Investing Profile

Praveen Akkiraju

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Managing Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers
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Current Investing Position
SoftBank Investment Advisers Managing Partner
Investment Range
$10.0M - $350.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
19

Praveen Akkiraju is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Praveen Akkiraju's Investments On Record (15)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Reco
Series BFeb 2026$30M
Series AApr 2025$25M
$65M
Co-investors: Gil Dibner (Angular Ventures), Oren Zeev (Zeev Ventures)
E2B
Series AJul 2025$21M
$36M
Co-investors: Alessio Fanelli (Decibel Partners), Matěj Turek (Eskalator Capital), Edward Lando (Biowear), Liu Jiang
Delve
Series AJul 2025$32M
$36M
Co-investors: Surbhi Sarna (Y Combinator)
Glass Imaging
Series AMay 2025$20M
$31M
Co-investors: Erik Nordlander (GV (Google Ventures)), Evan Nisselson (LDV Capital)
CrewAI
Series AOct 2024$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Andrew Ng (AI Fund), Dharmesh Shah
Stampli
Series DOct 2023$61M
Series CMay 2021$50M
$150M
Co-investors: Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Bobby Lent (Hillsven), James Cham (Bloomberg BETA)
Bardeen
Series AJun 2022$15M
$19M
Co-investors: Matthias Turck (FirstMark Capital), Zachary Bogue (DCVC (Data Collective)), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Carsten Thoma (La Famiglia), Florian Leibert (468 Capital), Brent Hoberman (Firstminute Capital), Lukasz Gadowski (Team Global), Felix Haas (10x Group)
LIBLAB
Series AJun 2022$42M
$42M
Co-investors: Ron Rofe (Vaizra Investments)

Praveen Akkiraju's Experience

Senior Director, Product Managment CiscoPresent
Vice President & General Manager - Service Provider Infrastructure Business CiscoPresent
Board Of Directors Compass-EOSPresent
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Enterprise Networking & Cloud Infrastructure CiscoPresent
Member, Senior Advisory Board Moving CapitalPresent
Member, Senior Advisory Board Industry Initiative for Science and Math Education (Ignited)Present
Board Advisor Team8Present
Managing Director Insight PartnersPresent
Chief Executive Officer VCEPresent
Chief Executive Officer ViptelaPresent
Chief Executive Officer xjtuPresent
Managing Partner SoftBank Investment AdvisersPresent

Praveen Akkiraju's Education

University of Madras BE Electronics & Comm Engineering

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