Hemant Ishaan Kalra

Principal at Tidewater Partners | ex-Oracle

Tidewater Partners

Gurugram, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

9+ years experience

IIT Delhi

English, Hindi

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I invest in AI applications at Tidewater Partners, usually at pre-seed and seed. Previously an operator for 5 years before investing. Most at home with product and venture capital. Learning to draw.

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venture capitalapplied MLproduct

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closes in 3 months

Writing $100k cheques into Series An AI applications in the US

Cheque size: $100k
Stages: Series A
Sectors: AI applications, B2B SaaS
Geographies: India
Lead or follow: Lead
Decision time: About two weeks
How I help: First enterprise customers and pricing

Happy to follow a strong lead. Former operator - I help with hiring and GTM.

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Experience

Principal
Jul 2022 - Present
Tidewater Partners · 4 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
- Previously an operator for 8 years before investing.
- Led or co-led 20 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later.
- Sit on 2 boards.
Senior Consultant
Jun 2019 - Mar 2022
Oracle · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
- Led a cost programme that saved a client $28 million.
- Ran commercial diligence on 8 deals.
Engagement Manager
Oct 2017 - Jun 2019
Reliance Jio · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
- Designed the operating model for a 13 thousand-person transformation.

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Education

IIT Delhi
B.Tech, Economics
2012 - 2016

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