Sanjay Nath — Co-Founder
Sanjay Nath is a Co-founder and Managing Partner at Blume Ventures, one of India's leading early-stage venture funds, which he co-founded with Karthik Reddy in 2010. Blume focuses on Seed to Pre-Series A stages of funding and has made over 100 investments across its 11-year history across multiple funds. Sanjay has invested in and advises a wide portfolio of startups including Grey Orange (Robotics), Lambdatest, Locus, PixxelSpace, Yulu, Dataweave, Tricog, Sprinto, Zipy.ai, Vitrina.ai and Nektar.ai amongst others. Sanjay’s investments at Blume also include exits, notably Minjar (acquired by Nutanix), Agaralabs (acquired by Coinbase), TapChief (acquired by Unacademy) and more. Sectorally, he focuses mainly on Enterprise/SaaS and cross-border technology platforms. Sanjay also leads Blume’s Platform's Go To Market (GTM) initiatives that focus on helping enterprise startups targeting global markets with GTM strategies and execution plans. Sanjay also represents Blume on the boards of Arka Venture Labs and the Draper Venture Network. Prior to Blume, Sanjay held consulting and management roles at Sun Microsystems, PwC and IBM Global Services (all in Silicon Valley). He also had an entrepreneurial stint as Co-founder of Loxodrome Inc., a Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) services venture, with a dual base in San Francisco and Pune, India. Sanjay got his start in venture capital as an angel investor through Mumbai Angels. His angel investments include InMobi, LittleEye Labs (acquired by Meta), Tonbo Imaging and Svasti Microfinance amongst others. Sanjay holds an undergraduate degree from BITS Pilani (where he is an active mentor to startups) and an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Sanjay divides his time between San Francisco and Mumbai.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capitalist with expertise in SaaS and technology investments.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 30 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Venture Capital
- Investment Strategy
Career Highlights
- Co-founder of Blume Ventures, a leading venture fund.
- Expert in enterprise SaaS and cross-border technology.
- Successful angel investor with notable exits.
Work Experience
Grey Orange Pte Ltd
Advisor (14 yrs 3 mos)
Mettl
Board Member (15 yrs 3 mos)
Blume Ventures
Co-founder & Managing Partner (15 yrs 6 mos)
TiE
Charter Member (18 yrs 3 mos)
Loxodrome Solutions Inc.
Founder and CEO (3 yrs 2 mos)
Inmobi
Seed Investor (20 yrs 1 mo)
Mumbai Angels
Member (20 yrs 3 mos)
IBM Global Services
Principal (3 yrs 8 mos)
PwC Consulting
Consultant (3 yrs)
Sun Microsystems
Marketing Manager (3 mos)
ReachOut Communications
Co-founder and Marketing Manager (3 yrs 1 mo)
Kanbay
Analyst (3 yrs)
Expert Software Consultants
Marketing & Sales Intern (5 mos)
Education
MBA at UCLA Anderson School of Management
Bachelor's degree at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
at JAI HIND COLLEGE, MUMBAI
at Bombay Scottish
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at BITS Pilani
MBA at UCLA