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Sandy Khaund

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Smart Money Rating: 94 out of 100

Managing Partner, MindSpring Capital (+1 more)

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MindSpring Capital, UDHC
Title
Managing Partner
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Managing partner
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Record updated 21 September 2026

About

Sandy came to Ticketmaster via the acquisition of UPGRADED, a blockchain ticket distribution system, where he was Founder/CEO. Previously, Sandy was CTO at InStadium, an ad network of 450+ sports venues. Sandy was Sr. Director at Turner Broadcasting from 2011-2014, leading the Emerging Technologies office in San Francisco and serving as a Director of Time Warner Media Camp, a startup accelerator for tech companies in the media space. From 2008-2011, Sandy started Irynsoft, bringing collaborative video-based learning to mobile devices. Before Irynsoft, Sandy was COO at Piczo, a teen social network with over 35M accounts (acquired in 2009). He spent six years at Microsoft as Director of the Community Technologies Team for microsoft.com and has held positions at Intel, the Boston Consulting Group, and Lockheed Martin.

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Education
Sandy has a BSEE & M.Eng from Cornell, a BA in Physics from Ithaca College, and an MBA from WhartonSource (opens in a new tab)

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