Ramesh Jain
About Ramesh Jain
Ramesh Jain is a scientist and entrepreneur in information and computer science. He was born in Nagpur, India, and has a Ph.D. in electronics engineering (1975) from IIT Kharagpur. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine, where he joined in 2005 as the first Donald Bren Professor in the Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
Before UC Irvine he founded and directed artificial intelligence and visual information systems labs at the University of Michigan and UC San Diego. He was chairman of ACM SIG Multimedia and founding editor-in-chief of IEEE Multimedia magazine. He is a Fellow of ACM, IEEE, IAPR, AAAI and SPIE, and has published over 250 research papers. His research areas include multimedia information systems, computer vision, and health and food computing. He is co-director of the UCI Institute for Future Health.
His UC Irvine faculty page says he co-founded Imageware, Virage, Praja, Seraja, mChron and Krumbs. It says he managed them in their early stages and then turned them over to professional management.
His current company list names three health ventures where he is a co-founder. Personicle organizes personal data for health. HealthUnity works on behavioral data and health. Vicara Health is a personal health navigator for metabolic health.
We did not find a verified public record of Ramesh Jain's angel investments, such as dated rounds or announcements by portfolio companies. A Crunchbase page under the name Ramesh Jain lists one seed investment in Zintlr. Its details are hidden and we could not confirm it is the same person. Other investor profiles under this name appear to be different people, so we have not used them.
Stage, sector and geography preferences, and any check size, are not publicly stated in the sources we found. His published work and company building center on AI, multimedia and computer vision, and digital and personal health. Founders in those areas can judge how closely their product matches his background. We cannot confirm that he invests in them.
Investing activity
Ramesh Jain is listed on Lounge as an angel investor. The deals desk records Series A and later AI rounds and seeds over $10M, so smaller checks may not show here yet.
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Frequently asked questions about Ramesh Jain
Is Ramesh Jain an angel investor?
We could not confirm a public angel investing record in the sources we checked. His documented activity is as a researcher and co-founder of several companies. Ask him directly about investing.
What companies has Ramesh Jain founded?
His UC Irvine profile lists Imageware, Virage, Praja, Seraja, mChron and Krumbs as companies he co-founded. He is also a co-founder of Personicle, HealthUnity and Vicara Health.
What is Ramesh Jain's check size?
No check size is public. We have not estimated one.
What is Ramesh Jain's background in AI?
He founded and directed AI and visual information systems labs at the University of Michigan and UC San Diego. He is now Professor Emeritus at UC Irvine and a Fellow of AAAI, ACM and IEEE.
Should I pitch Ramesh Jain for an AI startup?
His expertise is in AI, multimedia and digital health, so a pitch in those areas fits his background. His investing activity is not public, so confirm his interest before you invest time in a pitch.
How can founders reach Ramesh Jain?
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