Anupam Rastogi

About Anupam Rastogi

Early-stage venture investments in Enterprise AI, Cloud Infra and Deep-techThe best way to reach me is via email.

Experience

1. Managing Partner

   Emergent Ventures

   Jan 2018 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   At Emergent, we partner early with Enterprise AI founders. We invest at pre-seed, seed and seed+ rounds across AI-powered enterprise and B2B software, including Applications and Agents, Cloud, Data, Deep-tech, Dev Tools, Infra, Security, and Vertical AI.We are builders at heart and invest with high conviction. We partner with ambitious founders early as a lead investor, and help them get to product-market fit, build out go-to-market, and navigate major company-building milestones such as downstream fundraising. Our tightly-knit community of more than 100 successful entrepreneurs and technology executives opens doors and provides game-changing insights.We focus on startups targeting the US as their primary market. We like partnering with companies that can build products in an emerging tech hub and leverage Silicon Valley to create a world-class go-to-market engine. We have backed companies originating from – or with engineering teams in – tech hubs such as India, the mid-western US, Europe and beyond.Representative investments/board roles include- Delightree (AI OS for Franchising)- Loft / vCluster Labs (Kubernetes Virtualization)- Oloid AI (Passwordless Authentication for Frontline Workers)- Prezent AI (AI-native Business Presentations Platform)- Privado AI (AI-powered Product Privacy Management Platform)- Supportlogic (AI-powered Support Experience Platform)- T-Robotics (Physical Intelligence for Industrial Robots)- Talview (Agentic AI Proctoring and Interviewing)

Education

• The Wharton School

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2007 — 2009

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

  2000 — 2002

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering

  1996 — 2000

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Graduate Fellow, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  2003 — 2004

Skills

• Venture Capital
• Product Management
• Start-Ups
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Strategic Partnerships
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Finance
• Due Diligence
• Management
• Early-Stage Startups
• E-Commerce
• Product Development
• Strategy
• New Media
• Business Development
• Early Stage Companies
• Mobile Technology
• Strategic Planning
• Competitive Analysis
• Consulting
• Mobile Devices
• Mobile Internet
• Information Technology
• Enterprise Software
• Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Governance
• Marketing Strategy
• New Business Development
• Saas
• Online Advertising
• Management Consulting
• Investments
• Financial Analysis