Andy Konwinski
Co-founder, GP at Laude Ventures
Berkeley, California
Andy Konwinski, Co-founder, GP at Laude Ventures is an active investor based in Berkeley, California. This profile covers what Andy Konwinski backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.
Dr. Andy Konwinski is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Laude Ventures. Dr. Konwinski is a Co-Founder and serves as President & Board Member at Perplexity. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Vice President, Product Management at Databricks. He is an Angel Investor. He co-founded and served as a General Partner at Computer Science Graduate Ventures Management. He leads the education team responsible for fostering relationships with professors, creating massive open online courses (MOOCS), developer certification, and all other training-related activities. He is a Founding Committer and PMC Member of Apache Spark. Previously, he oversaw the company's early marketing efforts, including the creation of the Spark Summit conferences. His work stands at the intersection of research and real-world impact in artificial intelligence, data, and software infrastructure. He contributed to Apache Hadoop and co-created Apache Mesos and Apache Spark. He co-teaches the PhD seminar on "Research to Startups" at Berkeley. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin and an MS and PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds an Associate Degree from University of Wisconsin.
- Investor type
- AngelVCPE
- Stages
- Early Stage VenturePre SeedSeed
- Invests in
- Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper Tools & DataSaaS & Enterprise
- Location
- Berkeley, California
- Typical check
- $250K
- Past investments
- 3
Notable investments
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