Investing Profile

Keval Desai

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General Partner at InterWest Partners

interwest.comSan Francisco, California
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University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business Network
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Current Investing Position
InterWest General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
51

Keval Desai is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Keval Desai's Investments On Record (35)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Felt
Seed RoundAug 2021$4.5M
$4.5M
Co-investors: John Lilly (Greylock), Kevin Hartz (A* Partners), Akshay Kothari
Swiftly
Series AJul 2020$23M
$37M
Co-investors: Gary Swart (Polaris Partners), Fabio Lancellotti (Aster Capital), Ugo Catry (TotalEnergies Ventures), Adam Draper (Boost VC), John Rodkin (Samsung NEXT Ventures), Bobby Brannigan (NextGen Venture Partners), Amos Ben-Meir (Sand Hill Angels), Mehdi Maghsoodnia (Combustion Ventures), Vinny Lingham
Abacus.AI
Seed RoundJun 2019$5.3M
$90M
Co-investors: Mike Volpi (Index Ventures), Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Josh Shirazi (Alkeon Capital), Yan-David Erlich (Coatue), Mariam Naficy (Heretic Ventures), Jon Sakoda (Decibel Partners), Ram Shriram, Neha Narkhede, Elad Gil
The RealReal
Series GJul 2018$120M
Series EApr 2016$40M
Series DApr 2015$40M
Series CMay 2014$20M
Series BApr 2013$14M
$360M
Co-investors: Mathias Schilling (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Maha Ibrahim (Canaan Partners), Dana Settle (Greycroft), Ellen Levy (Silicon Valley Connect), Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (aCrew Capital), Cynthia Ringo
Gfycat
Seed RoundSep 2016$10M
$10M
Co-investors: Jai Choi (Tekton Ventures), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures)
Khoros
Series FJun 2016$50M
$83M
Co-investors: Mitchell Green (Lead Edge Capital)
Crowdpac
Series AJan 2016$6M
Seed RoundJan 2014$2.5M
$8.5M
Co-investors: Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital), Jillian Manus (Structure Capital)
Triposo
Venture RoundDec 2015$3.1M
Series AJul 2012$3.5M
$6.6M

Keval Desai's Experience

Limited Partner AngelPad LLCPresent
VC Associate - MBA Internship Morgan Stanley Venture PartnersPresent
Limited Partner Correlation Ventures2016 - Present
Limited Partner Boost.vc2014 - Present
Partner InterWest Partners2011 - Present
VP Product Digg2010 - 2011
Product Management Director Google2003 - 2009
Principal ONSET Ventures2001 - 2003
Co-founder Achex, Inc1999 - 2000
Associate McKinsey & Company1999 - 1999
Product Manager Global Village Communication1996 - 1997
Software Engineer, Project Manager Tandem Computers Inc.1991 - 1996

Keval Desai's Education

University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business MBA
UC Santa Barbara MS Computer Science
University of Mumbai BE Electrical Engineering