General Info
Vijay Karunamurthy is a Scout Angel Investor at Sequoia Capital with an investment range of $25K – $100K and a sweet spot of $50K. His current fund size is $195M. He has made investments in companies like Lutra AI, LearnSprout, and imgix. Vijay has held various positions such as Field CTO at Scale AI, Director of Engineering at Apple, and Co-Founder of Nom Labs, Inc. He is a Stanford University graduate with an MS in Computer Science and has a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Vijay’s investment focus areas include AI (Seed), and his geographical preference is in the San Francisco Bay Area. Investors who collaborate with Vijay include Anas Biad, Andrew Reed, Bill Coughran, and Bryan Schreier. Vijay Karunamurthy’s approach to partnerships and collaborations is not explicitly available in the provided sources.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: United States of America
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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🤖 AI Activity Report
Status: very-active
AI Reasoning: Found evidence of ongoing activity: LinkedIn shows Vijay Karunamurthy holding an EIR role at Khosla Ventures starting August 2025 and recent public appearances in 2025; investment in Lutra AI is documented (startup Lutra AI). The most recent investment activity is within the last 6 months (August 2025 or later), classifying him as very-active.
Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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