BV Jagadeesh, Managing Partner KAAJ Ventures, is a rockstar entrepreneur  who has successfully invested and guided start-ups to IPOs & big-ticket acquisitions like Nutanix (IPO), Yodlee (IPO), Ocarina Networks (acqd: Dell) and Ankeena (acqd: Juniper) to name a few. 

Before founding KAAJ, he served as a founding investor and CEO of NetScaler. NetScaler pioneered the concept of Application Delivery and was successfully sold to Citrix for $325M . Prior to Netscaler, he co-founded and served as CTO of Exodus communications in 1993 that pioneered the concept of Internet data centers. He was instrumental in the successful IPO of Exodus in 1998.

Currently he is an active investor and serves on the board of several start-ups. He is also an adjunct faculty at the Leavey School of Business, SCU and is also very actively involved with several non profits for the betterment of the world.

About KAAJ Ventures
Based out of California USA & Bengaluru India, KAAJ Ventures specializes in early stage investment with technology companies and working very closely with the entrepreneur and management team to build great products and companies.
KAAJ Ventures invested in Ocarina ( bought by Dell ), Ankeena ( bought by Juniper ), Netmagic Solutions ( bought by NTT ), NetScaler(acquired by Citrix) and Exodus (IPO-1998) New investments include Cloud Velociy ( Board Member) , ScaleArc ( Board Member), Whodini, Rakya Technologies, Fonemine( Board Member), Triumph Software( Board Member), Nutanix(adviser), Vnera(Board Member), Numerify(adviser), Attivo

About Madan Padaki 
The TiE Bangalore President, Madan Padaki is an entrepreneur & a Changemaker who believes that every youth has to be empowered to unleash their unlimited potential, every such empowered youth is a Mass Entrepreneur - a job-creator and that every mass entrepreneur is a Social Changemaker - making a positive difference to the communities around them!

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