Karan Mehandru - Managing Director @ Madrona

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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

CB Rank (Investor)

44,524

Primary Job Title Managing Director
Primary Organization
Madrona

Location Palo Alto, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male

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Karan Mehandru is based out of Palo Alto, California and is the Managing Director of Madrona. Karan Mehandru attended Stanford University.

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Doss	Madrona	Yes	Series B - Doss	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Deepgram	Madrona	—	Series C - Deepgram	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Wisdom AI	Madrona	—	Series A - Wisdom AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Fyxer AI	Madrona	Yes	Series B - Fyxer AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Impart Security	Madrona	Yes	Series A - Impart Security	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	GrowthX AI	Madrona	Yes	Series A - GrowthX AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Wisdom AI	Madrona	—	Seed Round - Wisdom AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Shaped	Madrona	Yes	Series A - Shaped	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Unstructured Technologies	Madrona	—	Series B - Unstructured Technologies	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Clerk	Madrona	—	Series B - Clerk	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Karan Mehandru

is the

Managing Director

Madrona

. Additionally,

Karan Mehandru

has had

past jobs including

General Partner

Trinity Ventures

Madrona Managing DirectorAug 30, 2022

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Trinity Ventures	General Partner	Jul 2010	Nov 2020
Synopsys	Strategic Sales Account Manager	2006	Dec 1, 2007
Steadfast Financial	Managing Director and Head of Venture Capital	Nov 2020	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Karan Mehandru

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

Fyxer AI

Board Member

Impart Security

, and

Board Member

GrowthX AI

Fyxer AI Board MemberSep 9, 2025
Impart Security Board MemberJun 2025
GrowthX AI Board MemberMay 15, 2025
Shaped Boar of Director2024
Unstructured Technologies Board of DirectorsJul 19, 2023
Clerk Board MemberMar 22, 2023
Forethought Board MemberDec 15, 2021
Cultivate Board MemberNov 2019
Valtix Investor and Board MemberJan 2019
Beautiful.ai Board memberApr 2018

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Act-On Software	Board of Directors	May 2011	Nov 2020
WayUp	Board Member	Feb 2017	Nov 2020
Simply Measured	Board Of Directors	Feb 2014	—
Jama Software	Board of Directors	May 2013	—
Hoopla	Advisor	Feb 1, 2014	—

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Alibaba and Tencent portfolio companies	43,559
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Payment companies recently funded	54,575
Seed Stage Investors with Investments in Western US	1,100
RSAC 2019 Exhibitors	37,088
Early Stage Venture Investors with Investments in Western US (Top 10K)	683
West Coast Investors with Funds Raised in 2006	96,115
West Coast Investors with Funds Raised in 2012	73,884
West Coast Investors with Funds Raised in 1999	71,821
Post IPO Investors	6,634

Education

Karan Mehandru

studied at

George Mason University

Carleton University

, and

Stanford University

George Mason University Electricel Engineering
Carleton University B.S.Electrical Engineering
Stanford University M.Sc.Management Science

Events

Number of Events

Karan Mehandru

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

Traction Conf Vancouver 2016

Jun 22, 2016

Traction Conf Vancouver 2016 Speaker Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North AmericaJun 22, 2016
Collision 2015 Speaker Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, North AmericaMay 5, 2015