Congratulations, Veza!
By Puneet Agarwal, December 4, 2025
What is the ultimate measure of success in venture capital?
It’s not the posts or tweets 🙂
It’s not the lists.
It’s not even the dollars.
It is, in fact, much more invisible.
The ultimate measure is about the long-term relationships that are forged. It’s the off-the-record and frequent conversations, the shared camaraderie during the toughest times, the first call at the lowest points, the sheer happiness at the highest, and the true understanding of the whole human experience.
It’s why True Ventures loves investing at the earliest, most contrarian stage, when the ultimate trust is built between Founder and investor. We built True to empower Founders throughout the ups and downs of their journey, which we know takes time.
Thank you Tarun Thakur for your vision, grit, and partnership over the past 11 years, starting with Datos and now Veza, and for your lifelong friendship. Huge congratulations to you, Maohua Lu, Robert Whitcher, and the entire Veza team for the incredible acquisition news today.
Below are some fun pictures of Tarun’s whiteboard drawing in our office (still there!) that led to the first seed check in Veza (known as Cookie.ai back then) and the napkin drawings that led to our first seed check into Datos.
