Investing Profile

Alok Nandan(141)

VC
Founder & Managing Partner at First Rays Venture Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
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Alok Nandan's investing connections

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5 Investors

Connected to Eva Ho (Fika Ventures), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), and 2 other investors on Signal.

Networks Alok is a member of
Microsoft Network
392 CONNECTIONS
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management Network
193 CONNECTIONS
University of California, Los Angeles Network
158 CONNECTIONS
Intel Corporation Network
138 CONNECTIONS
Salesforce Network
104 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
First Rays Venture Partners Managing Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
13

Alok Nandan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Alok Nandan's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Backslash Security
Series AFeb 2026$19M
SeedMar 2023$8M
$27M
Co-investors: Nate Jaret (Maniv Mobility), Yevgeny Dibrov (Cyberstarts VC), Nadir Izrael (Cyberstarts VC), Shlomo Kramer (Skinos Family Office), Yuval Cohen (StageOne Ventures), Talia Rafaeli (Kompas VC), Amir Jerbi
WireMock
SeedMay 2023$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Akriti Dokania (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), John Smothers (Scribble Ventures), Ron Pragides
Essenvia
SeedMay 2023$4M
Pre SeedFeb 2021$500K
Pre SeedJan 2021$200K
$4.7M
Co-investors: Kwame Ulmer (Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health), Yash Hemaraj (Benhamou Global Ventures)
FunnelStory
Pre SeedApr 2023$3M
$3M
Procyon.ai
SeedFeb 2023$7M
Pre SeedApr 2022
$7M
Co-investors: Amit Sridharan (First Rays Venture Partners)
Arcion
Series AFeb 2022$13M
Pre SeedFeb 2021$5M
$18M
Co-investors: Niels Gron
Lumeus.ai
Pre SeedJan 2022
Blotout
SeedNov 2021
Co-investors: Eric Ver Ploeg (Tunitas Ventures)

Alok Nandan's Experience

Software Engineer Intel CorporationPresent
Graduate Student Researcher UCLA Fielding School of Public HealthPresent
Group Product Manager YuMe by RhythmOnePresent
Software Engineer E2openPresent
Founder & Managing Partner First Rays Venture PartnersPresent
Director of Product Management Tempo AI (acquired by Salesforce)Present
Partner Emergent VenturesPresent
Director of Product Management Tempo AIPresent
Director of Product Management RelateIQPresent
Senior PM MicrosoftPresent
Group Product Manager YuMePresent
Founding Partner Arka Venture LabsPresent
General Partner Emergent VenturesPresent
Software Engineer IntelPresent
Software Engineer EntomoPresent
Co-founder ToneThis Inc.Present
Graduate Student Researcher University of California, Los AngelesPresent
Group Product Manager YuMe (NYSE)Present
Director of Product Management Tempo AI (acq. by SalesForce)Present
Partner Emergent Ventures (USA)2017 - 2021
Director of PM Salesforce2014 - 2016

Alok Nandan's Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles PhD Computer Science
UCLA PhD Computer Science
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management Executive Education Program Marketing
University of California, Los Angeles PhD Computer Science
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering