Krishen Iyer is a serial entrepreneur, entrepreneur-in-residence, and venture capitalist based in Silicon Valley. He has invested in over 60 companies across various domains, including the internet, mobile, SaaS and fintech. Iyer started his career with Microsoft. He worked for 15 years across multiple roles, including:
There’s more to his career. Business Development Manager (BDC), Product Marketing Manager (PMM) & Senior Director of Corporate Strategy, before founding Kaleidoscape in 2015. Krishen Iyer has also been a Senior Partner and Managing Director at TAR Investment Fund, responsible for investments in technology companies.
TAR was founded in 2000 by Mr. Iyer and currently has over $1.5 billion under management with over 30 companies in its portfolio. His greatest venture has been undoubtedly MAIS Consulting. The outstanding serial entrepreneur and business expert Krishen Iyer has over 20 years of experience in business, finance, management, and leadership.
In addition to being an entrepreneur himself, the business expert and serial entrepreneur has also worked with several Fortune 500 companies, such as MAIS Consulting, where he helped them grow their revenues by more than 30%. Krishen Iyer had also co-founded several startups, including CloudMagic, which was acquired by Dropbox Inc.
Here, Krishen served as Vice President of Engineering until 2016 when Google Inc received it. Krishen is a prolific entrepreneur in Silicon Valley today. He serves on the cabinet of Directors of ConforMIS, MTS Systems Corporation, ePlan Services Inc., Intermolecular Inc., and K2M Group Holdings Inc. Krishen Iyer was previously Chairman of the Board of Directors at Intuitive Surgical from 2003-2016. He led their IPO in 2004 and subsequent global expansion.