Jai Das

President & Partner (Co-Founder) at Sapphire Ventures · Joined 2006

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Biography

Jai Das is a partner, president and co-founder at Sapphire Ventures, which he joined in 2006 and where he invests in AI and machine learning, data analytics, security, open source, DevOps and crypto companies. His firm bio states that more than fifteen of his investments have gone public and twenty-four have been acquired, naming Netskope, MuleSoft, JFrog, Five9, Nutanix, Alteryx, Square, ExactTarget, Apigee, Box and Sumo Logic among the IPOs. He was promoted to president of the firm in January 2019, having previously been a managing director. He holds an electrical engineering degree from Brown University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and worked at Oracle, Intel Capital, Agilent Ventures and MVC Capital before Sapphire.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Ask SageRainVerbitGleanCohesityCyeraHuntressTemporalThoughtSpotDataRobotNutanix NTNXBox BOX

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2006
Joined Sapphire Ventures as an investor.
2019
Was promoted from managing director to president of Sapphire Ventures.
2024
Joined the board of Ask Sage on its $17 million Series A led by Sapphire Ventures.
2025
Became a board director of Rain on its $58 million Series B led by Sapphire Ventures.

Sources & References

Sapphire Ventures - Jai Das ↗Sapphire Ventures - Announces Promotion of Jai Das to President (January 15, 2019) ↗Ask Sage - Raises $17 Million Series A (December 9, 2024) ↗FinTech Global - Rain raises $58m to scale enterprise stablecoin platform (August 28, 2025) ↗Verbit - Leadership: Jai Das ↗