Avi Bharadwaj
Investment Director at Intel Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Investment Partner/Director
2022 - Current
Intel Capital invests in innovative startups across four domains - cloud, devices, silicon, and frontier tech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested over $13 billion in more than 1,500 companies worldwide. At Intel Capital, I focus on leading early-stage investments in AI/ML application and infrastructure software companies. Select companies that I sourced, led/co-led investments in, and/or worked closely with at Intel Capital: - Bria AI (Series A) - TrueFoundry (Series A) - Twelve Labs (Seed+) - Scale AI - Unannounced investment in the state-space models category (Seed) - Unannounced investment in the time-series foundation models category (Seed)
Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Raised $650,000.00 from Raj Sareen.
Investor and Board Director
2024
Investor
2024
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 and Board Director
2023
Investor
2023
Twelve Labs makes video foundation models accessible via APIs to empower businesses and developers to build intelligent video products.
Raised $77,120,000.00 from Korea Investment Partners, New Enterprise Associates, WndrCo, NVentures, Radical Ventures and Index Ventures.
Kauffman Fellow | Class 29
2024
Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows
Investor and Board Director
2021 - 2022
RightBound develops a sales platform that automates and streamlines the sales process.
Raised $27,500,000.00 from IBI Tech Fund, Innovation Endeavors, Gil Shklarski, Innovation Endeavors, IBI Tech Fund, Operator Collective, Nat Turner and Zach Weinberg.
Investor and Board Observer
2019 - 2022
AlphaSense is a platform harnessing AI to deliver insights, helping professionals make informed, impactful decisions.
Raised $1,420,053,806.00 from BDT & MSD Partners, Blue Owl, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund, CapitalG, Alkeon Capital, Viking Global Investors and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Investor and Board Observer
2018 - 2022
Datarails is a financial planning and analysis platform for Excel users
Raised $103,500,000.00 from Vertex Ventures Israel, Innovation Endeavors, Horizon Capital, La Maison Partners, Joey Low, Zeev Ventures, ClalTech, Vintage Investment Partners and Qumra Capital.
Principal
2017 - 2022
Innovation Endeavors is an early- and expansion-stage venture capital firm. We invest in visionary founders, transformational technology and emergent ecosystems for a new world. The firm manages $1 billion, and is headquartered in three major regions of innovation: Silicon Valley; Tel Aviv; and New York City. Select companies that I sourced, led/co-led investments in, and/or worked closely with at IE and Marker: - RightBound (Board Director) - AlphaSense (Board Observer) - TuneIn (Board Observer) - Datorama (Acquired by Salesforce.com, Inc.; Board Observer) - DataRails (Board Observer) - RevSure.AI - Farmer's Fridge - Eko - Tubular Labs - Vertical Knowledge (Board Observer)
Innovation Endeavors invests in visionary founders, transformational technology, and emergent ecosystems for a new world.