Shailendra Tipparaju

Venture Partner @ Dallas Venture Capital

Is an active serial entrepreneur, technologist, and executive coach.
Has a cross-industry global footprint spanning over two decades.
Has been a founding member of several Education Technology companies from concept to scale before successful exits.
Serves as the chairman of Chicago-based Colosseum Group.
Is the Vice-Chairman of Atal Balachandran Great Lakes Incubation AGBI.
Has helped foster entrepreneurship by mentoring, investing, and advising over 50 companies.
Was a founding member of EdAssist, Strateology, and Examity.
Led the Technology Innovation program at CVS Pharmacy between 2008 to 2013.
Started his career as an intern in 1999 at Xerox innovation group.
Led several successful global engineering initiatives at Motorola, Delta Airlines, and GlaxoSmithKline.
Was Xerox’s top performing employee worldwide in 2015.
Is a widely published author and speaker.
Was recognized as one of the top 100 Education pioneers in 2020.
Is an active contributor in various standardized and certification global councils in the EdTech domain.
Believes in purposeful balanced living and compassionate capitalism.
Heads up the Colosseum Foundation.
Has a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
Has a Master’s in Computer Science from Loyola University, Chicago.
Is currently pursuing a management program at the Harvard Business School at Boston.
Lives in Chicago with his wife Sireesha and his two sons, Dhanush and Ankush.

Dallas Venture Capital invests in emerging technologies and operates from the USA and India, focusing on enterprise-focused entrepreneurs.