Rishab Bhandari
San Francisco, California | Princeton, New Jersey
Fun Fact: I recently ran my first marathon
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San Francisco, California | Princeton, New Jersey
Fun Fact: I recently ran my first marathon
You can also scroll down!
Here are a few of my recent musings:
| Blog Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Invest in Ashby: The Team You Build is the Company You Build | July 2025 |
| Risk of Incrementalism | April 2025 |
| AI's Impact on the Cybersecurity Market | March 2025 |
| Better Late than Never: How to Play Winner-Take-Most Markets | February 2025 |
| Reasoning through Reasoning Models | January 2025 |
| Tug of War: Push vs. Pull Growth | December 2024 |
| The AI Database: Investing in Databricks | December 2024 |
| Review: Meta x Ray-Ban Glasses | December 2024 |
| ServiceTitan IPO | November 2024 |
| Betting Small: Backing Odoo | November 2024 |
| Democratizing Design: Investing in Canva | November 2024 |
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2023 - Present • San Francisco, California
Investments: Databricks, Figma, Canva, Zip, Armis, Verkada, 6Sense, Drata, Deepgram
Exits: AuditBoard (Acquired by Hg)
2021 - 2023 • San Francisco, California
Investments: Drata, Fivetran, Unite Us
Exits: Bill.com (BILL US), CrowdStrike (CRWD US)
2017 - 2021 • Ithaca, New York
GPA: 4.0, Summa Cum Laude
Degree: Double Major in Applied Economics and Management & Computer and Information Science
2013 - 2017 • West Windsor, New Jersey
GPA: 4.78 (Top 5% of Graduating Class)
Favorite Book: Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
Favorite Movie: Saving Private Ryan
Favorite Artist: Travis Scott
Where to Find Me
Here are a few places you can find me online: