Rajesh Parekh
Founder at Redwood Venture Partners LLC
Profile
Rajesh Parekh is the founder of Comstellar Technologies, Inc. (founded in 2000), Virident Systems, Inc. (founded in 2006), and Redwood Venture Partners LLC (founded in 1997).
He holds the title of President & Chief Executive Officer at Virident Systems, Inc. and Executive Managing Director at Redwood Venture Partners LLC.
Mr. Parekh's current job(s) include Chairman at Pranalytica, Inc., Director at Sureline Systems, Inc., Director at Gtran, Inc., and Director at HomeUnion Holdings, Inc.
Mr. Parekh's former job(s) include Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at ColorTokens, Inc., Chairman at Corona Networks, Inc., Director at Magma Design Automation LLC, Director at Tharas Systems, Inc., Director at eGTran Corp., Director at Magma dd, Director at Ashvattha Semiconductor, Inc., Director at NIKSUN, Inc., Director at Aspex, Inc., Director at The Mesh Networks LLC, and Director at Glassbeam, Inc. He also held the position of Vice President & General Manager at Silicon Graphics, Inc. from 1982 to 1992 and Chief Technical Officer & VP-Engineering at Sun Microsystems, Inc. from 1992 to 1998.
He was also an Executive Advisor at SAP America, Inc. in 2012.
Mr. Parekh's education includes an undergraduate degree from L.D.
College of Engineering and a graduate degree from New York University Tandon School of Engineering (conferred in 1977).
Rajesh Parekh active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Redwood Venture Partners LLC
 Redwood Venture Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Redwood Venture Partners LLC (Redwood Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Raj Singh and Raj Parekh. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California. | Founder | 01/01/1997 |
Pranalytica, Inc.
 Pranalytica, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Pranalytica, Inc. develops ultra-sensitive gas sensing instruments. Its products address many needs in the detection of trace gases in medical, environmental, industrial and national security applications. The company was founded by C. Kumar N. Patel in February 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA. | Chairman | - |
Gtran, Inc.
 Gtran, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology GTRAN, Inc. designs and develops electronic integrated circuits. Its products include pin transponders, transceivers, integrated circuits, receivers, emitters, lasers, diodes, and detectors. The company was founded on January 21, 1999 and is headquartered in Camarillo, CA. | Director/Board Member | 13/05/2011 |
HomeUnion Holdings, Inc.
 HomeUnion Holdings, Inc. Real Estate DevelopmentFinance HomeUnion Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of real estate investment. Its activities include operation of online investment management platform designed to the residential real estate market, enabling investors to invest outside their local geography. It offers an end-to-end solution from the selection, acquisition, management, to the sale of residential properties. It offers a single source of information for selection services. It also offers a full-managed acquisition process which covers the preparation, completion, finalization, and execution of documents and contracts to consummate the acquisition. The asset management solutions include the advertising of rental property, screening of tenants, analysis of optimal rental payments, preparation and negotiation of lease agreement, collection of rental payments, as well as on-going repair, maintenance, and lease renewals, and rent escalations per market conditions. The company was founded by Don Ganguly in 2009 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Sureline Systems, Inc.
 Sureline Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Sureline Systems, Inc. develops application and software solutions. The private company is based in San Jose, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Ravender Goyal and he has been the CEO since incorporation. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Rajesh Parekh
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SAP America, Inc.
 SAP America, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SAP America, Inc. provides enterprise application software solutions. Its products include SAP HANA platform, SAP Cloud platform, SAP Commerce Cloud, and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. Its offers innovation services and solutions; advisory services; implementation services; sloud services; and support services. The company was founded by Dietmar Hopp, Hasso Plattner, Claus Wellenreuther, Klaus Tschira, and Hans-Werner Hector on April 1, 1972 and is headquartered in Newtown Square, PA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/10/2012 |
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 Sun Microsystems, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | - |
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Corona Networks, Inc.
 Corona Networks, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Corona Networks, Inc. operated as a developer of next-generation carrier-class Internet protocol service switches. The company was headquartered in Milpitas, CA. | Chairman | - |
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Training of Rajesh Parekh
| L.D. College of Engineering | Undergraduate Degree |
| New York University Tandon School of Engineering | Graduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 21 |
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Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Silicon Graphics, Inc. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users | Electronic Technology |
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Magma Design Automation LLC
 Magma Design Automation LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Magma Design Automation develops software for electronic design automation. The company was founded by Rajeev Madhavan on March 16, 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Corona Networks, Inc.
Corona Networks, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Corona Networks, Inc. operated as a developer of next-generation carrier-class Internet protocol service switches. The company was headquartered in Milpitas, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Tharas Systems, Inc.
 Tharas Systems, Inc. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Tharas Systems, Inc. designs and develops hardware-assisted verification components. The company offers its solutions to designers of complex integrated circuits and electronic as well as embedded systems. It also offers services such as custom-processor hardware assisted engine for verilog, mixed language verification, delivering fastest compile, run time speed-up, combined with ease-of-use and extensive debugging capabilities. The company was founded in 1998 by Subbu Ganesan and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Pranalytica, Inc.
Pranalytica, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Pranalytica, Inc. develops ultra-sensitive gas sensing instruments. Its products address many needs in the detection of trace gases in medical, environmental, industrial and national security applications. The company was founded by C. Kumar N. Patel in February 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA. | Health Technology |
eGTran Corp.
 eGTran Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology eGTran Corp. designs and supplies high-performance broadband connectivity products. The company’s products are used throughout the long haul, metro and access networks, across cable, satellite, telecommunications, data-communications and wireless communications networks. It serves multimedia wireless and fiber optic communication technology industries. eGTran was founded by Frank S. Lee in September 2006 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. | Electronic Technology |
Virident Systems, Inc.
 Virident Systems, Inc. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Virident Systems, Inc. developed flash-based storage class memory solutions. It offered solid state disks for data-intensive workloads, such as databases, business analytics, simulation, visualization, and computing applications. The firms products included FlashMAX II and Virident vFAS. The company was founded by Kumar Ganapathy, Rajesh Parekh and Vijay Karamcheti in 2006 and was headquartered in Irvine, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Sureline Systems, Inc.
Sureline Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Sureline Systems, Inc. develops application and software solutions. The private company is based in San Jose, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Ravender Goyal and he has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
SAP America, Inc.
SAP America, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SAP America, Inc. provides enterprise application software solutions. Its products include SAP HANA platform, SAP Cloud platform, SAP Commerce Cloud, and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. Its offers innovation services and solutions; advisory services; implementation services; sloud services; and support services. The company was founded by Dietmar Hopp, Hasso Plattner, Claus Wellenreuther, Klaus Tschira, and Hans-Werner Hector on April 1, 1972 and is headquartered in Newtown Square, PA. | Technology Services |
Magma dd
 Magma dd Specialty StoresRetail Trade Magma dd engages in the retail and wholesale of toys, textile, and clothes. It also offers advertising, intermediation, and representation services. The company was founded by Goranko Fizulic in 1989 and is headquartered in Zagrab, Croatia. | Retail Trade |
Comstellar Technologies, Inc.
 Comstellar Technologies, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Comstellar Technologies, Inc. provides infrastructure and financing services for the communication sectors. It operates through its main affiliate Redwood Venture Partners. The company was founded in 2000 by Raj Singh and Jack Skydel and is headquartered in Florham Park, NJ. | Communications |
Redwood Venture Partners LLC
Redwood Venture Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Redwood Venture Partners LLC (Redwood Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Raj Singh and Raj Parekh. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California. | Finance |
Ashvattha Semiconductor, Inc.
 Ashvattha Semiconductor, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Ashvattha Semiconductor, Inc. manufactures semiconductor devices. The company provides integrated radio frequency (RF) chips for wireless device manufacturers. Its technology is useful in creating multimode and multifunction devices. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Electronic Technology |
NIKSUN, Inc.
 NIKSUN, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services NIKSUN, Inc. provides security software solutions. It develops real time and forensics-based cyber security and network performance management solutions for government and intelligence agencies, service providers, financial services companies, and large enterprises such as retailers and manufacturers. The company was founded by Parag Pruthi in 1997 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ. | Technology Services |
Gtran, Inc.
Gtran, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology GTRAN, Inc. designs and develops electronic integrated circuits. Its products include pin transponders, transceivers, integrated circuits, receivers, emitters, lasers, diodes, and detectors. The company was founded on January 21, 1999 and is headquartered in Camarillo, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Aspex, Inc.
 Aspex, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Aspex, Inc. provides information technology support services. Its solutions include foreign visitor tracking system, financial analysis and reporting system, back system, army water and energy reporting system, budget, and execution. The company was founded on October 24, 1994 and is headquartered in Reston, VA. | Technology Services |
The Mesh Networks LLC
 The Mesh Networks LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services The Mesh Networks LLC provides network and bandwidth management solutions for wired and wireless deployments to commercial and residential facilities. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Houston, TX. | Technology Services |
Glassbeam, Inc.
 Glassbeam, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Glassbeam, Inc. operates as a machine data analytics company. It serves manufactures of products such as servers, storage, networking, software, telecom and medical devices. The company was founded in 2004 by Kumar Malavalli and Puneet Pandit and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Technology Services |
HomeUnion Holdings, Inc.
HomeUnion Holdings, Inc. Real Estate DevelopmentFinance HomeUnion Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of real estate investment. Its activities include operation of online investment management platform designed to the residential real estate market, enabling investors to invest outside their local geography. It offers an end-to-end solution from the selection, acquisition, management, to the sale of residential properties. It offers a single source of information for selection services. It also offers a full-managed acquisition process which covers the preparation, completion, finalization, and execution of documents and contracts to consummate the acquisition. The asset management solutions include the advertising of rental property, screening of tenants, analysis of optimal rental payments, preparation and negotiation of lease agreement, collection of rental payments, as well as on-going repair, maintenance, and lease renewals, and rent escalations per market conditions. The company was founded by Don Ganguly in 2009 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA. | Finance |
ColorTokens, Inc.
 ColorTokens, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ColorTokens, Inc. is a leading innovator in SaaS-based zero trust cybersecurity solutions. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company provides enterprises with a unique set of products and services for securing applications, data, and users across cloud and hybrid environments. ColorTokens helps businesses accurately assess and improve their security posture dynamically through its award-winning Xtended ZeroTrust™ platform and context-aware machine learning-powered technologies. ColorTokens was founded by Nitin Mehta and Rajesh Khazanchi, and Rajesh Khazanchi has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
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