Balaji Baktha

Balaji Baktha serves as a RISC-V Board Of Director at RISC-V International since January 2021 and is the Founder, President, CEO, and Chairman of Ventana Micro Systems, focusing on high-performance RISC-V processors for datacenters. Balaji also holds several chairmanships, including positions at LeapFrog Semiconductor and Apex Semiconductor, and is a partner at WRV Capital and Riverwood Capital, contributing expertise to a $3.5 billion growth stage private equity fund. Other roles include being a Limited Partner and Executive Fellow at Mistral Venture Partner and a Limited Partner at TandemLaunch Inc. Balaji's previous leadership role was as Chairman of TransientX, Inc. until its acquisition by Deloitte in August 2021, and also served as Chairman at PointR.AI until August 2020. Balaji Baktha's educational background is in Electronics and Communications Engineering.