Investing Profile

Ashish Kakran

VCInvestor

Partner at SIERRA Ventures

thomvest.com/team/ashish-kakr...San Francisco Bay Area

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Networks Ashish is a member of

Carnegie Mellon University Network

45 CONNECTIONS

Canaan Network

34 CONNECTIONS

Emerging Venture Capitalists Association (EVCA) Network

29 CONNECTIONS

EVCA Network

22 CONNECTIONS

SIERRA Ventures Network

15 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Sierra Ventures Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $20.0M

Sweet Spot

$10.3M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$270M

Ashish Kakran is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Cloud Infrastructure (Series B)Cloud Infrastructure (Series A)Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)SaaS (Series B)San Francisco Bay Area Cybersecurity (Series B)Cybersecurity (Series A)Cybersecurity (Seed)SaaS (Series A)SaaS (Seed)

Ashish Kakran's Investments On Record (2)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
HydraDB	SeedMar 2026$7M	$7M
Co-investors: Ron Cao (Sky9 Capital), Justin Caldbeck (Binary Capital), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com)
Smallest AI	SeedSep 2025$8M	$8M

Ashish Kakran's Experience

MBA Associate CanaanPresent

Senior Associate Engineering CapitalPresent

Seed Investor NimbellaPresent

Seed Investor ShipaPresent

Enterprise Infrastructure Vertical Lead Emerging Venture Capitalists Association (EVCA)Present

Enterprise Infrastructure Vertical Lead EVCAPresent

Principal ThomvestPresent

Investor HarnessPresent

Investor Bolster AIPresent

Investor CyCognitoPresent

Investor, observer IsovalentPresent

Investor and Board Observer Opaque SystemsPresent

Investor CoherePresent

Seed Investor Deductive AIPresent

CMU TECH Advisory Board Carnegie Mellon UniversityPresent

Seed Investor Stealth Company (Ashish Kakran)Present

Seed Investor StackGenPresent

Series A Investor ExaforcePresent

Investor Relyance AIPresent

Seed Investor and Board member Smallest.aiPresent

Co-Founder/CEO TwtPulsePresent

Founder/CEO Roo.chatPresent

Partner ThomvestPresent

Partner SIERRA VenturesPresent

Managing Partner Seligman VenturesPresent

Ashish Kakran's Education

indian institute of technology guwahati bachelors, bachelor of technology computer science, engineering, computer science and engineering

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

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

indian institute of management calcutta master of business administration, masters business administration, management, business administration and management

indian institute of management calcutta Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management, General

IIM Calcutta Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management, General

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management, General

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta Master of Business Administration (MBA) Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General

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