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Archana Jahagirdar

Investor

Founder & Managing Partner at Rukam Capital

Delhi, India

About

Archana Jahagirdar is Founder and Managing Partner at Rukam Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in consumer-focused startups in India. Since its launch in 2019, the firm has invested in over 20 companies including Sleepy Owl, GoDesi, BECO, Pilgrim, and Curefoods, and recently expanded with Rukam Sitara, a ₹100 crore tech fund. Jahagirdar has been nominated to the National Startup Advisory Council and serves on the organizing committee of Startup Mahakumbh; she also founded Bootstrap Incubation and Advisory Foundation, a non-profit focused on building founder-investor communities.

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Experience

  1. Rukam CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2019 — present
  2. Bootstrap Incubation and Advisory FoundationDirectorcurrent2017 — presentIndia
  3. AngelworksCEO2017 — 2020
  4. TextronHead - Communications and Community Affairs2014 — 2015Bangalore
  5. Espace Corporate Art InitiativesDirector & CEO2010 — 2012Delhi

Education

  1. St. Stephen's College, DelhiMaster of Arts (MA), English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
  2. St. Stephen's College, DelhiBA (Hons), English

Skills & more

Leadership5Investments1StartupsVenture CapitalJournalism15Editorial28New Media5Magazines17Publishing7Content Development10Copy Editing3Newspapers7
+12 moreAviationCorporate CommunicationsDefenceEditingFeature ArticlesMedia RelationsPublic RelationsPublicationsStorytellingFounderconsumerTelevision

Languages English · Hindi · Marathi

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Also attended St. Stephen's College, Delhi26

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Shared employers

Also worked at Textron4

Grace GallowayFormer Managing Director at Miami University Redhawk VenturesBrian TochmanGeneral Partner at Trust VenturesRichard DeVaughnCEO, The Arcadia Group International and Jaro Media Services at Reinventure CapitalSophia PucciniProgram Associate at Remarkable Ventures

Colleagues at Rukam Capital

Aditya Vikram Singh
Vice President, Investments at Rukam Capital
Deepak Bansal
VP, Finance & Accounts at Rukam Capital
Karan Sethi
Vice President, Investments at Rukam Capital
Lalit Mohan Verma
Sr. Accounts Manager at Rukam Capital
Nidhi Mundhra
Director, Finance at Rukam Capital
Tarun Pal
CFO at Rukam Capital