Ashim Chandna is a partner at Greylock Partners. He is on the board of directors of Delphix. He joined Greylock in 2003. He has been an investor and board member of over 20 technology companies, including three publicly traded companies and many companies acquired through major mergers and acquisitions. He is a board member of Obsidian Security and Awake Networks. Serves on the boards of Neeva and Rubrik. He has served on the board of directors of POPin. He is involved in investments in corporate IT companies, including next-generation data centers. He has helped build and grow numerous technology companies to market leadership positions, both as a venture capitalist and as a former COO. He currently serves on the board of directors and invests in companies such as AppDynamics, Delphix, Imperva, Avi Networks, Palo Alto Networks, TechProcess and Xsigo. Previous boards and investments include Aruba (ARUN), CipherTrust (MCAF), NetBoost (INTC), PortAuthority (WBSN), Securent (CSCO) and Sourcefire (FIRE). He joined Greylock in 2003 from Check Point Software, where he was vice president of business development and product management. Prior to Check Point, he was vice president of marketing at CoroNet Systems (acquired by Compuware), where he helped create and define a new category of application-aware network monitoring products. Previously, he held strategic marketing and product line positions at SynOptics/Bay Networks and AT&T Bell Laboratories. He has also served on the board of directors of Aquantia and Awake Security.

Professional Experience

Founding Investor and Board of Directors, 

Seven AI (Sep 2023 – Present) 

Revolutionary company reinventing Security Operations Center (SOC) with artificial intelligence. Founded by former Cybereason executives Lior Div (CEO) and Yonatan Striem Amit (CTO), focusing on transforming security operations through advanced AI implementation.

Founding Investor and Board of Directors, 

Axiamatic

(Sep 2021 – Present) Innovative company transforming Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations through AI technology. Founded by former Skyhigh Networks leaders Rajiv Gupta (CEO) and Kaushik Narayan (CTO), pioneering new approaches to enterprise system integration.

Founding Investor and Board of Directors 

Kodem (Jun 2021 – Present) 

Industry-leading application security company developing cutting-edge Software Composition Analysis (SCA) platform. Their flagship product, Kodem Dynamic, uniquely leverages runtime intelligence to assess actual application risk. Founded by former NSO Group technology leaders Aviv Mussinger, Idan Burtura, and Pavel Furman.

Founding Investor and Board of Directors

Abnormal Security (Apr 2018 – Present) 

Enterprise-focused cybersecurity company providing advanced cloud email security platform protection against targeted email attacks. Founded by Twitter veterans Evan Reiser and Sanjay Jeyakumar, delivering innovative solutions in email security.

Founding Investor and Board of Directors

Obsidian Security (May 2017 – Present) 

Cutting-edge security company applying artificial intelligence to enable user security for enterprise hybrid cloud environments. Led by CEO Hasan Iman and founded by Glenn Chisholm (formerly of Cylance, Telstra), Ben Johnson (formerly of Carbon Black, NSA), and Matt Wolff (formerly of Cylance, NSA).

Investment Portfolio

1. Axiamatic
   • Deal Date: September 1, 2021
   • Deal Type: Early Stage VC
   • Industry: Network Management Software
   • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
2. Apiiro
   • Deal Date: October 13, 2020
   • Industry: Software Development Applications
   • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
3. Awake Security
   • Deal Date: July 15, 2015
   • Industry: Network Management Software
   • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
4. Sumo Logic
   • Deal Date: January 31, 2012
   • Industry: Business/Productivity Software
   • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
5. AppDynamics
   • Deal Date: January 17, 2012
   • Industry: Business/Productivity Software
   • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
6. Impermium
   • Deal Date: November 17, 2011
   • Industry: Network Management Software
   • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
7. Delphix
   • Deal Date: April 1, 2010
   • Industry: Business/Productivity Software
   • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
8. Aquantia
   • Deal Date: February 29, 2008
   • Industry: Connectivity Products
   • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
9. Palo Alto Networks
   • Deal Date: July 24, 2007
   • Deal Type: Early Stage VC
   • Industry: Network Management Software
   • Company Stage: Profitable
10. TechProcess Payment Services
    • Deal Date: January 1, 2007
    • Deal Type: PE Growth/Expansion
    • Industry: Financial Software
    • Company Stage: Generating Revenue

Education

Case Western Reserve University

• M.S., Computer Engineering (1986-1988)
• B.S., Electrical Engineering (1982-1986)

Contact Information

• Location: Menlo Park, California, United States

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