# Shravan Narayen

> Shravan Narayen is a General Partner at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), one of Silicon Valley's most storied late-stage venture capital firms. Promoted to General Partner in May 2026, he focuses on enterprise infrastructure and AI applications, backing technically sophisticated founders building products that make hard things simple. A former product manager at Snowflake, Confluent, and C3.AI, he brings rare operator depth to IVP's growth-stage portfolio. He holds degrees from Stanford University and Harvard Business School, runs a Substack newsletter on venture and product, and describes himself as a 'hyper-caffeinated new dad' fueled by homemade chai.

- **Role:** General Partner at IVP
- **Organizations:** IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Snowflake, Confluent, C3.AI, East Palo Alto Tennis & Tutoring
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's in Mathematical and Computational Science (Honors), Stanford University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Promoted to General Partner at IVP in May 2026, one of Silicon Valley's top late-stage venture firms, Led launch of Snowsight - Snowflake's flagship data visualization and analytics interface, Built a portfolio including Anthropic, Perplexity, Baseten, Chainguard, Glean, Gamma, and Lumafield

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Graduated Stanford University with honors in Mathematical and Computational Science
- **2013-2017** — Worked in product management roles at early-stage startups
- **2017** — Enrolled at Harvard Business School for MBA
- **2019** — Joined Confluent in a Product Strategy role post-MBA
- **2020** — Joined C3.AI in a product role
- **2021** — Joined Snowflake as Senior Product Manager, led launch of Snowsight UI
- **2022** — Joined IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) as investor
- **2026** — Promoted to General Partner at IVP (May 2026)

## Achievements

- Promoted to General Partner at IVP in May 2026, one of Silicon Valley's top late-stage venture firms
- Led launch of Snowsight - Snowflake's flagship data visualization and analytics interface
- Built a portfolio including Anthropic, Perplexity, Baseten, Chainguard, Glean, Gamma, and Lumafield
- Speaker at The AI Conference 2025 and GENAI WEEK SV 2025
- Published author on TechCrunch covering venture and product topics
- Runs 'Shravan's Newsletter' on Substack covering venture capital and product strategy

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Promoted to General Partner at IVP, announced via BusinessWire on May 13, 2026
- **2025-09** — Spoke at The AI Conference 2025 in San Francisco

## Links

- Website: https://shravannarayen.substack.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shravannarayen
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/shravan_narayen
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/institutionalventurepartners

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Last updated: 2026-05-17