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Dayakar Puskoor

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Founder and Managing Director at Dallas Venture Capital
📍 Dallas, Texas, United States

Dayakar Puskoor is a serial entrepreneur turned investor, now serving as the Founder and Managing Partner of Dallas Venture Capital. He focuses on early-stage B2B SaaS startups in cloud, AI/ML, and mobile technologies, leveraging his experience to guide new companies. He holds an MS from Nova Southeastern University.

He is deeply passionate about mentoring the founders of his portfolio companies, operating with a hands-on philosophy to "Invest, Engage, Collaborate, Grow & Exit. " He is available 24/7 to his teams and frequently shares advice on entrepreneurship, emphasizing conviction and early market engagement.

Unique fact: He had the foresight to launch one of the first tech-focused venture funds headquartered in Dallas after the telecom boom.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Founder and Managing Director
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Founder Mentorship
Considers mentoring founders a rewarding part of his journey and operates with a philosophy of active engagement, collaboration, and growth to guide startups toward successful exits.
Operational AI
Believes AI has moved from experimental to operational, emphasizing the importance of infrastructure, governance, security, and trust as it enters real enterprise environments.
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Career

Work history

1-2010
Founder and Managing Director
Dallas Venture Capital
5-2020
Board Member
CoreStack
4-2020
Official Member
Forbes Finance Council
7-2019
Board Member
Viviota
1-2019
Board Member
AmplifAI Solutions, Inc.
In the press

Media appearances

Dayakar Puskoor, Abid Neemuchwala Lead Dallas Venture Capital Launch of DVC Advantage. Featured in VCCircle
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Venture Capital Unplugged: Startup Strategy, Funding Essentials and Engineering Success with Dayakar Puskoor. Featured in Dallas Venture Capital Podcast
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Education
1985 - 1987
MS
Nova Southeastern University
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