Bikram Bakshi

Operating Partner, Cyber Fund 2021 & 2026 Investment Committee at Blu Venture Investors

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Biography

Bikram Bakshi is an Operating Partner at Blu Venture Investors and sits on the Cyber Fund 2021 and 2026 Investment Committees. His firm profile states he was CEO of Optum Government and Optum International from 2014 to 2017 and a member of the UnitedHealth Group executive leadership team, and before that president and CEO of QSSI from 2007 to 2014, which he led from under $10M to over $150M in revenue and sold to UnitedHealth Group in 2012, subsequently working on the turnaround of healthcare.gov. Earlier he held senior positions at Intel, Xerox and the cybersecurity company BNX Systems, which was acquired by Citigroup in 2005. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School, serves on Wharton's Entrepreneurship Advisory Board, and the profile states he is a named inventor on 13 US patents. He is named on the 2021 and 2026 Cyber Fund Form D filings as a member of the general partner's Investment Committee.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Aiden Technologies

Career Timeline

2012
Leads the sale of QSSI to UnitedHealth Group / Optum, per his firm profile.
2021
Listed as Bikram Bakshi, a member of the Investment Committee of the general partner, on the Blu Venture Investors Cyber Fund, LP Form D/A filed 14 July 2021.
2023
Quoted as "Partner at Blu Venture Investors" in the 8 May 2023 citybiz report of the firm co-leading a $4.5 million seed round for Aiden Technologies.
2026
Listed as a member of the Investment Committee of the general partner on the Blu Venture Investors Cyber Fund 2026-A, LP and 2026-B, LP Form D filings of 24 June 2026.

Sources & References

Blu Ventures - Bikram Bakshi profile page ↗citybiz - Blu Venture Investors Co-Leads $4.5 Million Seed Round for Aiden Technologies (8 May 2023) ↗SEC EDGAR - Blu Venture Investors Cyber Fund, LP Form D/A (14 July 2021), related persons ↗SEC EDGAR - Blu Venture Investors Cyber Fund 2026-A, LP Form D (24 June 2026), related persons ↗