Biography:Ashmeet Sidana
Ashmeet Sidana | |
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| Education | University of Southern California (B.Sc. Computer Science, 1989) Stanford University (B.Sc. Computer Science, 1991) Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (MBA, 2003) |
| Occupation | Founder of Engineering Capital |
Ashmeet Sidana is an American businessman, entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the Founder, Chief Engineer and Managing Partner of Engineering Capital.[1][2][3]
Education
Sidana obtained a B.Sc. from USC in 1989, a M.Sc. in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1991 and graduated with an MBA from Wharton in 2003.[2][4]
Career
Sidana started his career at Hewlett Packard and then worked at Silicon Graphics, where he worked as an engineer. Subsequently, he founded Sidana Systems, where he served as Chief Executive Officer until the company was bought by Doclinx.[4]
He then worked at VMware, where he was in charge of product management for the company's product ESX Server. Until 2013, Sidana then worked with Foundation Capital, a venture capital fund.[citation needed]
Engineering Capital
In 2015, Sidana launched his own venture capital fund, Engineering Capital, with plans to focus his initial $32 million investment fund and portfolio on 10-15 start-ups from the infrastructure technology (IT and engineering) sector.[3][5][6]
For his second investment fund, Sidana raised $50 million.[1]
Personal life
Sidana is an action traveler and has summited Mt. Everest once.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Why Venture Capital Is No Longer a 'Lifecycle Business'" (in en). http://fortune.com/2018/08/30/venture-engineering-capital/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ashmeet Sidana, Chief Engineer – Engineering Capital" (in en-US). https://www.engineeringcapital.com/ashmeet-sidana-managing-partner/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ashmeet Sidana of Engineering Capital (Part 6)" (in en-US). 2018-05-31. https://www.sramanamitra.com/2018/05/31/1mby1m-virtual-accelerator-investor-forum-with-ashmeet-sidana-of-engineering-capital-part-6/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "The Wharton Global Alumni Forum San Francisco". http://www.whartonsanfrancisco11.com/sanfrancisco11/Speakerdetails0633.html?Id=1226.
- ↑ "A Team Player Strikes Out on His Own - StrictlyVC, LLC" (in en-US). 24 February 2015. https://www.strictlyvc.com/2015/02/24/a-team-player-strikes-out-on-his-own/.
- ↑ "Silicon Valley Friday Show: VC Ashmeet Sidana talks AWS, entrepreneurs and what's coming in 2017" (in en-US). 2016-12-10. https://siliconangle.com/2016/12/10/silicon-valley-friday-show-guest-ashmeet-sidana/.
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