B.V. Jagadeesh

B.V. Jagadeesh is a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and angel investor who currently serves as a Venture Partner. See sector focus and contact routes.

About B.V. Jagadeesh

B.V. Jagadeesh is a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and angel investor who currently serves as a Venture Partner at Inventus Capital Partners and Managing Partner at KAAJ Ventures. His investment thesis focuses on early-stage technology companies, particularly in sectors like cloud infrastructure, application delivery, and data centers, with a geographic emphasis on Silicon Valley and India. Jagadeesh typically invests between $250,000 and $2.0 million, with a sweet spot of $1 million, often acting as a seed or early-stage investor. Notable portfolio companies include Nutanix (which went public), Yodlee (IPO), Ankeena (acquired by Juniper), Arkin (acquired by VMware), and NetMagic Solutions (acquired by NTT). He is distinguished by his deep operational background as the founding CEO of NetScaler and co-founder of Exodus Communications, where he pioneered application delivery and cloud hosting concepts before their successful exits. While specific public writing is not detailed in the sources, his profile highlights his role as a board member or advisor at multiple tech firms including Cohesity, Attivo, and Tetrate, reflecting his active post-investment engag

B.V. Jagadeesh at a glance

Role
Angel Investor
Location
Saratoga, CA, United States
Investor type
Individual/Angel
Focus areas
Mr. B.V. Jagadeesh serves as Managing Partner at KAAJ Ventures. He also serves as a Managing Partner at KAAJ Ventures. He is Managing Partner at KAAJ Ventures. He has successfully invested and guided companies such as NetMagic Solutions (acqd: NTT), Ocarina Networks (acqd: Dell) and Ankeena (acqd: Juniper) to name a few. Before founding KAAJ, BV Jagadeesh served as a founding investor and CEO of NetScaler. NetScaler pioneered the concept of Application Delivery and was successfully sold to Citrix for $325M and served as Group VP and GM for Citrix’s Application Networking division. Prior to Netscaler, he co-founded and served as CTO of Exodus communications in 1993 that pioneered the concept of Internet data centers. He was instrumental in the successful IPO of Exodus in 1998.

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B.V. Jagadeesh is based in Saratoga, CA, United States.

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