Sanjay Rao

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Tau Ventures LLC

Electronic Technology

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Sanjay K.
Rao was the founder of Accelerate Labs LLC, which was founded in 2014, where he served as the CEO from 2016 to 2018.
He is also the founder of Tau Ventures LLC, which was founded in 2019, where he currently holds the title of Partner.
In addition to his founding positions, Mr. Rao currently holds a position as a Trustee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Rao has held former positions as a Principal at Cisco Systems, Inc., Intel Corp., Sun Microsystems, Inc., and Bain & Co., Inc. He also worked as a Program Manager at Microsoft Corp.
and as a Senior Associate at Norwest Venture Partners.
Mr. Rao's education history includes undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Sanjay Rao active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Functions as a College/University	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Tau Ventures LLC Tau Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Tau Ventures invests in companies located in the United States and Canada. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of healthcare, enterprise and automation. It provides financing for seed, early and later stage capital requirements.	Founder	01/01/2019

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Former positions of Sanjay Rao

Companies	Position	End
Accelerate Labs LLC Accelerate Labs LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI, SaaS and consumer web products	Chief Executive Officer	01/01/2018
Norwest Venture Partners Norwest Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Norwest Venture Partners invests in companies located in North America, India and Israel. The firm focuses on companies operating across a broad range of sectors and industries.It participates in early and later stage transactions with an investment size of USD 10 - 100 million.	Private Equity Analyst	-
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Microsystems, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops computer and storage systems, high-speed microprocessors and software solutions for computer networking	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
INTEL CORPORATION	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Private companies	10
Cisco Systems, Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Designs and sells networking, security, collaboration, cloud management hardware & applications to securely connect industries and communities	Electronic Technology
Intel Corp. Intel Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Engages in design, development, manufacture and sale of CPUs and integrated circuits to computing and related end products	Electronic Technology
Microsoft Corp. Microsoft Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops, manufactures and distributes software products	Technology Services
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Microsystems, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops computer and storage systems, high-speed microprocessors and software solutions for computer networking	Electronic Technology
Bain & Co., Inc. Bain & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides strategy, marketing, organization, operations, IT and M&A consulting services	Commercial Services
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Functions as a College/University	Finance
Norwest Venture Partners Norwest Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Norwest Venture Partners invests in companies located in North America, India and Israel. The firm focuses on companies operating across a broad range of sectors and industries.It participates in early and later stage transactions with an investment size of USD 10 - 100 million.	Finance
Harvard Business School Harvard Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Tau Ventures LLC Tau Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Tau Ventures invests in companies located in the United States and Canada. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of healthcare, enterprise and automation. It provides financing for seed, early and later stage capital requirements.	Finance
Accelerate Labs LLC Accelerate Labs LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI, SaaS and consumer web products	Technology Services

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