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About Us

The Team Behind Lightup

Leadership

Manu Bansal

Manu Bansal

CEO and Founder, Lightup Data

Manu Bansal is the CEO and Founder of Lightup Data. He was previously co-founder of Uhana, an AI-based analytics platform for mobile operators that was acquired by VMware in 2019. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Advisors

Manish Agarwal

Manish Agarwal

Vice President of Data, Analytics, and Insights, Skechers

Souj Narasimhacharya

Souj Narasimhacharya

Senior Vice President of Software and Data Engineering, Koalafi

Pankaj Dugar

Pankaj Dugar

ex-VP Product and Data Partnerships, Databricks

Ruchi Goyal

Ruchi Goyal

Managing Director, Accenture

Takuya Kitagawa

Takuya Kitagawa

ex-Chief Data Officer and Managing Executive Officer, Rakuten

Rishi Bhargava

Rishi Bhargava

Co-founder, Demisto

Sri Gopalakrishnan

Sri Gopalakrishnan

ex-VP Enterprise Data Platforms, PayPal

Ashish Goel

Ashish Goel

Professor, Stanford

Pratyus Patnaik

Pratyus Patnaik

Senior Director, Okta / Co-Founder and Ex-CTO, AtSpoke

Investors

Martin Casado

Martin Casado

Andreessen Horowitz

Shvet Jain

Shvet Jain

S28 Capital

Andrew Miklas

Andrew Miklas

S28 Capital

Yiğit Ihlamur

Yiğit Ihlamur

Vela Partners

Kazuki Notsu

Kazuki Notsu

Incubate Fund

Christopher Lyons

Christopher Lyons

CLF

Mahendra Ramsinghani

Mahendra Ramsinghani

Secure Octane Investments

Issac Roth

Issac Roth

Shasta Ventures

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