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Mr. Rakesh Sood is Venture Advisor at DoCoMo Capital, Inc. and Founder at Sood Ventures.
He is on the Board of Directors at CarrierPoint, Inc.
Mr. Sood was previously employed as a Partner by Reed Elsevier Ventures Ltd.
Prior to joining Reed Elsevier, he was a General Partner at Sprout Group in Menlo Park.
Prior to his career as a VC, he was a leading senior equity analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York, and prior to that at Hambrecht & Quist in San Francisco where he did pioneering work in wireless, Internet and software sectors.
In senior operating roles prior to becoming an analyst, Mr. Sood was worldwide director of marketing and business development at AT&T, and previously held sales and marketing positions at Hewlett-Packard and Intel.
Throughout his career, he has engaged in several professional organizations, quoted extensively in business and technical publications, and an invited speaker at major industry conferences.
Mr. Sood also served on the board at Siperian, Inc.
Mr. Sood received a BSEE/CS (with Distinction) from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India; an MSEE from the State University of New York, Stony Brook; and an MBA (Dean’s List) in finance from the Wharton School.
Rakesh Sood active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
DoCoMo Capital, Inc.
 DoCoMo Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance DoCoMo Capital, Inc. is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. founded in 1900. DoCoMo Capital, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Sood Ventures
 Sood Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Sood Ventures (Sood Ventures) is venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Rakesh Sood. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Founder | 2012-12-31 |
ScoreData Corp.
 ScoreData Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ScoreData Corp. is a global data analytics company. Its product ScoreFast consolidates data from diverse internal and external sources into its big data infrastructure and provides visualization report for each source in an intuitive dashboard. The company was founded by Mudit Chandra, Vasudev Bhandarkar, Pankaj Jha, Prasanta Behera, Moidin K. Mohiuddin and Danny Yang in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 2019-11-30 |
Former positions of Rakesh Sood
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| Ntt Corp. | Consultant / Advisor | 2012-12-31 |
Sprout Group
 Sprout Group Investment ManagersFinance Sprout Group (Sprout) is venture capital subsidiary of Credit Suisse Private Equity LLC founded in 1969. The firm headquartered in New York. | Private Equity Investor | 2001-12-31 |
Intel Capital Corp.
 Intel Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Intel Capital Corp (Intel Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Intel Corp founded in 1991 by Les Vadasz, and Avram Miller. The firm is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP
 Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP provides information technology solutions. It focuses on the computers, peripherals and mobile phones. The firm provides large-format, commercial and industrial printing solutions. The company is headquartered in Plano, TX. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
AT&T Corp.
 AT&T Corp. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications AT&T Corp. is engaged in providing telecommunication services. The company is headquartered in Bedminster, NJ. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Rakesh Sood
| Stony Brook University | Graduate Degree |
| Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi | Undergraduate Degree |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Masters Business Admin |
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| Private companies | 13 |
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Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners
 Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Sprout Group
Sprout Group Investment ManagersFinance Sprout Group (Sprout) is venture capital subsidiary of Credit Suisse Private Equity LLC founded in 1969. The firm headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis. | Finance |
Intel Capital Corp.
Intel Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Intel Capital Corp (Intel Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Intel Corp founded in 1991 by Les Vadasz, and Avram Miller. The firm is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. | Finance |
CarrierPoint, Inc.
 CarrierPoint, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services CarrierPoint, Inc. develops transportation management software solutions. It also schedules pick-up and delivery appointments on-line and perform data mining and analytical reporting on historical transportation-related activities. The company is located in Norcross, GA. | Technology Services |
Siperian, Inc.
 Siperian, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Siperian, Inc. provides master data management software platforms. It helps companies unify critical data about customers, products and organizations that is fragmented across systems to deliver reliable, complete views of this data within existing business processes. The firm specializes in master data management enterprise software provider. The company was founded by Ken Hoang in 2000 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA. | Technology Services |
REV Venture Partners Ltd.
 REV Venture Partners Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance REV Venture Partners Ltd. (REV Venture Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of RELX Plc founded in 1997 by Tony Askew and Kevin Brown. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. | Finance |
DoCoMo Capital, Inc.
DoCoMo Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance DoCoMo Capital, Inc. is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. founded in 1900. DoCoMo Capital, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto. | Finance |
Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP
Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP provides information technology solutions. It focuses on the computers, peripherals and mobile phones. The firm provides large-format, commercial and industrial printing solutions. The company is headquartered in Plano, TX. | Electronic Technology |
AT&T Corp.
AT&T Corp. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications AT&T Corp. is engaged in providing telecommunication services. The company is headquartered in Bedminster, NJ. | Communications |
ScoreData Corp.
ScoreData Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ScoreData Corp. is a global data analytics company. Its product ScoreFast consolidates data from diverse internal and external sources into its big data infrastructure and provides visualization report for each source in an intuitive dashboard. The company was founded by Mudit Chandra, Vasudev Bhandarkar, Pankaj Jha, Prasanta Behera, Moidin K. Mohiuddin and Danny Yang in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
| Ntt Corp. | |
Sood Ventures
Sood Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Sood Ventures (Sood Ventures) is venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Rakesh Sood. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
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