Dharmesh Thakker
Directeur/Membre du Conseil chez Contrast Security, Inc.
Profil
Dharmesh joined Battery Ventures in 2015 to focus on early-venture and growth-equity investments in areas including cloud infrastructure, big data, security and next-generation enterprise applications.
He is actively involved with Battery Ventures portfolio companies Arize, Collibra, Contrast Security, Cypress.io, Databricks, Gong.io, Guardsquare, InfluxData, LinearB, Machinify, Matillion, Narvar, Neuron7, Normalyze, Ordr, Postman, Styra, Theta Lake, and Weaviate.
Prior to Battery, Dharmesh was a managing director at Intel Capital, where he led the firm’s global cloud and big-data practice and made early- and later-stage investments in companies globally.
He also assisted in long-range strategic planning for Intel’s $14 billion datacenter group.
At Intel Capital, Dharmesh was an active board member or investor with companies including: BlueData (acquired by HP Enterprise); Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR); DynamicOps (acquired by VMware); ElasticBox (acquired by CenturyLink); Enlighted (acquired by Siemens); Guavus (acquired by Thales SA); Maginatics (acquired by EMC); Mirantis; MongoDB (Nasdaq: MDB); Movidius (acquired by Intel); Saffron Tech (acquired by Intel); ScienceLogic; Vexata; and Yottaa.
Before joining Intel Capital, Dharmesh spent almost a decade in product management and go-to-market roles with enterprise-software companies like Keynote Systems (Nasdaq: KEYN), Manhattan Associates (Nasdaq: MANH) and two other startups leading to their acquisition.
In 2016, Dharmesh was named to the Forbes Midas Brink list of up-and-coming venture capitalists, and in 2018 he was included on Business Insider’s 23 Top Venture Capitalists in Enterprise Tech list.
A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he received a BS in electrical engineering, Dharmesh also holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.
Postes actifs de Dharmesh Thakker
| Sociétés | Poste | Début |
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Battery Ventures
 Battery Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm is founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2015 |
Contrast Security, Inc.
 Contrast Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Contrast Security, Inc. provides security technology. It enables software applications to protect themselves against cyber attacks. The company was founded by Jeff Williams and Arshan Dabirsiaghi in 2014 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
StreamSets, Inc.
 StreamSets, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services StreamSets, Inc. provides data ingest technology for the next generation of big data applications. It enables companies to build, execute, operate and protect continuous dataflows that unleash pervasive analytics. The company was founded by Girish Panchaa and Arvind Prabhakar in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
InfluxData, Inc.
 InfluxData, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services InfluxData, Inc. develops and delivers time series platform for metrics, events, and other time-based data. The firm provides InfluxEnterprise, InfluxCloud, telegraf, influxDB, chronograf, and kapacitor. It also offers technical support, training, and consulting services. The company was founded by Todd Persen and Paul Dix in 2012 in and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
GuardSquare NV
 GuardSquare NV Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services GuardSquare NV develops premium software for the protection of mobile applications against reverse engineering and hacking. Its products are DexGuard for android protection, iXGuard for iOS application, and ProGuard for java and android. The company was founded by Heidi Rakels and Eric Lafortune in 2014 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Gong Io, Inc.
 Gong Io, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Gong Io, Inc. provides artificial conversation intelligence platform for sales. It develops software which automatically records, transcribes and analyzes sales conversations. The company was founded by Amit Bendov and Eilon Reshef in 2015 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Sensu, Inc.
 Sensu, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Sensu, Inc. provides monitoring platform. It offers service checks, notification system, metrics collection, documented API, client registry, self service monitoring, connectivity, and plugins. The company was founded by Caleb Hailey and Sean Porter on April 10, 2012 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Theta Lake, Inc.
 Theta Lake, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Theta Lake, Inc. operates as a entrepreneurs and enterprise technology builders. It offers integrated capture, digital content analysis, compliance coverage, advanced artificial intelligence workflow, and compliant archiving. It also provides call recording, video conferencing,and video marketing. The company was founded by Devin Redmond and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Matillion Ltd.
 Matillion Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Matillion Ltd. provides data transformation solution for cloud data warehouses. It specializes in business intelligence, BI, SaaS, reporting, dashboards, analytics, cloud, Amazon Redshift, data warehousing, ETL, data Integration and Amazon web services. The company was founded by Matthew Scullion in 2011 and is headquartered in Altrincham, the United Kingdom. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/05/2019 |
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Formation de Dharmesh Thakker
| The University of Texas at Austin | Undergraduate Degree |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Masters Business Admin |
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Sociétés liées
| Entreprise privées | 22 |
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Keynote Systems, Inc.
 Keynote Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Keynote Systems, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based solutions for mobile application. The company was founded by Jim Barrick and Andrew Popell in 1995 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
Peakstone Corp.
 Peakstone Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Peakstone Corp. provides software solutions. It offers integrated systems management tools developed for the high-end data processing market, to online infrastructure. It provides metrics and analytics for Line of Business Owners, IT executives, CIOs, CFOs and Technologists. Peakstone was founded in 1999 by T. M. Ravi and is located in Sunnyvale CA. | Technology Services |
Guavus, Inc.
 Guavus, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Guavus, Inc. develops and designs data management applications and decision making solutions. It offers Guavus Reflex platform, provides customers the ability to collect, correlate and fuse network, business and any other operational or external data revealing previously undiscoverable insights in real time. The company was founded by Anukool Lakhina in February 2006 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Technology Services |
Reflektion, Inc.
 Reflektion, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Reflektion, Inc. operates a retail analytics platform for retailers and brands. It offers ecommerce solutions that include Personalized Site Search, a solution that leads visitors with a path to various products; Predictive Product Recommendations, a platform that creates a one-to-one connection with shoppers; and a mobile solution that unifies customers shopping by integrating various devices. The company was founded by Amar Chokhawala in 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
ATV Capital Management Inc.
 ATV Capital Management Inc. Investment ManagersFinance ATV Capital Management Inc. (ATV Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1979. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Intel Capital Corp.
 Intel Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Intel Capital Corp (Intel Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Intel Corp founded in 1991 by Les Vadasz, and Avram Miller. The firm is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. | Finance |
Battery Ventures
Battery Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm is founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Mirantis, Inc.
 Mirantis, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Mirantis, Inc. engages in the provision of software, services, training and support needed for running OpenStack. It offers cloud and application platform. The company was founded by Alex Freedland, Adrian Ionel and Boris Renski in 1999 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA. | Technology Services |
DynamicOps, Inc.
 DynamicOps, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DynamicOps, Inc. develops and markets cloud automation and management solutions. The firm offers private cloud enablement, virtual desktop cloud, public cloud gateway, cloud development kit, and cloud security services. The company was founded by Leslie Muller in 2008 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA. | Technology Services |
INE, Inc.
 INE, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services INE, Inc. specializes in information technology training with focus in networking. It offers video training courses, workbooks, bootcamps, and training bundles as well as cisco certified internetwork expert (CCIE) classes. The company was founded by Brian Dennis and Brian McGahan in 2003 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. | Commercial Services |
Yottaa, Inc.
 Yottaa, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Yottaa, Inc. operates a cloud-based automation platform. Its products include site acceleration, cloud based firewall, web performance monitoring, content delivery network, global DNS and performance testing and troubleshooting. The firm provides a performance analytics service that collects data from thousands of web sites, analyzes their performance and identifies potential problems. The company was founded by Robert Buffone and Coach K. Wei in 2009 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Technology Services |
ElasticBox, Inc.
 ElasticBox, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ElasticBox, Inc. developed tools that enable organizations to deploy and manage enterprise applications in cloud environments. Its solutions included cloud-agnostic application deployment, preventing downtime and maintaining business continuity, controlling cloud costs, sharing cloud resources and collaborative development, encapsulating knowledge about heterogeneous computing environments and platforms, scaling up, and offering visibility into cloud infrastructure. The company was founded by Alberto Arias Maestro in 2011 and headquartered in Monroe, LA. | Technology Services |
InfluxData, Inc.
InfluxData, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services InfluxData, Inc. develops and delivers time series platform for metrics, events, and other time-based data. The firm provides InfluxEnterprise, InfluxCloud, telegraf, influxDB, chronograf, and kapacitor. It also offers technical support, training, and consulting services. The company was founded by Todd Persen and Paul Dix in 2012 in and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
StreamSets, Inc.
StreamSets, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services StreamSets, Inc. provides data ingest technology for the next generation of big data applications. It enables companies to build, execute, operate and protect continuous dataflows that unleash pervasive analytics. The company was founded by Girish Panchaa and Arvind Prabhakar in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
GuardSquare NV
GuardSquare NV Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services GuardSquare NV develops premium software for the protection of mobile applications against reverse engineering and hacking. Its products are DexGuard for android protection, iXGuard for iOS application, and ProGuard for java and android. The company was founded by Heidi Rakels and Eric Lafortune in 2014 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. | Technology Services |
Gong Io, Inc.
Gong Io, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Gong Io, Inc. provides artificial conversation intelligence platform for sales. It develops software which automatically records, transcribes and analyzes sales conversations. The company was founded by Amit Bendov and Eilon Reshef in 2015 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
Contrast Security, Inc.
Contrast Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Contrast Security, Inc. provides security technology. It enables software applications to protect themselves against cyber attacks. The company was founded by Jeff Williams and Arshan Dabirsiaghi in 2014 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
Matillion Ltd.
Matillion Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Matillion Ltd. provides data transformation solution for cloud data warehouses. It specializes in business intelligence, BI, SaaS, reporting, dashboards, analytics, cloud, Amazon Redshift, data warehousing, ETL, data Integration and Amazon web services. The company was founded by Matthew Scullion in 2011 and is headquartered in Altrincham, the United Kingdom. | Technology Services |
Sensu, Inc.
Sensu, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Sensu, Inc. provides monitoring platform. It offers service checks, notification system, metrics collection, documented API, client registry, self service monitoring, connectivity, and plugins. The company was founded by Caleb Hailey and Sean Porter on April 10, 2012 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Technology Services |
Theta Lake, Inc.
Theta Lake, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Theta Lake, Inc. operates as a entrepreneurs and enterprise technology builders. It offers integrated capture, digital content analysis, compliance coverage, advanced artificial intelligence workflow, and compliant archiving. It also provides call recording, video conferencing,and video marketing. The company was founded by Devin Redmond and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
LinearB, Inc.
 LinearB, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services LinearB, Inc. provides software development metrics. The company was founded by Ori Keren and Dan Lines in 2018 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA. | Technology Services |
Styra, Inc.
 Styra, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Styra, Inc. operates as a cloud management company. It focuses on authorization for cloud native stacks. The company was founded by Tim Hinrichs and Teemu Koponen in 2016 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Technology Services |