DJ

Deepak Jagannathan

Finance & Biz Ops | Venture Capital ; recovering MIT/IITM engineer

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $2,500,000.00

Work Experience

2023 - 2024

  • Sr. Director, Strategy & Ops - Consumer BU (Fixed term Contract).

    2023 - 2024

    - Strategic Initiatives for a multi-billion dollar consumer storage business working with GM of Business Unit. - Financial Planning Process and optimization of marketing spend. - Goals, OKRs and Review cadences for measuring team and product line performances.

2021 - 2022

  • Head of Finance & Business Operations (USVP/Madrona Funded)

    2021 - 2022

    Led finance, HR and Compliance functions (10+ people) - Built GTM processes like quote-to-cash and sales commissions. - Hired and Managed Finance, Compliance and People Teams as company grew ARR 10x; employees 3x (100+), Customers 3x (100+) - Supported CEO with Ser B Fundraising through ownership of due diligence, financial forecasts and growth investment planning culminating in $20M Ser B led by Madrona - Led internal and consultant teams towards SoC2 Compliance efforts. - Owned periodic (monthly/quarterly) investor reporting and board meeting packages.

  • Principal

    2018 - 2021

    Generalist venture capital investor -- enterprise software, fintech, hardware and deeptech. Looking for founders raising their seed and Ser A for their B2B startup.

  • Sr. Associate

    2015 - 2018

  • Member Board of Directors

    2017 - 2021

    Sourced and led investment process for DNX to lead Uplift's Ser B round in Q4 2017. Joined the board as part of the round. Acquired by Upgrade for $100M+.

2017 - 2021

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2017 - 2021

    Led Ser A for Haven. Acquired by FourKites in 2021.

2020 - 2021

  • Ser A Lead & Board Observer

    2020 - 2021

    Sourced and led investment process for DNX to lead Banzai's Ser A round. Joined the board as an observer as part of the round. IPO (NASDAQ: BNZI) in 2023.

2020 - 2021

  • Ser A Lead Investor

    2020 - 2021

2019 - 2021

  • Ser C Investor

    2019 - 2021

2017 - 2021

  • Ser A Lead Investor

    2017 - 2021

2016 - 2021

  • Ser A Investor

    2016 - 2021