Sri Rao
Investor
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Adjunct Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
2024 - Current
Launching a multidisciplinary lab at the intersection of agentic AI, human-machine interactions, and corporate innovation—exploring commercial applications, policies, and the impact of machine intelligence in areas including spatial computing, embedded/edge compute, and workforce multiplication.
Venture Partner
2022
UNION Labs is an applied DeepTech Venture seed fund/incubator focused on building and backing leading seed-stage startups in Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Autonomy.
Investor
2024
Deploy intelligent agents that operate seamlessly across any hardware and in any environment. From cutting-edge robotics to next-generation personal assistants, OpenInfer is unlocking the full potential of smart devices everywhere.
Investor, Board Member
2024
A real-time cognitive backbone that securely connects data, agents, and humans.
Investor
2024
TieSet builds orchestration and management solutions that make it possible for AI applications to run everywhere, across diverse environments and devices in a privacy-centric and data efficient way.
TieSet offers an advanced AI tool STADLE, optimizing both centralized and decentralized data training for secure and efficient updates.
Raised $668,600.00 from Grace Services LLC, Ultra Holdings and PCI Holdings.
Investor
2024
An American semiconductor manufacturing company that leverages the ultra-high vacuum environment of space to produce higher yield wafers and ultimately higher performance.
Investor, Board Advisor
2023
Digitizing institutional investments in emerging managers.
Zive AI revolutionizes fund management for VC managers with its AI-powered platform.
Raised $1,000,000.00 from CerraCap Ventures and 7BC Venture Capital.
Investor
2023
Distributed SaaS services that make it simple to deploy complex storage configurations in single, multi, and hybrid cloud environments built by industry-leading experts in AI/ML and storage optimization.
Attimis is disrupting cloud storage with groundbreaking solutions and business ideas.
Investor
2023
SirenOpt makes an AI based real-time sensing and software platform that improves manufacturing yield and performance of thin film products.
SirenOpt provides manufacturing intelligence solutions for nanoscale materials used in semiconductors, electronics, batteries, and aerospace
Raised $9,600,000.00 from Climate Club, Voyager Ventures, Access Industries, Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, Union Labs Ventures, Impact Science Ventures, Climate Capital, Wireframe Ventures, Courtyard Ventures and Visionaries Tomorrow.
Investor
2023
Dream3D couples intuitive interfaces with machine intelligence to make it easy for anyone to create beautiful computer graphics.