Rajeev Goel
About Rajeev Goel
Rajeev Goel is a co-founder of PubMatic, the ad technology company listed on Nasdaq as PUBM. He has served as its CEO and a board member. Crunchbase lists his PubMatic role as starting in July 2007. PubMatic was incorporated in 2006 with Amar Goel, Anand Das and Mukul Kumar, and one profile says Goel became CEO in December 2008.
Before PubMatic he co-founded Chipshot.com, an online retailer of custom-built golf equipment, where he was Vice President of Technology. Crunchbase also lists a past role as Senior Director of Product Marketing at SAP. A LinkedIn recommendation describes him as a co-founder of Komli Media as well as PubMatic.
He holds a master's degree in Computer and Information Technology from the University of Pennsylvania. His bachelor's degree, from Johns Hopkins University, is in Economics, Political Science and Spanish.
Goel is listed as an individual angel investor on Crunchbase, PitchBook and CB Insights. Crunchbase and PitchBook each count 4 investments, and CB Insights counts 3. The databases do not agree on every deal or date.
The earliest investment named in a company's own announcement is Improvado. Improvado's $8M Super Seed round, with 60 investors, listed him as a PubMatic founder among its angels. PitchBook dates that seed round to March 2019. PitchBook and Tracxn also list Evify, a logistics company, in July 2022. PitchBook lists GrowIT, an agriculture company, in April 2022. Check size and ownership are not public.
His most recent disclosed round is Miravoice. Miravoice announced a $6.3M seed round on April 2, 2026, led by Unusual Ventures, with Neo, 25madison and several angels. Rajeev Goel, identified as CEO of PubMatic, was one of those angels, along with Karim Atiyeh and Amar Goel.
Miravoice is a San Francisco company that builds voice AI agents to automate long-form phone surveys and interviews for market research and polling. PitchBook classes it as business and productivity software. Goel has not published a statement on his AI investment thesis.
His known angel deals are seed rounds in software and operations companies. Foundersuite lists his interests as advertising platforms, advertising and consumer internet, and lists him under seed rounds. Tracxn lists investments in the United States and India. Goel has not published a check size or a list of criteria that we could find, so none is given here.
- Miravoice: voice AI agents that run phone surveys for market research and polling; $6.3M seed announced April 2026, led by Unusual Ventures.
- Improvado: marketing analytics automation; he was a listed angel in its $8M Super Seed round (PitchBook dates the seed round to 2019).
- Evify: logistics company; seed round listed by PitchBook and Tracxn in July 2022.
- GrowIT: agriculture company; seed round listed by PitchBook in April 2022.
- crunchbase.com/person/rajeev-goel
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/228099-88
- cbinsights.com/investor/rajeev-goel
- tracxn.com/d/people/rajeev-goel/__gYfcGHYmyhUiAOKlDCZNC6KXZeBVxmJdJj6b
- foundersuite.com/investors/rajeev-goel
- improvado.io/news/improvado-raises-8m-from-60-investors
- accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/computers-technology-and-internet/mirav
- finsmes.com/2026/04/miravoice-raises-6-3m-in-seed-funding.html
Investing activity
Rajeev Goel appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $6M. The most recent is Miravoice (Seed, $6.3M, Apr 2026).
Rajeev Goel most often invests alongside Unusual Ventures, Amar Goel, Karim Atiyeh and Neo, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Rajeev Goel
Who is Rajeev Goel?
Rajeev Goel is a co-founder and the CEO of PubMatic, a Nasdaq-listed ad technology company. He also invests personally as an angel.
Has Rajeev Goel invested in AI startups?
Yes. He was one of the angels in Miravoice's $6.3M seed round, announced in April 2026 and led by Unusual Ventures. Miravoice builds voice AI agents for phone surveys.
What stage does Rajeev Goel invest in?
His disclosed angel investments are seed rounds. Public databases list no later-stage deals by him.
What is Rajeev Goel's check size?
It is not public. The deal databases show round sizes, not his own checks.
How many angel investments has Rajeev Goel made?
Crunchbase and PitchBook each list 4 investments, and CB Insights lists 3. The lists are not complete and the sources differ.
How can founders reach Rajeev Goel?
He has a public LinkedIn profile, listed under his PubMatic role. We found no personal website or X account for him.
Is Rajeev Goel an angel investor?
Yes. Rajeev Goel invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Rajeev Goel invested in?
Rajeev Goel's AI investments include Miravoice. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Rajeev Goel invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Rajeev Goel has invested at Seed, with a median round of $6M.
Who does Rajeev Goel co-invest with?
Rajeev Goel's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Unusual Ventures (1 deal), Amar Goel (1 deal), Karim Atiyeh (1 deal), Neo (1 deal) and 25madison (1 deal).