Viraj Phanse — Co-Founder
I am currently a venture capital investor investing in cross-border, pre-seed/seed, enterprise AI companies in the US-India corridor. Entrepreneur: Prior to that, I was the CEO and co-founder at Dataflos fka Blockfenders that found its exit by joining Lirik Inc. We were a venture backed, cross border AI and data startup with offices in Palo Alto, United States and Pune, India. Operator: Prior to that, I was in product management roles at AWS, INSZoom and Oracle respectively. Prior to that, I led global strategic partnerships at Aerospike and worked as a digital transformation, product strategy and biz dev leader at Persistent Systems. VC: I was a Venture Partner at U First Capital and a Fellow and Selection Committee Member at Berkeley Angel Network. Education: I have done my MBA from UC Berkeley, MS in Computer Science from UCLA, and B.Eng from Pune University.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capitalist with expertise in enterprise AI and cross-border investments.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 17 yrs 5 mos
Skills
- Venture Capital
- Investment Strategy
- Business Management
- Ai Strategy
- Product Management
- Ai Development
Career Highlights
- Expert in cross-border venture capital investments.
- Successful track record with multiple startup exits.
- Strong background in AI and product management.
Work Experience
AiRANACULUS
Investor (2 mos)
San Francisco Bay University
Adjunct Faculty- Building an AI Business: From Idea to VC Funded Startup Launch (2 mos)
TiE Silicon Valley
Charter Member (1 yr 2 mos)
PitCrew
Investor (1 yr 2 mos)
catalyx space
Investor (1 yr 2 mos)
eXlens.ai
Investor (1 yr 2 mos)
Bruviti AI
Investor (1 yr 2 mos)
BQP
Investor (1 yr 2 mos)
Pier39.ai
Investor (1 yr 2 mos)
XCaliber Health
Investor (1 yr 2 mos)
Future AGI
Investor (1 yr 2 mos)
VP Technology Ventures LLC
Technology, product, platform and business consulting (1 yr 6 mos)
San Jose City College
Adjunct Faculty - Business, Management and Entrepreneurship (2 yrs 1 mo)
Arka Venture Labs
Partner (2 yrs 2 mos)
Pipeshift (YC S24)
Investor (2 yrs 2 mos)
Lyzr AI
Investor (2 yrs 2 mos)
Enkrypt AI
Investor (2 yrs 2 mos)
Daxa, Inc
Investor (2 yrs 2 mos)
RagaAI Inc
Investor (2 yrs 2 mos)
Briefly
Investor (2 yrs 2 mos)
Webless
Investor (2 yrs 2 mos)
AECInspire
Investor (2 yrs 2 mos)
Carboledger™ | AI Agents for ESG Teams
Investor (2 yrs 2 mos)
Blockfenders
Co-Founder, CEO, Chief Product Officer (2 yrs 3 mos)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Product Management (2 yrs)
U First Capital
Venture Partner (1 yr)
Oracle
Product Management and Strategy (1 yr)
INSZoom
Product Management - Analytics, Cloud Integrations and Marketplace (1 yr)
Aerospike, Inc.
Director- Strategic Partnerships and Alliances (1 yr 5 mos)
Berkeley Angel Network
Fellow (till 2022), Selection committee member, Member (9 yrs 2 mos)
Persistent Systems
Director- Digital Transformation, Product Strategy and Business Development (5 yrs)
Asurion
Junior Product Manager (Analyst Programmer) (1 yr)
University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Student Researcher (Graduate Research Assistant) (1 yr)
Persistent Systems
Strategist-Product Strategy, Business Development (2 yrs)
Software Engineer (0 mo)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Master of Science (MS) at UCLA
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) at Maharashtra Institute of Technology
Business Administration and Management at San José State University
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) at Savitribai Phule Pune University
