Oct 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Wispr is building wearable neural interfaces: the next generation of consumer electronics.

Mar 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Stealth project.

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• Automated Data Security and Privacy.

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• Next-generation digital freight platform for fresh produce.

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Data security and governance platform.

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Reimagining Zero Trust Security.

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Auditoria.AI makes organizations more efficient and competitive by accelerating key finance processes, increasing business visibility, and improving compliance using leading-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning technology.

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• An easy way to send money and stay up-to-date with family spending.

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

• Automatic Spectrum Management and Optimization

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Developer of small pressurized water reactor nuclear power plants.

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 2 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Developer of analog & RF IPs and ICs.

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• AI-powered network intelligence and automation in the telecommunications industry.

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 2 mos · Menlo Park, CA

• Vivek Mehra is a Partner Emeritus at August Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in innovative technology companies. Previously he was a General Partner at the firm for almost fifteen years.
• Founded in 1995, August Capital has funded an extraordinary group of entrepreneurs who have built significant, long-term value across the full range of information technologies. These companies represent an aggregate market capitalization of well over $250 billion and generate in excess of $75 billion in annual revenue around the world. This success is a testament to the entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the fundamental technologies they have created. August Capital has $2 billion under management, and has invested in more than 100 companies including Atheros, Cobalt Networks, Mavenir Systems, Postini, Seagate, Shopping.com, Splunk, Silicon Image, ThreatMetrix, and Zulily. Recent investments range from $500,000 to $130 million in information technology businesses from semiconductors to ecommerce. The firm’s partners have also invested in a number of groundbreaking technology companies, including Actel, Adaptec, Compaq, Grand Junction, Intuit, Linear Technology, Microsoft, MMC Networks, Skype, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, Symantec, and Visio. August Capital is located in Menlo Park, California.

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs · San Francisco

• Kentik is a fully automated, SaaS-based, big data service for network visibility, DDoS detection, and infrastructure optimization.

Jan 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · Santa Clara, CA

• SaaS security offering to detect and remediate breaches on enterprise SaaS applications and infrastructure. Acquired by Oracle.

Oct 2014 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mountain View, CA

• Leading pure-play OpenStack company.Mirantis delivers all the software, services, training and support needed for running OpenStack

Jan 2014 – Present · 12 yrs 2 mos · Mountain View, CA

• SaaS offering that provides visibility into the state of your IT infrastructure and enables you to understand risk potential, prevent breaches, and speed up software delivery.

Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 · 5 yrs · Boston

• Celect provides retailers with unprecedented insight into how customers choose and helps retailers determine 'what to put where' based on customer buying patterns. Acquired by Nike.

Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 · 3 yrs · San Jose, CA

• AppFormix is an innovator in cloud operations management through real-time monitoring and dynamic performance optimization. Acquired by Juniper.

Jan 2012 – Jan 2018 · 6 yrs · San Jose, CA

• ThreatMetrix is a SaaS based fraud prevention platform for financial institutions and online retail industry. Uses comprehensive data collection, big data analytics and a global trust network to provide unmatched security and fraud prevention. Acquired by RELX.

Jan 2011 – Present · 15 yrs 2 mos · Silicon Valley

• Developer of business analytics SaaS platform providing actionable insights for optimizing brick and mortar store performance.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 · 4 yrs · Richardson, TX

• Developer of carrier grade next generation IP based messaging infrastructure for 4G/LTE deployments. Acquired by Mitel.

Jan 2010 – Jan 2017 · 7 yrs · Silicon Valley

• Developer of hybrid HD/SSD storage appliances simplified from the ground up to optimize storage deployments, manageability and licensing. Acquired by Western Digital.

Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 · 4 yrs · Silicon Valley

• Developer of software to optimize storage bottlenecks in virtual server environments. Acquired by VMWare.

Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 · 0 mo · Silicon Valley

• Developer of email data protection, archiving, and regulatory compliance software. Acquired by Iron Mountain.

Jan 2008 – Jan 2015 · 7 yrs · Silicon Valley

• Developer of leading Web Content Management Platform powering more than 700,000 web sites worldwide. Acquired by ESW, a PE firm.

Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 · 2 yrs · Silicon Valley

• Developer of affordable enterprise class network and application management software. Acquired by Quest Software.

Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 · 3 yrs · Silicon Valley & Taiwan.

• Developer of EMI reducing clock distribution ICs. Acquired by ON Semiconductors.

Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 · 2 yrs · Silicon Valley

• Developer of data leakage prevention security appliances. Acquired by McAfee.

Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 · 2 yrs · Silicon Valley & Singapore.

• Developer of identity and access management software. Acquired by IBM.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2004 · 0 mo · Silicon Valley

• Iridigm designed and built revolutionary MEMs based reflective displays for mobile device applications. Acquired by Qualcomm in 2004 and is the basis of the Mirasol displays by Qualcomm.

Jan 2003 – Jan 2007 · 4 yrs · Silicon Valley

• Developer of enterprise-class layer 7 multi-protocol NAS switch that aggregates independent NAS servers and provides advanced manageability features to the overall NAS storage system. Acquired by Cisco.

Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 · 2 yrs · Silicon Valley

• Developer of network access control software and appliances. Acquired by Cisco.

Jan 2001 – Aug 2002 · 1 yr 7 mos

• VP/GM of the Cobalt Business Unit and a member of Sun's Technical Architecture Counsel.

Jan 2000 – Jan 2004 · 4 yrs · Silicon Valley

• Developer of SSL based VPNs. Acquired by Citrix.

Oct 1996 – Dec 2000 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Silicon Valley

• Developed the first successful server appliance products for the SMB and hosting market. Products sold in over 80 countries. Very successful IPO. Acquired by Sun Microsystems for $2B.

Feb 1992 – Aug 1996 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Cupertino, CA

• Engineering Manager and architect for Pippin, one of the first internet enabled set top boxes. Engineering Manager and architect for a second generation tablet Newton.

Jan 1991 – Jan 1992 · 1 yr · Mountain View, CA

• Worked on audio subsystem and performance modeling for the Indy workstation.

Jan 1988 – Jan 1991 · 3 yrs · Palo Alto, CA

• Designer for graphics accelerator, memory cards and led performance analysis and signal integrity analysis for MIPS based DECstation line of workstations.