Anand Rajaraman is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and academic based in Silicon Valley. Anand is a Founding Partner at Rocketship.vc, a global venture capital firm that has backed many high-growth startups all over the world. Prior to starting Rocketship, he was Senior Vice President at Walmart Global eCommerce, where he co-headed @WalmartLabs, focused at the intersection of social, mobile, and commerce. He came to Walmart when it acquired Kosmix, the startup he co-founded, in 2011. He also was a Founding Partner of Cambrian Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, and has backed iconic Silicon Valley companies including Facebook and Lyft.

In 1996, Anand co-founded Junglee, an e-commerce pioneer that was acquired by Amazon. He helped launch the transformation of Amazon.com from a retailer into a retail platform, enabling third-party retailers to sell on Amazon.com’s website. He has also been active in academia, where his research publications have won many prestigious awards. His textbook “Mining of Massive Datasets,” co-authored with Jeff Ullman and Jure Leskovec of Stanford University, has over a million downloads and been translated into several languages.

Anand and Kaushie are prominent donors and ChaloGive supporters. They have donated extensively to covid relief efforts both in the US and in India. They have endowed Chairs and supported young faculty with research grants at Stanford University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Anand has helped create and fund the IIT Madras Entrepreneurship Fund to boost entrepreneurship at his alma mater. Kaushie and Anand also support several causes around literacy, health, and animal welfare in the US and India.