Where does Avinash Ramakanth work?

Avinash Ramakanth is Founder of Bright.

What companies did Avinash Ramakanth found?

Avinash Ramakanth founded Bright.

Where did Avinash Ramakanth go to school?

Avinash Ramakanth studied at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (M.S., Computer Science); Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (M.Sc. Mathematics + B.E. Electronics and Instrumentation).

Avinash Ramakanth

Founder

Founder at Bright

Greater Bengaluru Area

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138 people in our graph share verified history with Avinash — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

SomnathunlockedAvinash: together at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (2006–2009)

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×4Avinash: together at Indian Institute of Science

×2Avinash: together at InMobi

Founder at Bright

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Bright's investors · 6

Alpha Wave GlobalMiami Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks Hummingbird VenturesSingapore · $500K – $10M checks NVIDIASanta Clara Outrun VenturesLondon Sherpalo VenturesMenlo Park

Co-founders at Bright

Petko PlachkovFounder

Varun ModiFounder

Avi PatchavaFounder

Experience

Polaris School of TechnologyHead of Academicscurrent2025 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bright MoneyHead of Growth2021 — 2025
Bright MoneyCo-Founder2021 — 2025
Bright MoneyHead Of Engineering2019 — 2025
InMobiTech Lead2017 — 2019
InMobiSenior Software Engineer2016 — 2017Bengaluru Area, India
InMobiSoftware Engineer2014 — 2016Bangalore
Indian Institute of ScienceResearch Student [M.S.]2011 — 2014Bengaluru Area, India
Indian Institute of ScienceTeaching Assistant2013
Indian Institute of ScienceTeaching Assistant2012Bangalore
CMC LtdResearch Intern2010 — 2011

Skills & more

Team LeadershipTechnical LeadershipGrowth HackingPnL ManagementMatlabProgrammingImage ProcessingCC++Machine LearningData StructuresEmbedded Systems

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LabviewLinuxWindowsMicrosoft OfficeVerilogData MiningSQLRBig DataStatisticsMySQLVideo Processing

Languages English · Hindi · Telugu

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Avinash Ramakanth?: Founder at Bright
Where does Avinash Ramakanth work?: Avinash Ramakanth is Founder of Bright.
What companies did Avinash Ramakanth found?: Avinash Ramakanth founded Bright.
Where did Avinash Ramakanth go to school?: Avinash Ramakanth studied at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (M.S., Computer Science); Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (M.Sc. Mathematics + B.E. Electronics and Instrumentation).

Founder mafias

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani mafia148

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Krishna V.Master of Engineering (MEng)Founded Habitat +1 Paddy SrinivasanBSFounded Goto +1 Kiran GolluM.Sc.(Tech.)Founded Oodle +1 Rahul SinghB.E. (Hons.)Founded Datamonk +1 Srinivas SarkarBachelor's degreeFounded Coupl +1 Saksham AggarwalBachelor of Engineering - BEFounded Iterate AI +1

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Indian Institute of Science (IISc) mafia20

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Geeta VemuriPh.DFounded Agent Capital Srivatsan LaxmanM.S. + Ph.D.Founded True Lark Supriya RaoM.Sc. (Engg)Founded True Lark Harikrishna NarayananResearchFounded Expent Inc Jyothika SahajanandanMaster’s DegreeFounded Spark Studio Shubham RanaBachelor of Science - BSFounded Retape

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Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Science (IISc)34

Padmaparna ChaudhuriDirector of Technical Research at Sands Capital Ventures Namita KumariAssociate, Technical Research at Sands Capital Ventures Ganesh KishoreInvestor at Spruce Capital Partners Geetha DholakiaPortfolio Program Director at TDK Ventures Geeta VemuriManaging Partner, Founder at Agent Capital Omkaram NalamasuPresident at Applied Ventures

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Also attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani234

SomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear Ventures Sanjot MalhiPartner at Northzone Rishabh KaulVenture Partner at Hoxton Ventures Anirvan ChowdhuryDirector at Qualcomm Ventures Sanjeev KumarVenture Partner at Fusion Yash SankrityayanManaging Partner, Southeast Asia at Jungle Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Bright Money5

Anu SridharanFounder/CEO at NextDrop Varun ModiFounder at Bright Avi PatchavaFounder at Bright Andrew MaguireGeneral Partner at Volo Ventures Andrew MaguireGeneral Partner at VOLO VENTURES ICS

Also worked at InMobi23

Nandika PradeepDirector, Strategy & Human Capital at Fireside Ventures Advisory Llp Najam KidwaiVenture Partner at Frontier Ventures Michael ChangManaging Partner at TAYA Venture Capital Atsushi TairaCo-Founder and Chairman at The Edgeof Isis Nyong'oMadica Mentor at Madica Kaushik SAssociate Vice President at Together Fund

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Also worked at Indian Institute of Science46

Anandhi GokhaleInvestment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag Namita KumariAssociate, Technical Research at Sands Capital Ventures Mayur SonthaliaAssociate at Arkam Ventures Shraya SapruInvestment Analyst at TDK Ventures Geetha DholakiaPortfolio Program Director at TDK Ventures Akanksha JagwaniInvestor at FEBE Ventures

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Also worked at CMC Ltd5

Amardeep SibiaAngel investor Vish BajajFounder at ValueFirst Srikanth SatyaFounder at Qbeast Arvind RajpurohitFounder at Alertmend Ravishankar ShiroorFounder at Stellapps Technologies