Milliways Ventures
Summary
We helped create Amazon.coms marketplace business, the concept underlying Amazon.coms Mechanical Turk, and @WalmartLabs, the innovation arm for the worlds largest retailer. Venky was named to the "100 Most Creative People in Business" by FastCompany in 2012 and to the "Venture Capital 100" by AlwaysOn in 2012 and is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from IIT Madras. Venky earned his bachelors degree from IIT Madras; masters from UCLA and PhD from Stanford University, all in computer science.Anand Rajaraman (@anand_raj) is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and academic based in Silicon Valley. Prior to starting Milliways, he was senior vice president at Walmart Global eCommerce, where he co-headed @WalmartLabs, focused at the intersection of social, mobile, and commerce. His textbook "Mining of Massive Datasets" co-authored with Stanfords Jeff Ullman, has been downloaded over 100,000 times and is being translated into several languages.