Deora Ventures

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About Deora Ventures

AI Infrastructure — compute, memory, storage, orchestration, security, data, developer tooling - Early-Stage, Seed, Select Pre-Seed

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUSA
Funding StageSeed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml
Cloud Devops
Cybersecurity
Data Infrastructure
Developer Tools

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Technical engineer-founder solving unglamorous AI infrastructure problems

AI infrastructure
enterprise SaaS
DevOps/security/data tooling
pre-seed to Series A
technical founders

Bullish Signals

Multiple exits: Netskope, Dynatrace, PayPal, Ampereexternal
1 portfolio IPO confirmedexternal
Diligence includes intro to net-new customersexternal
Part of Venture5 network — broad deal flowexternal
$100k–$500k checks, flexible instrumentsexternal
Active portfolio: agents, SIEM, inference, orchestrationexternal
Acq by Airgap/Zscaler adds security exit depthexternal
Website confirms: actively investing nowwebsite
Deep first-degree enterprise network — customers, acquirerswebsite
Lead, co-lead or follow — flexible rolewebsite

Contrarian Signals

Syndicate-first, fund still formingexternal
Small check size limits ownership stakesexternal
Geo limited: USA + DE onlyexternal

Founder Do's

Be a technical founder with direct domain expertise
Building AI infra: compute, storage, observability, security
Solving latency, reliability, scalability bottlenecks
Open to first check through Series A
USA or DE C-Corp preferred

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch vanity AI trends without infra depth
Don't expect rigid ownership or micromanagement
Don't skip enterprise customer traction potential

Key GPs & Partners

JG
John Gannon
General Partner
technical-founder-focusedlong-term-investoroperator-background
SD
Sharran Deora
Venture Partner
DevOps-operatorserial-entrepreneurproduct-leader
HS
Harpreet Singh
Venture Partner
security-expertCISO-backgroundadvisor
KK
Kohsuke Kawaguchi
Venture Partner
DevOps-pioneeropen-source-creatorAI-operator
VJ
Victor Jakubiuk
Founding Advisor
serial-entrepreneurAI/ML-operatorSoftBank-network
JS
Jesse Scott
Founding Advisor
product-leadernetwork-builderVenture5-founder

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Fund Overview

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Key People

Sharran Deora; John Gannon; Victor Jakubiuk

John GannonGeneral Partner
Sharran DeoraVenture Partner
Harpreet SinghVenture Partner
Kohsuke KawaguchiVenture Partner
Victor JakubiukFounding Advisor
Jesse ScottFounding Advisor

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