Aneel Ranadive

Aneel Ranadivé
Born (1984-05-09) May 9, 1984
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.
Nationality American
Citizenship American
Alma mater Columbia University
Known for CEO of Tag
Website www.gettagapp.com

Aneel Ranadivé is an American businessman, entrepreneur and managing partner at Soma Capital.[1][2] He is the son of Indian-American businessman and Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive.[3]

Background

Ranadive grew up in Atherton, California. He graduated from Columbia University with a Mathematics degree in 2006. His father, Vivek Ranadivé, is the founder and CEO of TIBCO, a multibillion-dollar real-time computing company, and majority owner of the Sacramento Kings in the National Basketball Association.[3] His sister, Anjali Ranadive, is a professional singer signed by Nick Cannon.[4]

Companies

BoredAt

During his senior year at Columbia, Ranadive and friend Jon Pappas launched BoredAtButler, an anonymous social network for Columbia students bored at the library to post their thoughts.[5][6] BoredAt raised $1M from Redpoint Ventures.[6]

Pinchit

In 2010 Ranadive founded Pinchit, a daily deal site for the best events and activities in San Francisco.[7] Pinchit raised angel funding from investors including Facebook Cofounder Eduardo Saverin and Tim Draper. Pinchit generated $2M in revenue in the first year with over 100,000 monthly users.[7]

Tag

In 2014, Ranadive became CEO and cofounder of Tag, a mobile app to meet up with friends.[8] Tag has been featured in publications including Techcrunch, The Next Web, Forbes, and Fast Company.[8][9][10]

Reception

Entrepreneur Magazine named Ranadive among "The 10 Most Eligible Bachelors of Silicon Valley".[2] CNBC named Ranadive among "the next generation of tech innovators".[11]

References

  1. ↑ Soma Capital Crunchbase. April 5, 2016
  2. 1 2 KLICH, TANYA BENEDICTO. "The 10 Most Eligible Bachelors of Silicon Valley". Entrepreneur.
  3. 1 2 Jessop, Alicia. "Why The Kings Are Staying In Sacramento: Meet Vivek Ranadivé". Forbes.
  4. ↑ Vladem, Evan. "A Conversation with Anjali Ranadive, the Sacramento Kings' Secret Star". Revolution World.
  5. ↑ EISENBERG, ALISSA. "'Bored' now beyond the library". The Daily Pennsylvanian.
  6. 1 2 Nicole, Kirsten. "BoredAt Work? Let the World Know, Anonymously". Mashable.
  7. 1 2 Taub, Alexander. "New App, Tag, Let's You Privately Share Your Location With Friends". Forbes.
  8. 1 2 Ha, Anthony. "Marco Polo Is A Simple App For Sharing Your Location With Selected Friends". TechCrunch.
  9. ↑ ONG, JOSH. "Tag for iPhone lets you selectively share your location so your friends can find you". The Next Web.
  10. ↑ KOHRMAN, MILES. "5 FREE APPS TO HELP YOU KEEP YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS, FIND YOUR FRIENDS, AND MORE". Fast Company.
  11. ↑ "Finding the Next Tech Star". CNBC.
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