Chandra Mouli RamaniFounder

United States - Greater Boston

Over his career, Mouli has held several senior leadership positions – ranging from early stage startups to large multi-national Fortune 500 companies. Mouli has served/ serves on the executive leadership teams of Horsepower Technologies Inc. (an early-stage medical device company preparing a 2017 commercial launch), Lilliputian Systems Inc. (a consumer electronics startup that raised in excess of $140M and was recently acquired) and Polychromix (an optical subsystems and instrumentation device company that raised over $30M and was acquired by Thermo Fischer Scientific), and Jasmine Networks (a telecommunications company that raised in excess of $60M who IP was licensed to technology partners.) In addition to his startup experience, Mouli has also served on the executive team as Vice President of Sales and Strategic Marketing in Nortel Networks’ US$10B Optical Networks division. Additionally, he served as Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Partnerships and Business Development at NextWorth Solutions. Mouli also spends time working with a number of Boston area startups as an advisor and consultant.

Mouli has been instrumental in raising debt and equity capital and has helped refine and implement complex software and hardware technologies into products that have achieved noteworthy market success. He has commercialized several products ranging from consumer electronics, industrial instrumentation, medical devices, SaaS solutions, communication networks, and optical products in North America, Europe, Japan and Asia. Mouli has closed contracts worth over US$2B throughout the globe and has led several M&A transactions. He has helped raise over US$250M in venture financing from tier 1 venture capital funds over the course of his career and advises a number of Boston area venture capital and angel groups. He has also worked closely the ITU to integrate new technologies into standards, and possesses a relevant software patent in this area.