Tarun has 8 years of venture capital, investment banking, investment research, and operating experience. At Next World Capital, Tarun focuses on emerging segments in enterprise applications, infrastructure, on demand services, security software, Internet, business services and mobile. Most recently, Tarun was an Associate at Battery Ventures, a leading venture capital and private equity firm with nearly $3.5 billion under management. Prior to joining Battery, he was a member of Deutsche Bank’s Technology Investment Banking Group where he worked on assignments for leading technology and software clients. Before Deutsche Bank, Tarun worked at Citigroup Investment Research, initially focusing on Internet and new media and subsequently covering security and infrastructure software. He has also held positions at Middlebury Solutions Group and Lucent Technologies.

Tarun lives in San Francisco and is engaged in the community leading the development of underserved regions of India, assisting female entrepreneurs to build the skills and networks to achieve, and mentoring college students. He enjoys travel, tennis, golf, skiing, and philosophy.

Tarun is a graduate of Middlebury College with a dual degree in political science and economics with a minor in mathematics.

Investments:

DynamicOps
Automated private cloud management platform

Host Analytics
On-demand Corporate performance management

NexGen Storage
Revolutionary hybrid storage arrays networking PCIe-based SSDs and delivering predictable application performance

Virtual Instruments
Storage area network and virtual infrastructure performance optimization