Krishna, partner, joined Austin Ventures in February 2000. He focuses on enterprise and communications infrastructure, semiconductors and clean tech investments, and often plays an active role in helping create companies through in-house incubations, seed investments and spin outs. Krishna has worked with companies such as AstroWatt (seed), Augmentix (incubation, NASDAQ: ENTN), Black Sand (incubation), Caringo, Egenera, Entorian, Mavenir Systems (seed), Pyxis, Spatial Wireless (incubation, NASDAQ: ALU), Stream Processors, and Zilliant.

Prior to joining Austin Ventures, Krishna was with McKinsey & Company where he worked on growth strategies for companies in the technology sector. Earlier, he was with Motorola’s Corporate Offices where he focused on strategic and operational improvement projects with new business ventures and specifically with the Semiconductor Products Sector. Krishna began his career in Austin at International Sematech.

Krishna received his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with highest academic honors as a Palmer Scholar. He also has a Masters in Operations Research from the University of Texas at Austin and an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where he received the highest award that year for all-round accomplishment. Krishna previously served as a board member of TiE Austin and currently serves as Chairman of the Miracle Foundation board, an Austin-based organization that supports orphanages in India.

Krishna has worked with companies such as: