Mr Srinivasan Chini Krishnan

KANDO id: 85386

Bio

Srinivasan "Chini" Krishnan, an operating partner in the Menlo Park, Calif. office, joined Bessemer in 2005. He focuses on security and consumer-Internet opportunities, with an emphasis on financial services. He serves on the boards of LifeLock and Aceria Inc. With over 20 years of experience in high technology, Chini most recently founded and serves as CEO of GetInsured.com, the leader in providing American consumers with health insurance. Prior to this, Chini founded Valicert Inc., a Bessemer-funded company and leader in communications security across the Internet. At Valicert, Chini held multiple operational roles, including CTO, and helped complete several acquisitions. Valicert went public in 2000 and ultimately merged with Tumbleweed Communications (NASDAQ:TMWD, another former BVP portfolio company) in 2003. Prior to founding Valicert, Chini was product-marketing manager at Enterprise Integration Technologies (EIT), where he was closely involved in releasing the world’s first secure browser. Chini came to EIT from Cadence Design Systems, where he played roles in engineering, consulting and applications. B.S. in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology and an M.S. in computer science from Duke University.

Career


Bessemer Venture Partners

Early stage venture capital firm.

Education