Kishen Mangat

General Partner

Colorado

Industry Experience

25 years start-ups

Prior Experience

BroadHop, Cisco Systems

Education

BA Colorado College

Representative Investments

BroadHop, Amigo Systems, STS Hotel Net

Kishen Mangat is General Partner at Boulder Ventures, where he invests in software companies focused on enterprise digital transformation. He is the lead institutional investor and board member of Spectrum Effect, Symmera and Opanga.

Prior to BV, Kishen gained 25 years of operating experience as a founder and executive in startup and corporate environments. During Kishen’s tenure as General Manager of Mobility at Cisco, he was responsible for the development and rollout of Cisco’s 5G networking portfolio.

He joined Cisco through the acquisition of BroadHop, where he was founder. At BroadHop, Kishen built the Company’s global go-to-market and field sales and support operation.

Prior to BroadHop, Kishen founded and was CEO of Amigo Systems, sold to POST. He was also co-founder of STS Hotel Net, sold to CAIS Internet, a KKR Company.

Kishen received a B.A. in Economics from Colorado College, where he is a past board trustee. He currently serves as board vice-chair of Access Fund, America’s climbing conservation organization.

Kishen is an active climber and alpinist, having logged notable ascents in demanding alpine environments across the globe over the past 30 years.