Manyam Mallela
About Manyam Mallela
Manyam Mallela is Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer at Blueshift, a San Francisco company founded in 2014 that sells a customer data platform for marketing. Crunchbase lists him as a founder of Blueshift alongside Mehul Shah and Vijay Chittoor. Bloomberg and Blueshift's own pages give the same title.
Before Blueshift he was employee #1 at Kosmix, which Walmart acquired and turned into Walmart Labs. He then became Senior Director of Engineering at Walmart Labs, where he built and led data science and engineering teams. He studied computer science at UT Austin and at IIT Bombay. PitchBook also lists him as a former advisor to Srch2.
Crunchbase counts 2 investments and 2 portfolio companies for him, with no lead investments, 2 exits (none by IPO) and 1 company founded. It classes him as an individual/angel investor at the seed stage. Its listed investment is Mattermark, announced December 16, 2014 (Series A), which it also shows as an exit.
CB Insights lists a Series A investment in Circa dated February 1, 2014, and a Circa exit on December 8, 2015. It shows two earlier seed-stage rounds with details behind a paywall. These counts differ between databases, so treat them as approximate.
No AI-specific angel investments are publicly documented in the sources reviewed. His AI experience is operational. At Blueshift he leads AI work on applied machine learning, predictive modeling and decisioning. In a Blueshift webinar he said AI use should be paired with transparency, data integrity and customer trust. He also discussed agentic AI systems that can deliver verifiable value at scale.
Crunchbase lists his investor stage as Seed, and theorg.com says he has served as an angel investor and advisor for early-stage startups. His public work centers on marketing technology, customer data and applied machine learning. No check size, stated thesis or geographic preference is public. Founders should treat a pitch as a warm-intro or direct-outreach decision rather than assume a fit from the database records.
- Mattermark: data platform for venture capital companies to track signals of growing startups. Crunchbase lists his investment as announced December 16, 2014 (Series A) and shows it as an exit.
- Circa: news app. CB Insights lists a Series A investment dated February 1, 2014 and an exit on December 8, 2015.
- crunchbase.com/person/manyam-mallela
- cbinsights.com/investor/manyam-mallela
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/176579-83
- theorg.com/org/blueshift/org-chart/manyam-mallela
- retailcustomerexperience.com/contributors/manyammallela
- blueshift.com/blog/future-of-ai-in-marketing
- bloomberg.com/profile/person/21171243
- crunchbase.com/organization/blueshift-labs
Investing activity
Manyam Mallela has made 2 investments according to Crunchbase across 2 portfolio companies, and has seen 2 exits and founded 1 company.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Manyam Mallela
Who is Manyam Mallela?
He is Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer of Blueshift in San Francisco. He was previously employee #1 at Kosmix and Senior Director of Engineering at Walmart Labs.
Does Manyam Mallela invest in seed-stage startups?
Crunchbase lists his investor stage as Seed and his investor type as individual/angel. It shows no lead investments.
What is Manyam Mallela's check size?
His check size is not public. No source reviewed states one.
Which companies has Manyam Mallela invested in?
Crunchbase lists Mattermark (December 2014). CB Insights lists Circa (Series A, February 2014). Databases show 2 or 3 investments depending on the source.
Does Manyam Mallela have AI expertise relevant to founders?
Yes. As Blueshift's Chief AI Officer he works on applied machine learning, predictive modeling and agentic AI for marketing. This is operating experience, not a documented AI investment record.
Where is Manyam Mallela based?
He is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
Is Manyam Mallela an angel investor?
Yes. Manyam Mallela invests personally as an angel and is Co-Founder, Chief AI Officer at Blueshift. Crunchbase counts 2 investments and 2 exits.
How can founders reach Manyam Mallela?
Founders on Lounge can see Manyam Mallela's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with them under Warm Paths, and add Manyam Mallela to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.