KP Reddy is the Founder and CEO of Shadow Ventures, a seed-stage technology investment firm. He is a globally recognized authority in AEC environments, AI, robotics, automation, mobile applications, and cloud computing. KP is a Civil Engineer by background (BS, Georgia Institute of Technology) and wrote the textbook on BIM with his book: BIM for Building Owners and Developers. He is a frequent lecturer at the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a sought-after subject matter expert, frequently speaking worldwide on BIM and the built environment.

KP has exited three technology companies. Cereus Technology Partners which had an IPO on NASDAQ and has since sold to Verso (NASDAQ:VRSO) at a 35x Multiple, RCMS which was sold to ARC (NYSE:ARC), and Ampirix (sold to The Combine). KP formerly ran Enterprise Transformation at Gehry Technologies (started by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry) which exited to Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB). He was also the General Manager of ATDC at Georgia Tech, one of the oldest technology incubators in the country. KP is a second-generation Civil Engineer and started his career at MACTEC.

Investor

Shadow Ventures (2017 – Present) – Founder and General Partner
Shadow Ventures was founded by serial entrepreneur and investor KP Reddy. The mission of Shadow Ventures is to invest in Seed stage companies that are led by dynamic technology entrepreneurs focused on disrupting nascent industries.

Startup Incubation
The Combine – Co-founder (2015 – 2017)
The Combine partners with enterprise organizations and technical founders to convert their promising intellectual property and unique approach into viable, scalable businesses with a strict focus on achieving aggressive IRR. 

ATDC – General Manager (2013-2014)
The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech is a startup incubator that helps technology entrepreneurs in Georgia launch and grows successful companies. ATDC was recently named by Forbes as one of the “Top 12 Business Incubators Changing the World”. ATDC is one of the oldest and most successful research university-affiliated incubators in the United States. Founded in 1980, ATDC has fostered innovation and economic development by graduating more than 150 companies, which together have raised over $2 billion in outside financing.

Entrepreneur
Infotycoon (Executive Chairman – CEO) – Sold to Sightplan
InfoTycoon, enables users to collect, aggregate, and analyze assets during an acquisition, disposition, or everyday management. SightPlan provides software solutions for building and managing multifamily communities.

Konstru (Co-founder – CEO)
Konstru is a cloud platform built to help engineering teams track changes in their 3D models and provides interoperability between different modeling software. Konstru helps AEC teams control their designs from schematic to build.

OnScale (CEO) fka PZFlex
Fast, highly-efficient Finite Element (FE) software for piezoelectric and wave-propagation applications, PZFlex has been at the cutting edge of product design and analysis for over 20 years. Heavily used by leading global companies and universities,
SoftWear Automation, Inc (CEO – Investor)
SoftWear Automation expects to be the first supplier of fully automated production lines for robotic cutting and sewing of garments. This is achieved through the use of patented intellectual property which enables cutting and sewing based on machine vision, robotics, and computing.

Gehry Technologies (Managing Director, Enterprise Transformation) sold to Trimble
Gehry Technologies is an AEC technology company, providing web-based 3D project collaboration, building information modeling, and advanced project delivery services. Its client base consists of international architects, engineers, contractors, and owners working across the globe.
RCMS Group (Founder-CEO) – Sold to ARC
RCMS delivers conceptual designs to construction drawings, computer-aided design (CAD), 3D modeling and visualization, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and lead generation services.

Verso (Founder-CEO of Cereus Technology Partners, CTO of Verso)
Verso was created through the merger of two publicly traded companies; Cereus Technology Partners and Eltrax.
A technology company provides communications network solutions to the carriers, enterprises, governments, and government-related entities in the United States.