Ashmeet Sidana
Founder at Engineering Capital LLC
Profile
Ashmeet is the Founder and Chief Engineer of Engineering Capital.
Investing before traditional venture firms, Engineering Capital specializes in leading seed rounds in software companies with a technical insight.
Ashmeet’s experience includes running venture capital funds and leadership positions helping build the industry leading products VMware ESX Server and Silicon Graphics WebFORCE.
Ashmeet came into venture from VMware, where he ran product management for their flagship product - ESX Server.
His successful investments include Azure (IPO NYSE: AZRE) and SignalFx, acquired by Splunk for $1 billion, Tubi.tv (acq: FOX).
He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Evinced, Kognitos and Nexla.
His additional active investments include Asimily, Kentik, Menlo Security, Robust Intelligence, vFunction, and YotaScale – in all of which he was the seed investor.
Ashmeet received an MBA from Wharton with Honors, MS in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a BS in Computer Science summa cum laude from USC.
In his spare-time he can be found planning his second trip to Mt.
Everest.
Ashmeet Sidana active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Engineering Capital LLC
 Engineering Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Engineering Capital LLC (Engineering Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Ashmeet Sidana. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | Founder | 31/01/2015 |
Glasnostic, Inc.
 Glasnostic, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Glasnostic, Inc. provides information technology services. Its solutions enables enterprises to organically grow and evolve their portfolio of microservice-based applications. The company was founded by Tobias Kunze and Marcus Schiesser in 2016 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Baffle, Inc.
 Baffle, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Baffle, Inc. develops and offers data encryption software. The company was founded by Ameesh Divatia in 2015 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Director/Board Member | 30/06/2015 |
YotaScale, Inc.
 YotaScale, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services YotaScale, Inc. operates as an enterprise-grade systems management platform for cloud computing. The firm provides autonomous cloud systems management. The company was founded by Asim Razzaq, Imran Moin, Michael Babiak and Abbas Yousafzai in 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Ashmeet Sidana
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Passage AI, Inc.
 Passage AI, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Passage AI, Inc. develops a conversational AI platform. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded in 2016 by Mitul Tiwari, Madhu Mathihalli, Ravi N. Raj. | Director/Board Member | 30/10/2019 |
PrivateCore, Inc.
 PrivateCore, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services PrivateCore, Inc. operates as a computing firm. It provides a secure foundation for cloud computing by protecting servers and the virtual machines running on those servers. The company was founded by Oded Horovitz and Stephen Weis in 2012 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Director/Board Member | 30/12/2013 |
Tubi, Inc.
 Tubi, Inc. Cable/Satellite TVConsumer Services Tubi, Inc. provides movie and television streaming services. It develops a monetization platform for content producers and advertisers. The company was founded by Farhad Massoudi and Thomas Ahn Hicks in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 30/12/2013 |
| Azure Power US, Inc. | Director/Board Member | 29/11/2013 |
Zetta, Inc.
 Zetta, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Zetta, Inc. provides enterprise-grade 3-in-1 backup, disaster recovery and archiving technology services. Its products include Zetta data protection and Zetta disaster recovery. The firm offers archiving, offsite, online, cloud server and remote backup services. The company was founded by Jeffrey Whitehead, Louis J. Montulli, Jeffrey Treuhaft and Jason Harrison in 2008 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | 30/10/2013 |
Training of Ashmeet Sidana
| Stanford University | Graduate Degree |
| University of Southern California | Undergraduate Degree |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Masters Business Admin |
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| HP INC. | Electronic Technology |
| Private companies | 17 |
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Silicon Graphics, Inc.
 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users | Electronic Technology |
Foundation Capital LLC
 Foundation Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Foundation Capital LLC (Foundation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, and Jim Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Simply Hired, Inc.
 Simply Hired, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Simply Hired, Inc. operates an online job search engine. It provides job seekers access to different job openings across all job categories and industries, reaching job seekers on the web, mobile devices, email, and via partner sites. The firm enables employers to reach candidates searching for jobs through its full-service pay-per-click (PPC) and self-service pay-per-post job advertising solutions. The company was founded by Gautam Godhwani, Peter Weck and Anil Godhwani in 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. ^ ^ ^ | Technology Services |
Cantaloupe Systems, Inc.
 Cantaloupe Systems, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Cantaloupe Systems, Inc. provides cloud-based mobile technologies. It delivers an integrated end-to-end vending and payment solution for cashless vending, route scheduling, automated pre-kitting and merchandising and inventory management. Its products are Seed Office, Seed Cashless, Seed Pro, Seed Delivery, and Seed Markets. The company was founded by Mandeep Arora and Anant Agrawal in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
FreeWheel Media, Inc.
 FreeWheel Media, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services FreeWheel Media, Inc. provides online video advertising. It specializes in rights of revenue and payments management, advertising sales rights, display, video, mobile ad management, contract management, professional content, ad serving, reporting, analytics, technology, services, advisory services and business operations. The company was founded in 2007 by Jonathan Heller, Douglas S. Knopper and Diane Yu and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Zetta, Inc.
Zetta, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Zetta, Inc. provides enterprise-grade 3-in-1 backup, disaster recovery and archiving technology services. Its products include Zetta data protection and Zetta disaster recovery. The firm offers archiving, offsite, online, cloud server and remote backup services. The company was founded by Jeffrey Whitehead, Louis J. Montulli, Jeffrey Treuhaft and Jason Harrison in 2008 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
PrivateCore, Inc.
PrivateCore, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services PrivateCore, Inc. operates as a computing firm. It provides a secure foundation for cloud computing by protecting servers and the virtual machines running on those servers. The company was founded by Oded Horovitz and Stephen Weis in 2012 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Commercial Services |
Tubi, Inc.
Tubi, Inc. Cable/Satellite TVConsumer Services Tubi, Inc. provides movie and television streaming services. It develops a monetization platform for content producers and advertisers. The company was founded by Farhad Massoudi and Thomas Ahn Hicks in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Consumer Services |
VMware, Inc.
 VMware, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services VMware, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud infrastructure and business mobility. Its products include Software-Defined Data Center, Hybrid Cloud Computing, and End-User Computing. It supports modernizing data centers, integrating public clouds, empowering digital workspaces and transforming security. The company was founded by Diane Greene, Mendel Rosenblum, Scott Devine, Edward Wang and Edouard Bugnion in 1998 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
Altor Networks, Inc.
 Altor Networks, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Altor Networks, Inc. provides virtualization security solutions that enable organizations to secure the virtualized world. The company was founded by Amir Ben-Efraim and Ulrich Stern in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
CiiNOW, Inc.
 CiiNOW, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services CiiNOW, Inc. provides software gaming services. The firm offers the CiiNOW platform, Cumulus that transitions from physical media to digital distribution. The company's patent-pending hardware and server management technology are architected to maximize virtualized data center environments to deliver video games through PCs, Macs, set-top boxes, tablets, smart TVs, and mobile devices. The company was founded by Ron Haberman and Devendra Raut in August 2010 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Commercial Services |
Engineering Capital LLC
Engineering Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Engineering Capital LLC (Engineering Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Ashmeet Sidana. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | Finance |
YotaScale, Inc.
YotaScale, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services YotaScale, Inc. operates as an enterprise-grade systems management platform for cloud computing. The firm provides autonomous cloud systems management. The company was founded by Asim Razzaq, Imran Moin, Michael Babiak and Abbas Yousafzai in 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Technology Services |
Baffle, Inc.
Baffle, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Baffle, Inc. develops and offers data encryption software. The company was founded by Ameesh Divatia in 2015 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Technology Services |
Glasnostic, Inc.
Glasnostic, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Glasnostic, Inc. provides information technology services. Its solutions enables enterprises to organically grow and evolve their portfolio of microservice-based applications. The company was founded by Tobias Kunze and Marcus Schiesser in 2016 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Technology Services |
| Azure Power US, Inc. | |
Passage AI, Inc.
Passage AI, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Passage AI, Inc. develops a conversational AI platform. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded in 2016 by Mitul Tiwari, Madhu Mathihalli, Ravi N. Raj. | Technology Services |
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