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Raj Atluru is a Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson where he serves on the boards of Great Point Energy, Konarka Technologies, mChek, Nanotune, SeventyMM, Ping Identity, Solicore, and Varolii. In addition, he led the firm's investments in EnerNOC (ENOC), Bright Source Energy, CoalTek, Deeya Energy, Live Media, Miartech, Reva Electric Vehicle, SOA Software, and Tioga Energy. Mr. Atluru currently focuses on emerging clean technologies, business and consumer services, and wireless technologies. He has over 14 years of venture capital, private equity, and leveraged finance experience both domestically and in emerging markets with a specific focus on India.
As one of the leading venture capitalists focused on the CleanTech sector, Mr. Atluru is frequently cited in leading industry and national publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sierra Club Monthly, SiliconIndia, Nanoinvestor News and the Venture Capital Journal. Mr. Atluru also spent three years with TL Ventures where he focused on early stage software, wireless communications and energy technologies. In addition, Mr. Atluru worked in the Leveraged Finance and Asian Corporate Finance groups at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Mr. Atluru received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Stanford University where he taught the solar and wind energy lab and was a full time research assistant on the Waste Isolation Pilot Project for Sandia National Labs (Department of Defense Nuclear Repository Study). In addition, he received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. E-mail: raj@dfj.com. |
