinich is #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested?
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Thrilled to announce that PI led the Series D round for BillionToOne. Excited to partner with Oguzhan Atay, PhD, David Tsao and team as they build the definitive molecular diagnostic company. Their innovative technology and execution in a hyper competitive space has been nothing short of incredible. Tk Kurien Sandesh Patnam Akshay Rai Andrew Chang
Investing in BillionToOne – Amplifying the power of molecular diagnostics
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Our portfolio company DataStax is hosting a RAG++ Hack Night. Join their high-energy hack party featuring top RAG technology experts in the industry. Team up with DataStax, Unstructured, and LangChain to connect with RAG professionals, witness AI production demos, and enjoy dinner and drinks while networking. The event will be on June 24 in San Francisco. Link here: https://lu.ma/vpdj2zoj
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Very excited to be partnering with Canva on their next phase of growth! Canva has become the iconic gen AI suite & visual distribution layer for today’s generation of Citizen Designers, and we’re proud to be partnering with the team as they prepare to serve the next. Premji Invest - US Sandesh Patnam Melanie Perkins Cliff Obrecht
Investing in Canva: Unveiling the Canvas of Next-Gen Visual Communication
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