Investing Profile

Lak Ananth

VCInvestorCEO
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner at Next47
next47.com/people/lak-ananthPalo Alto, California
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Current Investing Position
Next47 Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
14
Current Fund Size
$100M

Lak Ananth is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Lak Ananth's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
TRACTIAN
Series BAug 2023$45M
Series AMay 2022$15M
$64M
Co-investors: Caio Vinicius Mayoli Bolognesi (monashees), Trevor Oelschig (General Catalyst), Brian Requarth (Latitud), Debjit Mukerji (Next47), Ron Gill (Lead Edge Capital), Daniel Heise (DGF Investimentos), Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Marcelo Abritta, Parker Treacy, Immad Akhund
Verkada
Series DSep 2022$210M
Series CJan 2020$80M
Series BApr 2019$40M
Series AApr 2018$15M
$340M
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Alex Kurland (Meritech Capital Partners), Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Victor Hwang (Msd Capital), Mike Vernal
VAST Data
Series DMay 2021$83M
Series CApr 2020$100M
$300M
Co-investors: Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group)
Markforged
Series DMar 2019$82M
Series CNov 2017$30M
$110M
Co-investors: Michael Medici (Summit Partners), Matthew Goldstein (Systemiq Capital)
RideOS
Series BAug 2018$25M
$34M
Co-investors: Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Mike Vernal
Tamr
Series BJul 2018$18M
$59M
Co-investors: Marianne Wu (GE Ventures), Marc van den Berg (OGCI Climate Investments (CI)), Jonathan Lehr (Work-Bench), Peter Barris, Rich Miner
Coho Data
Series CMay 2015$30M
$76M
Co-investors: Peter Levine (Andreessen Horowitz), Frank Artale (Ignition Partners), Sumant Mandal (March Capital)
Adallom
Series CApr 2015$30M
$50M
Co-investors: Shardul Shah (Index Ventures), Scott Irwin (Rembrandt Venture Partners), Gili Raanan (Cyberstarts VC), Zohar Zisapel