Anurag Chandra
Anurag Chandra has been an active member of the Silicon Valley technology and venture capital community for over 15 years. Prior to joining NXT, he was Managing Partner of Gresham Partners, where he advised early-stage to mid-market technology companies seeking operational scale and several VC/PE funds on fundraising, fund management and deal flow.
Prior to that, Anurag served as a Managing Director at the Galleon Crossover Fund, where he focused on late-state equity investments in pre-IPO companies, and at Lighthouse Capital Partners, where he led investments in more than 40 companies and played a key role in managing a $366 million early and late-stage venture debt fund. Some of Anurag’s successful exits include Responsys (IPO), Airespace ($450 million sale to Cisco), Ironport ($830 million sale to Cisco), Vontu ($350 million sale to Symantec) and Modulus Video (sale to Motorola).
Before becoming an investor, Anurag held several leadership and operating roles in startups. In 2007, he cofounded De-Fi Mobile Ltd. and was an early board member. He also served as Vice President of Business and Corporate Development for Intraspect Software, Inc., which was acquired by Vignette Corporation, and as Vice President of Finance and Operations for NetDialog, Inc., which was acquired by Kana Communications. He was also an early advisor to Solazyme, Inc., a microbial photosynthesis company with renewable energy and biomaterials applications, which went public in 2011.
Anurag was recognized in The Silicon Valley Business Journal’s “40 under 40” feature in 2005. He is a graduate of Loyola Law School, where he was a St. Thomas More scholar, and earned a B.A. with honors in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University.
Among other activities, Anurag has been a lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and an academic advisor to several freshmen at Stanford. He is involved with social impact investing funds, serves on the board of directors for the Menlo-Atherton Little League and coaches an AAA team. Anurag lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and two children. His hobbies include reading and playing golf.
