Nagraj Kashyap
Corporate VP, M12
Nagraj is Corporate Vice President at Microsoft where he founded and leads M12 (fka Microsoft Ventures), the corporate VC arm of Microsoft. At M12, Nagraj has led investments in Livongo (IPO), CloudSimple (acquired by Google), Rescale, Go1, Helpshift, Outreach.io, Kahoot, FigureEight (acquired by Appen), Pachyderm and Evisort. Nagraj also serves as a board member of the National Venture Capital Association.
Nagraj is Corporate Vice President at Microsoft where he founded and leads M12 (fka Microsoft Ventures), the corporate VC arm of Microsoft. At M12, Nagraj has led investments in Livongo (IPO), CloudSimple (acquired by Google), Rescale, Go1, Helpshift, Outreach.io, Kahoot, FigureEight (acquired by Appen), Pachyderm and Evisort. Nagraj also serves as a board member of the National Venture Capital Association.
Prior to joining Microsoft in January, 2016, Nagraj was Senior Vice President for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., where he founded and oversaw Qualcomm’s $1 billion strategic venture investment portfolio of 140+ investments. Nagraj has over 20 years’ experience in the technology industry with over 16 years in venture capital, and has been recognized as a leader in corporate venturing through the GCV Powerlist awards in 2013, 2014, 2016-2019. He earned his MBA degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and his MS in computer science from the University of Texas, Austin.
Venktesh Shukla
General Partner, Monta Vista Capital
Currently a General Partner in a micro VC fund, Shukla has been involved with numerous start ups as an executive, investor, board member, or adviser. As President of TiE Silicon Valley and Chair of TiE Global, he has had transformational impact on the organization in Silicon Valley as well as at TiE Global.
Shukla is the founder and General Partner of Monta Vista Capital that invests in pre seed and seed stage companies in Silicon Valley. Shukla has been involved with numerous startups as an executive, investor, board member, or adviser. In his corporate career, he had a successful track record of leading companies through rapid growth. As President of TiE Silicon Valley and Chair of TiE Global, he has had a transformational impact on the organization in Silicon Valley as well as at TiE Global. As the founding President of Foundation for Excellence for the first 17 years of its 26 years existence, set the stage for its current success in providing scholarships to thousands of talented but poor students pursuing engineering and medical education in India.