Arvind Ayyala
Investments at Geodesic Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner, Investments
2022 - Current
Love to connect with founders! Years of investing, and still love the art/science of investing/value creation for portfolio! I have the privilege to partner founders operating across AI, enterprise software, financial services, healthcare IT.
Geodesic Capital is a venture capital firm that provides mid and late stage funding to technology companies.
Investor | (+Sourced)
2025
CDW-native composable CDP and AI Decisioning platform enabling enterprises to activate their data
Hightouch is a data platform that helps sync customers' data from the data warehouse to CRM, marketing, and support tools.
Raised $92,200,000.00 from Databricks Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Amplify Partners, Y Combinator, The New Normal Fund, Bain Capital Ventures, Afore Capital, Barr Moses and Alex Pall.
Creator | Co-Host
2023
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unpak3d-podcast/id1715726133 For operators, by operators - Reach me at aa@unpak3d.com Guests (CEOs/Founders) - Snowflake, Transcarent, Nutanix, Taulia, Cloudflare, Jellyfish, Phenom, Endor Labs, Infinitus, Alteryx/Insight, Punchh, Shape Security.... and so many more coming up ... so many!
Investor | (+Sourced)
2025
Digital Native Vertical Wealth Management Software Stack + with custodial backend = supporting RIAs’ growth
Altruist is a digital investment platform that offers commission-free trading and financial advice to individuals.
Raised $449,500,000.00 from Adams Street Partners, ICONIQ Growth, Granite Capital Management and Sound Ventures.
Investor | (+Sourced)
2024
AI-first fraud & compliance platform - tackling data and tooling problem in the space
Sardine is fraud prevention and compliance software company for the digital economy.
Raised $75,600,000.00 from Visa, Andreessen Horowitz, Activant Capital, Nyca Partners, ING Ventures, ConsenSys, The General Partnership, XYZ Venture Capital, Eric Schmidt and Cross River Digital Ventures.
Investor | (+Sourced)
2024
Bringing AI into enterprise - with pre-built models, guardrails and powering BU-specific workflows
Writer is a software firm that develops a full-stack generative AI platform delivering transformative ROI for enterprises.
Raised $326,000,000.00 from Radical Ventures, PremjiInvest, Insight Partners, Gradient, Workday Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, B Capital, Accenture, Citi Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.
Investor | (+Sourced)
2024
Data Engine for AI Lifecycle Development
Scale AI provides a data-oriented platform that assists in the development of AI applications.
Raised $2,602,620,000.00 from WCM Investment Management, Meta, Wellington Management, Y Combinator, Intel Capital, DFJ Growth, NVIDIA, Nat Friedman, Thrive Capital and Qualcomm Ventures.
Investor | (+Sourced)
2024
Reimagining networking in age of AI
Alkira is a network infrastructure as-a-service company that unifies multiple clouds, sites, and users via an enterprise network.
Raised $176,000,000.00 from Tiger Global Management, Geodesic Capital, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Dallas Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins, LIAN Group, Sequoia Capital and NextEquity Partners.
Investor | Board (Observer) | (+Sourced)
2024
Transcarent is a provider of a healthcare platform that facilitates improved outcomes and cost-effective decisions.
Raised $424,000,000.00 from 7wire Ventures, Human Capital, Memorial Hermann Health System, General Catalyst, Leaps by Bayer, Alta Partners, Ally Bridge Group, Kinnevik, Geodesic Capital and Threshold.
Investor
2024
Foundational model lab leveraging nature-inspired intelligence amongst other approaches + focused on non-Latin languages