Konarka Technologies, Inc.

Raj Atluru is a Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson where he serves on the boards of Agentis Software, Amazing Media, Blue Titan Software,... Konarka Technologies, PAR3 Communications, Solicore and Vizional Technologies. Raj currently focuses on software applications and infrastructure, wireless communications and emerging energy technologies. Previous investments include ViaFone which was acquired by Extended Systems . Raj also spent three years with TL Ventures where he focused on early stage software, wireless communications and energy technologies. In addition, Raj worked in the Leveraged Finance and Asian Corporate Finance groups at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Raj graduated from Stanford University with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Engineering and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Arno joined NEA in 1997 as a Venture Partner from Bell Labs where he headed its research organization and served as its Chief Scientist. He currently... focuses on novel ways of addressing the world’s energy needs. A long-time skeptic  on the commercial viability of "alternative energy" technologies, Arno now finds his earlier conclusions outdated by the advances made by a small handful of entrepreneurs, and earnestly hopes to find—and help finance—more of these opportunities. His present board memberships include BloomEnergy, Glacier Bay and Konarka. In addition to helping NEA portfolio companies on an as-needed basis, in areas such as technology, strategy, and intellectual property, Arno serves on—and frequently chairs—Technical Advisory Boards for a number of NEA companies, including: Alien Technology; Hillcrest Communications; Heliovolt; Konarka; Luxtera; Motion Computing; SolFocus, Spreadtrum, Telegent Systems; and Teneros;. He has written two books and a number of articles on modern technology, especially its impact on business and society. A member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, he received a BS from City College of New York and a PhD from Columbia University. His awards include a number of honorary degrees, as well as other awards, for his contributions to science, R&D management and public service—most notably the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in radio astronomy.
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