Rajil Kapoor

I'm a Managing Director at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Mayfield Fund with an energetic type A personality that likes to explore, learn, question, and enjoy.

From the www.mayfield.com site:

Raj Kapoor is an Internet industry pioneer and in 2005 became a Managing Director at premier Silicon Valley venture capital firm Mayfield Fund. Raj brings leadership and expertise in online applications, e-commerce, software, digital imaging and telecommunications.

Most recently, Raj was co-founder and CEO of Snapfish, a leading global online photo service. Raj orchestrated the successful sale of Snapfish to Hewlett Packard in March 2005.

Prior to Snapfish, Raj was an executive at Excite@Home, where he led Excite@Home's e-commerce services and broadband applications, pioneering new broadband applications in music, entertainment and e-commerce. Raj has also held positions in strategic planning, business development and product management in consumer interactive television services at Bell Atlantic Corporation (now Verizon).

Raj received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS with Honors in Mechanical/Robotics Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Currently, he serves on the Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley Advisory Council. Raj won the SASA 2005 Award for Excellence In Business and was recently named a Top 15 Up and Coming Indian Executive by India Today. He enjoys free time with his family, surfing, and competing in triathlons.