Investing Profile

Alok Nandan(141)

VC

Founder & Managing Partner at First Rays Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

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Alok Nandan's investing connections

5 Investors

Connected to Eva Ho (Fika Ventures), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), and 2 other investors on Signal.

Networks Alok is a member of

Microsoft Network

256 CONNECTIONS

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management Network

124 CONNECTIONS

University of California, Los Angeles Network

100 CONNECTIONS

Intel Corporation Network

93 CONNECTIONS

UCLA Network

78 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

First Rays Venture Partners Managing Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

13

Alok Nandan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Alok Nandan's Investments On Record (8)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Backslash Security	Series AFeb 2026$19M SeedMar 2023$8M	$27M
Co-investors: Nate Jaret (Maniv Mobility), Shlomo Kramer (Skinos Family Office), Yuval Cohen (StageOne Ventures)
WireMock	SeedMay 2023$7M	$7M
Co-investors: Akriti Dokania (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), John Smothers (Scribble Ventures), Ron Pragides
Essenvia	SeedMay 2023$4M Pre SeedFeb 2021$500K Pre SeedJan 2021$200K	$4.7M
Co-investors: Yash Hemaraj (Benhamou Global Ventures)
FunnelStory	Pre SeedApr 2023$3M	$3M
Procyon.ai	SeedFeb 2023$7M Pre SeedApr 2022	$7M
Arcion	Series AFeb 2022$13M Pre SeedFeb 2021$5M	$18M
Lumeus.ai	Pre SeedJan 2022
Blotout	SeedNov 2021
Co-investors: Eric Ver Ploeg (Tunitas Ventures)

Alok Nandan's Experience

Director of Product Management Tempo AI (acq. by SalesForce)Present

Group Product Manager YuMe (NYSE)Present

Graduate Student Researcher University of California, Los AngelesPresent

Co-founder ToneThis Inc.Present

Software Engineer EntomoPresent

Software Engineer IntelPresent

General Partner Emergent VenturesPresent

Founding Partner Arka Venture LabsPresent

Group Product Manager YuMePresent

Senior PM MicrosoftPresent

Director of Product Management RelateIQPresent

Director of Product Management Tempo AIPresent

Partner Emergent VenturesPresent

Director of Product Management Tempo AI (acquired by Salesforce)Present

Founder & Managing Partner First Rays Venture PartnersPresent

Software Engineer E2openPresent

Group Product Manager YuMe by RhythmOnePresent

Graduate Student Researcher UCLA Fielding School of Public HealthPresent

Software Engineer Intel CorporationPresent

Partner Emergent Ventures (USA)2017 - 2021

Director of PM Salesforce2014 - 2016

Alok Nandan's Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering

University of California, Los Angeles PhD Computer Science

UCLA PhD Computer Science

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management Executive Education Program Marketing

University of California, Los Angeles PhD Computer Science

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering

Investors who invest with Alok Nandan

First Rays Venture Partners

StageOne Ventures

Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)

Scribble Ventures

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