Punit P. Chiniwalla
Private Equity Investor at Singtel Innov8 Ventures LLC
Profile
Punit leads venture investments for Hewlett Packard Pathfinder where he focuses on enterprise application, infrastructure, and cloud services.
Prior to HPE, Punit was the Director of Corporate Development at Amazon where he led venture investments and drove M&A strategy for AWS.
Prior to Amazon, Punit was the Managing Director of Singtel Innov8, leading the fund’s US and Israel efforts.
He joined Innov8 shortly after the fund was formalized as an LP-GP structure and spent almost a decade helping the fund grow to more than 120 investments globally.
Punit started his venture career at Panorama Capital during its spinout from JPMorgan Partners.
Punit is an approachable venture capitalist and corporate strategist who has driven more than 30 investments as an active board member across all stages of the startup lifecycle including Attivo (acq.
Sentinel One), Shape Security (acq.
F5), TubeMogul (IPO, acq.
Adobe), Qubole (acq.
Idera), Bitglass (acq.
Forcepoint), Nexage (acq.
MM, Yahoo), Edmodo (acq.
Elernity), Neura (acq.
Otonomo), and Tempo.ai (acq.
Salesforce).
Punit crossed over to venture capital after many years developing frontier technologies at notable institutions including IBM's T.J.
Watson Research Center in New York.
He holds a B.S.
from Carnegie Mellon University, a Ph.D.
from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Michigan where he was a Frankel Fellow and Mondry Scholar.
He is also a graduate of the hyper-connected Kauffman Fellows Program where he remains active as a society member, lecturer and mentor.
Punit P. Chiniwalla active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Singtel Innov8 Ventures LLC | Private Equity Investor | - |
Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC
Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC (Hewlett Packard) is a venture capital subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2022 |
Former positions of Punit P. Chiniwalla
Companies | Position | End |
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Panorama Capital LLC
Panorama Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Panorama Capital LLC (Panorama Capita) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Chris Albinson, Rod Ferguson, Shahan Soghikian and damion wicker. The firm is headquartered in Campbell, California. | Private Equity Analyst | 30/12/2010 |
IBM Watson Research Center
IBM Watson Research Center Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of International Business Machines Corp., IBM Watson Research Center provides business analytics technology that works across the health landscape, from payers and providers to government & life science. The company is based in Yorktown Heights, NY. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Nexage, Inc.
Nexage, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Nexage, Inc. develops mobile advertising solutions. It offers full power of programmatic markets, enabling publishers and media buyers to trade via programmatic direct, private exchange, and mediation. The company was founded by Devkumar R. Gandhi in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Punit P. Chiniwalla
Carnegie Mellon University | Undergraduate Degree |
Georgia Institute of Technology | Doctorate Degree |
University of Michigan | Masters Business Admin |
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Panorama Capital LLC
Panorama Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Panorama Capital LLC (Panorama Capita) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Chris Albinson, Rod Ferguson, Shahan Soghikian and damion wicker. The firm is headquartered in Campbell, California. | Finance |
Nexage, Inc.
Nexage, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Nexage, Inc. develops mobile advertising solutions. It offers full power of programmatic markets, enabling publishers and media buyers to trade via programmatic direct, private exchange, and mediation. The company was founded by Devkumar R. Gandhi in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Commercial Services |
IBM Watson Research Center
IBM Watson Research Center Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of International Business Machines Corp., IBM Watson Research Center provides business analytics technology that works across the health landscape, from payers and providers to government & life science. The company is based in Yorktown Heights, NY. | Technology Services |
Singtel Innov8 Ventures LLC | Finance |
Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC
Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC (Hewlett Packard) is a venture capital subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
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