Investing Profile

Pawan Deshpande(140)

AngelFormer CEOFounderProduct Operator
Angel Investor / Advisor / LP at Angel Investor
pawandeshpande.comSan Francisco, California
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Google Network
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Microsoft Network
631 CONNECTIONS
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
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Current Investing Position
Angel investor Angel
Investment Range
$25K - $150K
Sweet Spot
$50K
Investments On Record
6

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Pawan Deshpande's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Rocksalt
SeedJul 2025
$4M
Co-investors: Arif Janmohamed (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Raviraj Jain (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Guru Chahal (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Mike Volpe (Silversmith Capital Partners), Anu Bharadwaj (Operator Collective), Mike Volpe
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), Charles Svirk (MassMutual Ventures), Saurabh Sharma (Jump Capital), John Murphy (Hyperplane Venture Capital)
Falkonry
Series AJun 2018$5M
$11M
Co-investors: Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Mark Gorenberg (Zetta Venture Partners), Jason Sydow (Questmark Partners)
UPSIDE Foods
Series AAug 2017$17M
$580M
Co-investors: Po Bronson (IndieBio), Bill Gates (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), Arvind Gupta (Mayfield Fund), Priti Youssef Choksi (Norwest Venture Partners), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Marta Laorden (McWin Capital Partners), Siraj Khaliq (Atomico), Kyle Vogt (Unknown Ventures), Tom Chi (At One Ventures), Steve Jurvetson (Baruch Future Ventures), Richard Branson
Toast
Series BJan 2016$30M
$900M
Co-investors: Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), Hunter Mcnabb (Index Ventures), David Jegen (F-Prime Capital Partners), Shalini Rao (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Brian Neider (Lead Edge Capital), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Julia Hang (Vesey Ventures), John Pepper (211vc), Rich Miner

Pawan Deshpande's Experience

Web Programmer Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPresent
Software Developer Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPresent
Software Developer Kubi SoftwarePresent
Software Developer Microsoft CorporationPresent
Software Development Engineer IMlogic (acquired by Symantec)Present
Software Developer MicrosoftPresent
Software Development Engineer Morton's Top Floor CoffeePresent
Machine Learning Researcher GooglePresent
Angel Investor / Advisor / LP Angel InvestorPresent
Product Director, MLOps Domino Data LabPresent
Product Leader, Fleet Data Engine & Smart Capture Scale AIPresent
Product Architect, Fleet Data Engine & Smart Capture Scale AIPresent
Product Architect, Fleet Data Engine Scale AIPresent
Head of Product & Growth DisarrayPresent
Product Galileo 🔭Present
Product GalileoPresent
Angel Investor CurataPresent
Founder & CEO CurataPresent
Product Galileo AI2024 - 2025
Head of Product & Growth Linea2024 - 2025
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 Bachelors Varsity Wrestling
Phillips Academy High School Diploma Distinguished Scholar in Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelors Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.Eng. Computer Science (Natural Language Processing)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Masters of Engineering Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bachelors of Science Computer Science

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