Raghu Batta

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Mr. Raghu Batta joined Ojas Ventures in June 2008, after a five year stint at VantagePoint Venture Partners (San Bruno, CA), with an investment focus on wireline/wireless infrastructure-applications and digital media infrastructure.
At VPVP, he was a key member of team that led investments in Spatial Wireless (sold for $275M to Alcatel), Widevine, (software based security platforms for IPTV and Open Internet), Entrisphere (sold to Ericsson for $290M), LiveScribe (revolutionary SmartPen computer), ProtoStar (Satellites over South Asia), Iand Innopath (over the air updates for cellphones).
He also sold two companies (Kagoor Networks to Juniper and Alopa Networks to C-Cor), as a board member representing VantagePoint.
Prior to VantagePoint, he worked for over 11 years at various Data Comm and Telecoms companies in the San Francisco Bay Area in Prod Mgmt, Business Development and M&A at various companies that include Madge Networks, Bay Networks, Assured Access, Alcatel, and CopperCom.
He has an MBA from Baruch College, New York and B.E from Manipal Institute of Technology.

Former positions of Raghu Batta

Companies	Position	End
VantagePoint Management, Inc. VantagePoint Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance VantagePoint Management, Inc. (VantagePoint) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Alan Edward Salzman, James D. Marver. The firm is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with additional office in Beijing, China.	Private Equity Investor	30/03/2008
Ojas Ventures LLP Ojas Ventures LLP Investment ManagersFinance Ojas Ventures LLP (Ojas Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Pavan Krishnamurthy. The firm is headquartered in Bangalore, India.	Private Equity Investor	-
Madge Networks Ltd. Madge Networks Ltd. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Part of Celestica, Inc., Madge Networks Ltd. is a British company that specializes in the development, production, and distribution of computer hardware and software products. The company is based in Chalfont St. Giles, UK. Madge Networks was acquired by Celestica International Holdings, Inc. on February 01, 1998.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
CopperCom Acquisition Corp. CopperCom Acquisition Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services CopperCom Acquisition Corp. provides technical assistance services. The firm also provides assistance in back office integration, installation, training, program management and customer support services. The company was founded on July 18, 2006 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Bay Networks, Inc. Bay Networks, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Bay Networks, Inc. is a leader in the worldwide networking market, providing a complete line of products that serve corporate enterprises, higher education institutions, service providers and telecommunications carriers. The company offers frame and ATM switches, routers, shared media, remote and Internet Accesssolutions, IP services and network management applications, all integrated by BayNetworks' Adaptive Networking strategy	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Training of Raghu Batta

Mangalore University	Undergraduate Degree
Baruch College	Masters Business Admin

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