Raman Khanna

Director/Board Member at

Serus Corp.

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Raman Khanna is the founder of Cogency Software, Inc. (founded in 1997) and Diamondhead Ventures (founded in 2000).
He held the title of Founding Managing Director at Diamondhead Ventures from 2000 to 2013.
Mr. Khanna's current job(s) include being a Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital since 2016, a Director at Serus Corp., a Director at Zingbox LLC, a Board Member at Skan, Inc. (California) since 2022, and a Board Member at Netspring Data, Inc. since 2021.
His former job(s) include being a Director at Buysight, Inc., ClariPhy Communications, Inc., and 1020, Inc. He was also a Managing Director at EMC Ventures from 2013 to 2016.
Mr. Khanna served as an Advisor at Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., and Dell, Inc. He was a General Partner at ONSET Ventures service corporation from 2007 to 2011.
Additionally, he worked as the Chief Information Officer at Stanford University from 1984 to 2000.
Mr. Khanna's education includes an undergraduate degree from Delhi College of Engineering in 1980, a graduate degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1984, and a graduate degree from Golden Gate University in 1988.

Raman Khanna active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Serus Corp. Serus Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud based manufacturing and supply chain visibility and intelligence solutions	Director/Board Member	-
Dell Technologies Capital Dell Technologies Capital Investment ManagersFinance Dell Technologies Capital invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for early-stage capital requirements. It acts as a lead investor and also takes a seat on the board of directors.	Private Equity Investor	01/09/2016
Zingbox LLC Zingbox LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Discovers and protects connected equipment by revealing existing vulnerabilities and hidden threats	Director/Board Member	-
Netspring Data, Inc. Netspring Data, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops data warehouse native analytics platform and enterprise software solutions & provides database services	Director/Board Member	01/07/2021
Skan, Inc. (California) Skan, Inc. (California) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops enterprise artificial intelligence software platform	Director/Board Member	01/03/2022

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Former positions of Raman Khanna

Companies	Position	End
EMC Ventures EMC Ventures Investment ManagersFinance EMC Ventures is an active manager which invests in companies located in United States. It participates in seed stage and later stage transactions and focuses on sectors such as Technology Services.	Private Equity Investor	02/08/2016
Diamondhead Ventures Diamondhead Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Diamondhead Ventures focuses on investments in early-stage technology companies that are developing disruptive technologies and have strong, defensible intellectual property. The firm focuses on technology opportunities related to information security, enterprise 2.0 and cross-discipline areas, such as computational biology. Diamondhead Ventures is particularly interested in identifying investment opportunities arising from leading research universities. The firm seeks spin-out opportunities that offer significant capital efficiency benefits by leveraging prior research and development efforts and that allow the firm to fund emerging technologies at a lower risk and a lower cost than typical early-stage opportunities. Diamondhead Ventures makes initial seed and Series A investments ranging from $500,000 to $5 million. They will invest in a company prior to the full development of the technology and/or management team.	Founder	01/04/2013
Stanford University Stanford University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Chief Investment Officer	02/09/2000
Cogency Software, Inc. Cogency Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops, deploys and supports automated management solutions	Founder	-
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Private companies	20
Dell, Inc. Dell, Inc. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Manufactures, sells and repairs computers, monitors and technology products	Electronic Technology
International Business Machines Corp. International Business Machines Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides software, IT consulting, cloud and infrastructure services	Technology Services
Microsoft Corp. Microsoft Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops, manufactures and distributes software products	Technology Services
Oracle Corp. Oracle Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud based enterprise applications and infrastructure technologies & license, hardware and IT services	Technology Services
ClariPhy Communications, Inc. ClariPhy Communications, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuits	Electronic Technology
Serus Corp. Serus Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud based manufacturing and supply chain visibility and intelligence solutions	Technology Services
Buysight, Inc. Buysight, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops online advertising technologies and platforms	Technology Services
Stanford University Stanford University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Diamondhead Ventures Diamondhead Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Diamondhead Ventures focuses on investments in early-stage technology companies that are developing disruptive technologies and have strong, defensible intellectual property. The firm focuses on technology opportunities related to information security, enterprise 2.0 and cross-discipline areas, such as computational biology. Diamondhead Ventures is particularly interested in identifying investment opportunities arising from leading research universities. The firm seeks spin-out opportunities that offer significant capital efficiency benefits by leveraging prior research and development efforts and that allow the firm to fund emerging technologies at a lower risk and a lower cost than typical early-stage opportunities. Diamondhead Ventures makes initial seed and Series A investments ranging from $500,000 to $5 million. They will invest in a company prior to the full development of the technology and/or management team.	Finance
Golden Gate University Golden Gate University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
ONSET Ventures service corporation ONSET Ventures service corporation Investment ManagersFinance ONSET Ventures service invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of information technology and medical technology services. It provides financing for early stage and later stage capital requirements.	Finance
Cogency Software, Inc. Cogency Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops, deploys and supports automated management solutions	Technology Services
Delhi College of Engineering Delhi College of Engineering Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
1020, Inc. 1020, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides data management, data analytics, and advertising services on mobile devices	Technology Services
EMC Ventures EMC Ventures Investment ManagersFinance EMC Ventures is an active manager which invests in companies located in United States. It participates in seed stage and later stage transactions and focuses on sectors such as Technology Services.	Finance
Zingbox LLC Zingbox LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Discovers and protects connected equipment by revealing existing vulnerabilities and hidden threats	Technology Services
Dell Technologies Capital Dell Technologies Capital Investment ManagersFinance Dell Technologies Capital invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for early-stage capital requirements. It acts as a lead investor and also takes a seat on the board of directors.	Finance
Skan, Inc. (California) Skan, Inc. (California) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops enterprise artificial intelligence software platform	Technology Services
Netspring Data, Inc. Netspring Data, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops data warehouse native analytics platform and enterprise software solutions & provides database services	Technology Services