Srini Ananth

Srini holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management with an emphasis on finance and strategy. He also holds a BS in electrical engineering from National Institute of Technology, India, and an MS in electrical engineering from Arizona State University, Tempe. He loves single-malts, skiing, and rooting for the Dallas Cowboys/Mavericks.

Srini Ananth is a Managing Director located in the Bay Area. He joined Intel Capital in 2015. In his role, Srini invests in Deep Tech, Cloud Infrastructure, and AI Applications companies. Srini led investments in Astera Labs, Ayar Labs, BabbleLabs (acquired by Cisco), Common Sense Machines, Eliyan, Inworld AI, Iris.TV, Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY), OnScale, SummerBio, VeriSIM Life, and three other companies still in stealth. He was also involved in investments in Delta ID (acquired by FPC), Spectrum Labs, and Volocopter. 

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Srini has over a decade of operating experience spanning engineering, business development, and product management roles in IoT, mobile, and semiconductors. He holds an MBA from UCLA and MSEE from Arizona State University. He loves single-malts, skiing, and rooting for the Dallas Cowboys and Mavericks.

Srini served his fellowship at Intel Capital as a member of Class 23. He was mentored by Ken Elefant (Class 5, Mentor Classes 18 & 21) of Sorenson Ventures.