Alok Nandan

Alok Nandan is a Founding General Partner at First Rays Venture Partners. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from UCLA and a B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur. A former product leader at Microsoft Azure and partner at Emergent Ventures, Alok leverages his deep technical and operational expertise to invest in early-stage enterprise infrastructure startups.

First Rays Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in enterprise infrastructure and B2B SaaS. The firm backs technical founders building the next generation of cloud, security, and AI companies. Led by experienced operators, First Rays provides strategic guidance and go-to-market support to help startups scale from seed to growth stage.