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Dot Edu Ventures

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Dot Edu Ventures is a university-based venture capital firm that provides seed funding and support to early-stage technology businesses.

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founded date

01.03.2000

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Dot Edu Ventures, established in 2000 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is a unique VC firm formed around a network of computer science and engineering faculty from top US universities. They specialize in investing in technology startups that emerge from colleges and research centers, particularly in the fields of computer science, engineering, and other related disciplines. The firm has a track record of supporting startups founded by graduate students and faculty entrepreneurs, often in collaboration with leading venture firms in the Bay Area.
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Asha Jadeja
Asha Jadeja

Asha Jadeja

Asha founded Dot Edu Ventures in March 2000 to fund innovative technologies emerging from top US universities. Among her many investments are Bytemobile, Kaltix (now Google), Jareva (now Veritas), and Mimosa Systems. Alongside her career in venture capital Asha founded and ran as CEO iScale Inc, a peered networking company for distributing large file content across the internet using proprietary technology. Before iScale Asha was an angel investor and advisor in various silicon valley startups. Asha studied civil engineering for undergrad in India and transitioned into urban planning and policy studies for graduate studies at USC, UC Berkeley, and Stanford. She held several research and analyst positions at multinational agencies such as the United Nations' Transnationals Corporation and the World Bank while pursuing graduate studies. Her civil engineering and urban planning work included projects such as the Los Angeles Metro Rail.

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Asha Jadeja

Asha Jadeja

Founder

Mike Kranz

CFO

Priya Jadeja

Associate

Casey McGlynn

Casey McGlynn

Team Member

Rajeev Motwani

Rajeev Motwani

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