Mentor Connect: 1:1 Founder Sessions with Venkat Rangan (In-Person)
Mentor Connect: 1:1 Founder Sessions with Venkat Rangan
📅 Friday, August 28, 2026 | 🕙 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
In-Person Session
Founders are invited to join TiE Silicon Valley’s August Mentor Connect featuring Venkat Rangan, Founder & Advisor at Rangan Logic, a 30-year serial entrepreneur and technology leader with a track record of building, scaling, and exiting transformative technology companies.
As Co-founder and CTO of Clari Inc., a leader in Revenue Intelligence with 900+ employees globally, Venkat helped guide the company from inception through its recent exit to Vista Partners. His entrepreneurial track record also includes successful exits such as Clearwell Systems, acquired by Symantec for $410M; Rhapsody Networks, acquired by Brocade; VitalSigns Software, acquired by INS/Lucent; and Metrix Network Systems, acquired by HP.
A former Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Sequoia Capital and member of the Forbes Technology Council, Venkat holds 25+ patents spanning AI/ML, networking, and storage. Today, he serves as an advisor, mentor, and investor to startups developing transformative technologies across AI, software, and hardware.
What You'll Gain
Selected founders will receive a focused 20-minute 1:1 mentoring session with Venkat, with guidance on:
AI, ML & transformative technologies
Product strategy and technology development
Enterprise software and scalable platforms
Technology evaluation and due diligence
Startup strategy and value creation
Building and scaling technology companies
Entrepreneurship, leadership & growth
Preparing for strategic opportunities and exits
Why Join
Mentor Connect gives founders direct access to leaders who have built companies from the ground up, scaled them to significant enterprise value, and successfully navigated acquisitions and exits. Venkat brings a unique combination of entrepreneurial, technical, investor, and executive experience to every conversation.
Each session is designed to provide candid feedback, practical insights, and actionable next steps tailored to the founder’s current challenges and growth stage.
Space is limited and founders are selected through an application process.
Apply to be considered for a 1:1 session with Venkat Rangan on August 28.