Anshu Sharma
Co-founder & CEO Skyflow - the data privacy vault for securing the modern AI data stack.
Mountain View, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder & CEO
2020 - Current
Don't DIY PII. Radically simplifying security & privacy for the modern AI data stack with data privacy vault.
Skyflow provides a data privacy vault with an API interface.
Raised $97,000,000.00 from Canvas Ventures, Firestreak Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Foundation Capital, Mouro Capital, MS&AD Ventures, Gokul Rajaram, Canvas Ventures, Foundation Capital and Insight Partners.
Seed Investor
2016
YC startup. Fintech.
Seed Investor
2014
Algolia is the Search-as-a-Service platform that enables companies to deliver fast and relevant digital experiences that drive real results.
Raised $334,220,000.00 from Glynn Capital Management, Fidelity, WiL (World Innovation Lab), Twilio, Robin Haak, Lone Pine Capital, Salesforce Ventures, DAG Ventures, Owl Rock Capital and Revaia.
Seed Investor and Advisor
2015
Workato is an enterprise automation platform that helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising governance and security.
Raised $415,000,000.00 from Tiger Global Management, Altimeter Capital, Unbound Ventures, Insight Partners, Geodesic Capital, Battery Ventures and Redpoint.
Seed Investor and Advisor
2015
Lead the Seed round when the vision was big but abstract.
Tekion is a software development company that develops business applications on the cloud.
Raised $635,100,000.00 from Dragoneer Investment Group.
Seed Investor and Advisor
2010 - 2020
Went on walks and discussed product and GTM. Best walks ever. Zero to One.
Nutanix specializes in cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running apps and data across clouds.
Raised $1,148,886,043.00 from Bain Capital Private Equity.
Co-Founder
2017 - 2018
Cofounder as incubator. Non operating. Building the Business Communications Graph to kill phishing on Email & Slack. Acquired by Barracuda Networks in January 2022.
Co-founder and Executive Chairman
2016 - 2017
Incubated the company in my VC offices with two EIRs: Karthik Rajan and Punit.
Venture Partner
2014 - 2015
Invested in Copper (ProsperWorks), RedLock, Tekion, BlueShift, etc.
Storm Ventures is a venture capital firm focused solely on early-stage enterprise investments.
Vice President of Product Management
2007 - 2013
Built Salesforce platform from an early concept into clear #1 Enterprise SaaS platform with hundreds of million in revenue and many billion dollar startups built on top. This success has many fathers. I am one of them. Truly, a world class team that dreamt big.
Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications.
Raised $65,375,124.00 from Starboard Value.