Technology
Nandu Anilal
Vice President / East Coast
Since 2019
Nandu focuses on enterprise technology investments at Canaan. He previously worked on Thumbtack’s product team, where he led strategic projects to help inform and execute the product roadmap. Prior to Thumbtack, Nandu was a management consultant helping clients build and scale their go-to-market efforts. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering.
Nandu in 5
Origins: Grew up in Chicago
Sports: Playing basketball & tennis
Dream Job: Sneaker designer
Accomplishments: Ate Chipotle 27 days in a row
Giving: Improving access to opportunity through education & mentorship
Investments
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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: Powering the Shift Towards Customer-Centric Companies: Announcing Our Investment in Enterpret
TechCrunch: This ex-Scale AI Leader Built a Platform to Automatically Extracts Insights From Customer Feedback
AI's shift to efficiency
Nandu Anilal: Compound Startups
Nandu Anilal: Open Source by Default
Nandu Anilal: Investing in data [2021]
Nandu in 5
Origins: Grew up in Chicago
Sports: Playing basketball & tennis
Dream Job: Sneaker designer
Accomplishments: Ate Chipotle 27 days in a row
Giving: Improving access to opportunity through education & mentorship