Partner
Venky Harinarayan
Partner, Milliways Ventures
- Firm
- Milliways Ventures
- Title
- Partner
- Role
- Partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 22 September 2026
About
Venky Harinarayan is an entrepreneur and investor. He is currently a founding partner at Milliways Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm. He was a founder of Junglee — a pioneering shopping search engine that was acquired by Amazon.com, a founder of Kosmix — an innovative search and categorization company that was acquired by Walmart Stores, Inc., and a founding investor in Efficient Frontier — a leading search and social media marketing company that was acquired by Adobe. Together, these start-ups were valued at $1 billion at the time of their acquisition. Venky has also played the role of entrepreneur in two of the most successful retailers of our times — Walmart and Amazon.com. Most recently, at Walmart, Venky created and was head of @WalmartLabs
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