Vish Mishra

About Vish Mishra

Described by the San Jose Mercury News as \"Silicon Valley personified\", ten influencers of Silicon Valley listed among the 51 most influential global Indian men, 51 Influential Global Indian Men - MensXP.comby a Times of India publication, Vish Mishra came to the United States from India 57 years ago earning an MSEE from North Dakota State University. He went on to build his career at mainframe computer companies for 10 years in Minnesota and Michigan.A Silicon Valley veteran for 47 years, Vish has been a venture capitalist with Clearstone Venture Partners since 2002. with 40 years of leadership experience in the technology industry spanning software, internet, telecommunications, and healthcare. Clearstone has $700M in invested capital in 100 portfolios and 30 exits via IPOs and acquisitions worth more than $10B. Notable companies are PayPal (Elon Musk and Peter Thiel), BillDesk (India), SupplyFrame( Siemens), Composite ( Cisco), Integrien, VeloCloud (VMware), Kazeon (Dell), Ankeena ( Juniper), Rubicon Project ( Magnite), User Testing, Apture (Google) The Hive, and The Fabric generating over $10B in market values. He sits or has sat on boards of many companies, such as Sunshine, AIR Wireless Feuji, Velmeni, TADA, DataKrypto, Glassbeam, CloudVolumes( VMware) Telera (GENESYS), and Quantros( Francisco Partners).A respected philanthropist, Mishra is dedicated to several social causes. He is the recipient of the prestigious Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation’s Heritage Award, the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute’s Civic Leadership Award, and the Banyan Tree Award, is a former president and trustee of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Silicon Valley, a former director at India Community Center and advisor to the Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at San Jose State, a founding board member of San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative, the former Bay Area co-chair for Akshaya Patra, a mid-day school meal program in India serving over3 million meals daily. He also serves on the advisory boards of Angel Island Immigrant Station Foundation in San Francisco.Vish has been featured in many publications, books and articles and given talks at industry and academic gatherings on entrepreneurship, technology, and global investing.

Experience

1. Executive Board Member

   Feuji Inc

   Jul 2022 — Present · United States of America, IN

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi

  BS EE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1963 — 1967

• North Dakota State University

  MSEE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1967 — 1968

Skills

• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Crm
• Product Development
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Cloud Computing
• Mobile Devices
• Financial Modeling
• Business Development
• Enterprise Software
• Leadership
• Business Alliances
• Marketing
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Corporate Finance
• Mentoring
• Corporate Development
• Product Marketing
• Program Management
• Product Management
• Due Diligence
• Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Strategic Planning
• Angel Investing
• New Business Development
• Networking
• Strategic Partnerships
• Management Consulting
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Consulting
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Mobile Applications
• Saas
• International Business
• Private Equity