Venky Ganesan

Who is Venky Ganesan?

Venky is a Managing Director

based in Globespan’s Palo Alto office where he focuses on enterprise

software and infrastructure investments. His active portfolio consists

of investments in Exeros, Fogbreak, Nominum, Plaxo, Sendia, and

Steelwedge.

Prior to Globespan, Venky was a Vice President of JAFCO Ventures

where he focused on enterprise software investments. Prior to founding

Trigo Technologies, Venky was an Associate in JAFCO’s Boston office

where he envisioned the idea behind Trigo and where the company was

incubated at the time of inception. As co-founder and Chief Operating

Officer of Trigo Technologies, Inc. Venky played an integral role in

helping the company take the leadership position in the product

information management space. Trigo was acquired by IBM resulting in a

substantial investment return for all investors.

Previously, Venky worked with McKinsey Co. in their Los

Angeles and Johannesberg offices. He also was a program manager at

Microsoft’s Encarta group. Venky received degrees in Computer Science,

Math, and Economics from both the California Institute of Technology

and Reed College.