Kumar Ganapathy

Founder at

3i Partners

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Dr. Kumar Ganapathy is a Founder, Managing partner at 3i Partners.
He is on the Board of Directors at Upaya Social Ventures.
Dr. Ganapathy was previously employed as a Chief Executive Officer by Ampool, Inc., a Global Vice President-Strategy & Products by Virident Systems, Inc., a Co-Founder by VxTel, Inc., a Chief Executive Officer by Akridata, Inc., an Industry Partner by Ariva Partners, an Executive-in-Residence by Artiman Ventures, a Chief Technology Officer by Intel Communications Group, and an Executive Chairman by PrimaryIO, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, a graduate degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a doctorate degree from the University of Illinois.

Kumar Ganapathy active positions

Companies	Position	Start
3i Partners 3i Partners Investment ManagersFinance 3i Partners invests in companies located in the United States and India. The firm focuses on companies operating in the fields of agriculture, healthcare education, livelihoods and inclusion. It participates in early stage capital requirements.	Founder	2020-05-31
Upaya Social Ventures Upaya Social Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Functions as an alternative investment manager	Director/Board Member	2022-12-31

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Companies	Position	End
Artiman Management LLC Artiman Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Artiman Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of information technology and software services. It provides financing for seed, early and later stage capital requirements with an investment size of USD 2 - 25 million. It also acts as a lead and co-investor.	Corporate Officer/Principal	2007-05-30
AkriData, Inc. AkriData, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI vision systems and human-assist inspection workflows	Chief Executive Officer	-
Ampool, Inc. Ampool, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops business intelligence tools and provides data analysis services	Chief Executive Officer	-
VxTel, Inc. VxTel, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops DSP chips to enable next-generation packet networks	Founder	-
PrimaryIO, Inc. PrimaryIO, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops software solutions	Chairman	-

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Private companies	13
Virident Systems, Inc. Virident Systems, Inc. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Develops flash-based storage class memory solutions	Electronic Technology
VxTel, Inc. VxTel, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops DSP chips to enable next-generation packet networks	Electronic Technology
University of Illinois University of Illinois Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Indian Institute of Technology Madras Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Artiman Management LLC Artiman Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Artiman Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of information technology and software services. It provides financing for seed, early and later stage capital requirements with an investment size of USD 2 - 25 million. It also acts as a lead and co-investor.	Finance
Intel Communications Group
Ariva Partners Ariva Partners Investment ManagersFinance Ariva Partners focuses on investments in small start-ups companies located in the US. It targets companies operating in the field’s range of market segments including software, systems, semiconductors and healthcare’s. It provides financing for seed, early stage capital requirements.	Finance
Upaya Social Ventures Upaya Social Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Functions as an alternative investment manager	Finance
Ampool, Inc. Ampool, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops business intelligence tools and provides data analysis services	Technology Services
PrimaryIO, Inc. PrimaryIO, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops software solutions	Technology Services
AkriData, Inc. AkriData, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI vision systems and human-assist inspection workflows	Technology Services
3i Partners 3i Partners Investment ManagersFinance 3i Partners invests in companies located in the United States and India. The firm focuses on companies operating in the fields of agriculture, healthcare education, livelihoods and inclusion. It participates in early stage capital requirements.	Finance
University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services