Ajit joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2003. His areas of investment focus are Greentech, New Materials and Enterprise IT. Ajit also leads KPCB’s India investment initiative. He presently is a director on the board of 10 companies and is a board observer at 4 additional companies. Previously Ajit was either an observer or a director on the board of 3DV (acquired by MSFT), Virsa (acquired by SAP), Visible Path (acquired by D&B) and InfoEdge (IPO in 2006).
Ajit came to KPCB from SAP. At SAP he worked for Dr. Hasso Plattner, CEO, Chairman and co-founder, SAP. He co-founded SAPMarkets in 2000, a fully owned company of SAP, and was Managing Director of SAPMarkets. In 2002, he was SVP of SAP's New Venture Unit, SAP Inspire. Prior to SAP, Ajit worked in the medical device industry, first at Zimmer, Inc., a division of Bristol Myers and Squibb, and then at Mathys AG (Synthes) in Switzerland. Ajit has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering Poona (COEP), India. He holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech, a PhD in Biomechanics from the Technical University of Hanover, Germany and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
E-mail: ajitn@kpcb.com
Ajit came to KPCB from SAP. At SAP he worked for Dr. Hasso Plattner, CEO, Chairman and co-founder, SAP. He co-founded SAPMarkets in 2000, a fully owned company of SAP, and was Managing Director of SAPMarkets. In 2002, he was SVP of SAP's New Venture Unit, SAP Inspire. Prior to SAP, Ajit worked in the medical device industry, first at Zimmer, Inc., a division of Bristol Myers and Squibb, and then at Mathys AG (Synthes) in Switzerland. Ajit has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering Poona (COEP), India. He holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech, a PhD in Biomechanics from the Technical University of Hanover, Germany and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
E-mail: ajitn@kpcb.com