Number of Portfolio Companies 11
Location USA

Ullas Naik is the Founder and serves as General Partner at Streamlined Ventures. He serves as Board Member at Grandata, Hoken, Vital, Censia, Minded, Potion, Haystack, Core, Ratio, Ocurate and RoboSig. He founded Streamlined Ventures with a vision of building a thought-leading investment platform rooted in the philosophical belief that the founders of companies are the true heroes of entrepreneurial value creation in our society. Streamlined Ventures invests in and supports visionary founders working on transformational application and business infrastructure software companies for the Mobile Web, Social Web, Web, and Enterprise markets. He is a seasoned venture capitalist, angel investor, and entrepreneur with over two decades of entrepreneurial and early-stage investment experience across 300 companies. He has also been an active angel investor over the last 21 years during which he invested in over 60 companies spanning Internet 1.0, Web 2.0, mobile web, social web, enterprise computing as well as disruptive technologies in other domains such as robotics and wearable computing. He was recognized by the Wall Street Journal and Fortune Magazine as a Wall Street All-Star.

Ullas Naik

Founder and General Partner at Streamlined Ventures

Professional Experience

Founder and General Partner

Streamlined Ventures (Feb 2013 – Present)

Founded seed-stage investment firm focused on software applications, data science, and AI technologies
Led investments in seed rounds of companies totaling over $200Bn in value
Managed investments in over 15 companies valued at over $1Bn including Applovin (IPO), Doordash (IPO), and Rappi
Specialized in leading seed rounds up to $2.5M in applied AI and data science companies
Built portfolio of nearly 40 companies valued at over $100M

Founder and General Partner

Cota Capital (Jan 2015 – Feb 2016)

Co-founded full lifecycle investment firm focused on long-term partnerships with founders
Developed thesis-oriented investment strategy across multiple company stages
Established flexible fund structure enabling continuous support throughout company lifecycle

Angel Investor

Independent (Jan 1995 – Jun 2012)

Personally invested in nearly 60 companies across Internet 1.0, Web 2.0, mobile web, and enterprise computing
Notable successful investments include Critical Path (CPTH), InterTrust (ITRU), iRobot (IRBT)
Portfolio included DoorDash, Rappi, Applovin, Addepar, TubiTV, OpenGov, PubNub
Invested in emerging funds including Bullpen Capital

Managing Director

Globespan Capital Partners (Jan 2003 – Feb 2012)

Senior member of investment team, helping build the firm’s presence and portfolio
Led investments in web, mobile web, and enterprise infrastructure spaces
Initiated and led firm’s cleantech practice
Key investments included BladeLogic (IPO – $900M acquisition), Virident ($800M acquisition)
Participated in investment decisions for Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Roku (ROKU), Redfin (RDFN)