Ashish Kakran

Ashish Kakran

San Francisco Bay Area
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Thomvest Ventures
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

About

Venture capital investor focused on early-stage cloud, ai/ml and cybersecurity startups…

Experience

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    Thomvest Ventures

    San Francisco Bay Area

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    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    San Francisco, California, United States

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    San Francisco, California, United States

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    New York, United States

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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      Greater Boston Area

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      Greater Boston Area

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    Mumbai

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    Delhi, India

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    Framingham, MA

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    Greater Los Angeles Area

Education

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    Activities and Societies: Kellogg Entrepreneurs Organization (KEO), Entrepreneurship Residency at The Garage, Venture Capital lab, Private Equity lab

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    Activities and Societies: Consulting Club, MarCell, Entrepreneurship Cell

    • Intaglio 2013: Elected to represent IIMC at Olympus (annual International Leadership competition). 1st runner up out of 9 participating international business schools.

    • P&G CEO Challenge 2012: Won the campus round out of 44 participating teams of 4 members each. Presented case analysis to P&G's India leadership team.

    * Opted out of the program for family reasons

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    Activities and Societies: General Secretray ( Students' Welfare Board ) , Cultural Secretary ( Kameng Hostel ) , Organizer Crush ( Alcheringa ) , Member Marketing Team ( Techniche ), Winner Best Drama ( Manthan ), Winner Ad-Mad ( Manthan )

    • Launched Zero Illiteracy Zone social responsibility campaign. IIT volunteers teach Maths and Science to kids from nearby villages, spoken English to Security Guards and basic mathematics to Mess Workers.

    • Started Fresher's Week to help new students get used to new environment. 5 day event that includes movie screenings, scavenger hunt, sports and cultural events

    • Started 'Refer A Friend' scheme and 'Anonymous Support Box' to identify and provide counselling services to…

    • Launched Zero Illiteracy Zone social responsibility campaign. IIT volunteers teach Maths and Science to kids from nearby villages, spoken English to Security Guards and basic mathematics to Mess Workers.

    • Started Fresher's Week to help new students get used to new environment. 5 day event that includes movie screenings, scavenger hunt, sports and cultural events

    • Started 'Refer A Friend' scheme and 'Anonymous Support Box' to identify and provide counselling services to students affected by depression.

    • Started permanent Yoga and Meditation Center at IIT

    • Started Coffee House Sessions to encourage debate and discussions about contemporary affairs at campus over a cup of coffee.

    • Organized Blood Donation camp, cloth donation drives , Vihangam Yoga Workshop, Yes + workshop and Counselling Session by city based experts.

    • Led NSS ( 300 students) , Counselling Cell ( 30 students ) and SAB ( 30 students )

Volunteer Experience

  • Mentor

    Mentor

    IIT Startups

    - 5 months

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    Mentor for early-stage technology startups who were part of Cohort #8 of IIT Startups.

  • President (Bay Area Chapter)

    President (Bay Area Chapter)

    IIT Guwahati Alumni Association

    - 3 years 1 month

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    Work closely with the 500+ members of IIT Guwahati alumni community in the Bay Area.

  • Member (Executive Committee)

    Member (Executive Committee)

    PANIIT USA

    - 2 years 1 month

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    Non-profit organization representing 15,000+ US based alumni of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

  • Vice President

    Vice President

    IIT Association of Greater New England

    - 7 months

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    Elected as a Executive Committee member to work closely with President, IIT AGNE on execution of vision for this 501 (c)(3) non-profit.

    IIT AGNE engages in charitable activities that promote education and research primarily in STEM areas. The goal of this organization is also to provide forums and events that foster exchange of ideas, cultural exchanges and social interaction between IIT alumni and the larger New England community.

  • Vice President, IITG

    IIT SINE

    - 3 years 1 month

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    Elected as a VP to represent IIT Guwahati and bring closer together over 500 IIT Alumni living in New England area through events ranging from fireside chats to annual picnics.

  • Organizer, CIO Panel Discussion

    IIT Leadership Conference 2016

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    Organized a panel discussion titled "Challenges of the Cloud based Enterprise" during the 2016 Leadership Conference that was attended by about 1,000 technology leaders.

    Panel Members
    James McGlennon, CIO Liberty Mutual
    Manu Tandon, CIO Beth Israel Deaconess medical Center
    Ravi Pendse, CIO Brown University
    Narayanan Krishnakumar, SVP EMC


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