Investing Profile

Pawan Deshpande(101)

AngelFormer CEOFounderProduct Operator
Founder / Investor
pawandeshpande.comSan Francisco, California
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7 Investors

Connected to Adam Draper (Boost VC), Hunter Walk (Homebrew), Pejman Nozad (Pear VC), and 4 other investors on Signal.

Networks Pawan is a member of
Google Network
304 CONNECTIONS
Microsoft Network
149 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Network
13 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Network
13 CONNECTIONS

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Investment Range
$25K - $150K
Sweet Spot
$50K
Investments On Record
6

Pawan Deshpande is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Pawan Deshpande's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Xpertly
SeedNov 2023
Customers.ai
Series AApr 2023$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Kevin O'Connor (ScOp Venture Capital)
LinkSquares
Series AJan 2020$15M
$180M
Co-investors: Daniel Oros (G2VP), Spencer McLeod (GSV Asset Management), John Murphy (Hyperplane Venture Capital), Charles Svirk (MassMutual Ventures), Saurabh Sharma (Jump Crypto)
Falkonry
Series AJun 2018$5M
$11M
Co-investors: Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Mark Gorenberg (Zetta Venture Partners), Jason Sydow (Next47)
UPSIDE Foods
Series AAug 2017$17M
$600M
Co-investors: Arvind Gupta (Mayfield), Po Bronson (SOSV), Steve Jurvetson (Future Ventures), Tom Chi (At One Ventures), Siraj Khaliq (Atomico), Marta Laorden (McWin Capital Partners), Priti Youssef Choksi (Norwest Venture Partners), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Kyle Vogt, Richard Branson, Bill Gates
Toast
Series BJan 2016$30M
$900M
Co-investors: Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), David Jegen (F-Prime Capital Partners), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Julia Hang (Company Capital), Brian Neider (Lead Edge Capital), John Pepper (040 Capital)

Pawan Deshpande's Experience

Head of Product & Growth Linea2024 - Present
Product Architect Scale AI2022 - 2023
Head of ModelOps Domino Data Lab2020 - 2021
CEO Curata2007 - 2020
Researcher Google2005 - 2005
Developer Microsoft2004 - 2004
Developer IMlogic2004 - 2004
Developer Kubi Software2003 - 2003

Pawan Deshpande's Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Masters of Engineering Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bachelors of Science Computer Science