Vijay Tella

Active Investor

Co-founder and CEO at Workato

Palo Alto, California

Vijay Tella, Co-founder and CEO at Workato is an active investor based in Palo Alto, California. This profile covers what Vijay Tella backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Vijay Tella is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Workato. Mr. Tella serves as Chief Executive Officer at Qik. Before Workato, Mr. Tella was the CEO of Qik, a consumer video communications company acquired by Skype. Before Qik, he helped create two multi-billion dollar integration products. He was part of the team that created the world's first middleware platform, TIB (The Information Bus) at Teknekron Software Systems, which was acquired by Reuters Plc, in 1994. He was also on the founding team and SVP of Engineering of TIBCO through its IPO. As Chief Strategy Officer, he then helped launch Oracle's Fusion Middleware platform in 2005. He also served as a Board member at MetaCert.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Invests in: Healthcare & BiotechSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailManufacturing & IndustrialMobility & LogisticsSupply Chain & LogisticsMarketing & AdTech
Location: Palo Alto, California
Typical check: $3.8M
Past investments: 3

Notable investments

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