Investing Profile

Tobias Knaup

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Senior Advisor at Nutanix

d2iq.comSan Francisco, California

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Y Combinator Network

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Technische Universität München Network

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Airbnb Network

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Technical University of Munich Network

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American University of Beirut Network

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Current Investing Position

Nutanix

Investment Range

$5K - $50K

Sweet Spot

$25K

Investments On Record

Tobias Knaup is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Tobias Knaup's Investments On Record (5)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Rill Data	SeedAug 2022$12M	$12M
Co-investors: DJ Patil (‎GreatPoint Ventures), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Florian Leibert (468 Capital), Anthony Goldbloom (AIX Ventures), Jeff Hammerbacher (Techammer), Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph), John Hughes (Swiftarc Ventures), Jim McKelvey (FINTOP Capital), Jim Payne (Breakpoint Capital), Brett Wilson (Swiftarc Ventures), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Gil Elbaz, Caesar Djavaherian, Lukas Biewald
Plural.com	Pre SeedFeb 2022$750K	$750K
Co-investors: Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Erik Torenberg (Village Global)
QuestDB	Series ANov 2021$12M	$14M
Co-investors: Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Ivailo Jordanov (7percent Ventures), Sia Houchangnia (Seedcamp), Tom Preston-Werner (Preston-Werner Ventures), Florian Leibert (468 Capital)
Activeloop	SeedNov 2021$5M	$22M
Co-investors: Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Brian Keil (Chestnut Street Ventures), Clark Landry (CESPPA)
Qwiet	Series AOct 2017$9M	$58M
Co-investors: Enrique Salem (Bain Capital Ventures), Jay Leek (Syngenta Ventures), Florian Leibert (468 Capital), Ursheet Parikh (Mayfield Fund), Umesh Padval (Thomvest Ventures)

Tobias Knaup's Experience

Lead Software Architect PhotonAI — Africa's Sovereign AI InfrastructurePresent

Sr. Director, General Manager of Cloud Native NutanixPresent

VP, General Manager of Cloud Native NutanixPresent

Senior Advisor NutanixPresent

Co-Founder University of WuerzburgPresent

Chief Executive Officer D2iQ2020 - 2023

Co-Founder & CTO D2iQ2013 - 2020

YC Continuity Advisor Y Combinator2018 - 2018

Tech Lead Airbnb2010 - 2013

Lead Software Architect Pingsta2009 - 2010

Co-Founder Knaup Multimedia1998 - 2009

Software Development Intern Pingsta2007 - 2008

Teaching Assistant Munich University of Technology2002 - 2003

Electronics Lab Intern University of Wuerzburg2002 - 2002

Tobias Knaup's Education

Technische Universität München Dipl.-Ing. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

American University of Beirut Electrical and Computer Engineering

Technical University of Munich Dipl.-Ing. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

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