# Sudheesh Nair, Cofounder/ceo

> Sudheesh Nair, Cofounder/ceo. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/sudheesh-nair (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Angel

# Sudheesh Nair

Cofounder/ceo

Backs *Big Data & Analytics*

Latest rounds

- **ThoughtSpot** Round · $50M Jan 2016
- **ThoughtSpot** Series A · $10.7M Jun 2012

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Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 2 last Jan 2016
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 episodes

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- **Linked to a firm** No firm on record
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 2
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $60.7M
- **Active:** 2012–16

2016

- [ThoughtSpot](https://millionrounds.com/company/thoughtspot) *Round* **$50M** Jan 2016 Joined · +9 investors

2012

- [ThoughtSpot](https://millionrounds.com/company/thoughtspot) *Series A* **$10.7M** *US* Jun 2012 Joined · +4 investors · historical

By stage

- Series A **1**
- Round **1**

What they backed

Big Data & Analytics **2**

Alongside

- [Frank Slootman *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-slootman)
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)
- [General Catalyst Partners *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)
- [Geodesic Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital)
- [Hewlett Packard Pathfinder *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hewlett-packard-pathfinder)
- Hewlett Packard Ventures *1*
- [Khosla Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)
- [Lane Bess *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lane-bess)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [ThoughtSpot](https://millionrounds.com/company/thoughtspot)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **ThoughtSpot, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director since 2021

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) · 16 Apr 2026 · 1h 10m The Internet Is Getting a Billion New Users. None Are Human | Sudheesh Nair, Thoughtspot, Nutanix & Tinyfish With [Sudheesh Nair](https://millionrounds.com/person/sudheesh-nair) About this episode From employee #16 to $1B ARR at Nutanix, then scaling ThoughtSpot to $150M ARR and a $4B+ valuation now building for a world where agents will drive the internet. Sudheesh Nair joins the Neon Show. The internet as we see it today was optimized around human strengths and weaknesses, using… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 21 Aug 2025 · 3h 25m David Senra LIVE in The Ultradome | Chase Lochmiller & Alon Yariv, Filip Aronshtein, Gorkem Yurtseven, Sudheesh Nair, Julie Zhuo, Jakob Diepenbrock, Gabe Whaley With [Chase Lochmiller](https://millionrounds.com/person/chase-lochmiller)[Julie Zhuo](https://millionrounds.com/person/julie-zhuo)[Sudheesh Nair](https://millionrounds.com/person/sudheesh-nair) About this episode (00:13) - Timeline (11:48) - The Inexorable Rise of Latin America's Drug Cartels (26:18) - Timeline (26:45) - Beers, Buns, Baseball: The 9-9-9 Challenge (31:35) - Timeline (43:38) - Chase Lochmiller, co-founder and CEO of Crusoe Energy Systems, discusses the company's acquisition of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 12 Jul 2021 · 23 min SaaStr 467: ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair on Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down Selling in the Enterprise With [Sudheesh Nair](https://millionrounds.com/person/sudheesh-nair) About this episode As the SaaS landscape becomes more and more crowded, companies must improve retention, and adding analytics is the key. In this session, ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair shares how embedding modern, consumer-grade analytics delights customers and drives revenue. Video + show notes:… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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