Venk Shukla

Director at Fortella

Venk is a general partner of Monte Vista Capital where he has been involved with numerous emerging start-ups.

Among his many achievements, Venk served as CEO of Nusym Technology, an intelligent verification solution acquired by Synopsis. He was SVP of marketing and business development at Magma Design Automation, which reached $220M in revenue at its peak. He was co-founder of Everypath, a mobility solution, where he raised $86M and built an innovative solution that garnered numerous industry awards.

As President of TiE Silicon Valley and Chair of TiE Global, Venk has had a transformational impact on the organization. As the founding President of Foundation for Excellence for the first 17 of its 20 years, Venk set the stage for its current success in providing scholarships to thousands of talented but poor students pursuing engineering and medical education in India.