Fundraising Fox

Ganesh Nayak

Investor

Fundraising & Capital Markets, Avataar Venture Partners at Avataar Venture Partners

Greater Bengaluru Area

About

Ganesh Nayak leads fundraising and capital markets at Avataar Venture Partners, working with entrepreneurs, VCs, and institutional investors. He was a founding member of LetsVenture, an Indian private market platform, and has raised capital for VC funds including Pioneer Fund, MFV Partners, and IndiaQuotient. He served on the LP Advisory Board at Pioneer Fund.

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Experience

  1. Avataar Venture PartnersGlobal Fundraising & Capital Marketscurrent2021 — present
  2. Capillary TechnologiesInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  3. CurefoodsAngel Investorcurrent2022 — present
  4. Uni CardsAngel Investorcurrent2022 — present
  5. Nayak VenturesInvesting in high growth startups in India, and deep tech startups in the UScurrent2021 — present
  6. Pioneer FundLP Advisory Board Membercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. LetsVentureDirector2014 — 2022Bengaluru Area, India
  8. MentorSquare Advisors LtdCompany Evangelist2011 — 2013Bengaluru Area, India
  9. Saarthi Integrated Consulting LLPMarketing Executive2010 — 2011Bengaluru Area, India

Education

  1. RV College Of EngineeringBE, Mechanical Engineering2007 — 2011
  2. Bishop Cotton Boys'​ SchoolICSE1998 — 2005

Skills & more

Team Management14Strategy6Leadership11Mentoring3Venture Capital2Private Equity1Fundraising1Capital Markets1Entrepreneurship99Start-ups95Business Strategy54Management Consulting42
+8 moreBusiness DevelopmentMarketing StrategyCompetitive AnalysisStrategic PartnershipsEarly-stage StartupsMarket ResearchBusinessMarketing

Languages English · Hindi · Kannada · Konkani · Tamil

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From Ganesh's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended RV College Of Engineering16

Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAnu BharadwajPresident, Atlassian at Operator CollectiveAravind RatnamChief Strategy Office, Q-Ctrl at SeafundAshok RampalliChief of Staff / Analyst at Dallas Venture CapitalJay KrishnanPartner & Head of India Investment Groups at Beyond Next VenturesJohn FrancisPartner at Unmet Frontier

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Also attended Bishop Cotton Boys'​ School3

PankajAdvisor at NewBuild.VCPravar JainSenior Manager at SGInnovateAnkit KediaInvestor at Capital-A

Shared employers

Also worked at Capillary Technologies6

Karthee MadasamyManaging Partner at MFV PartnersNeelam DhawanTech Industry Trailblazer at SenseAI VenturesMohan KumarInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesGeorge ThangaduraiOperating Partner at Avataar Venture PartnersNishant RaoFounding Partner at Avataar Venture PartnersKishlay AnandProgram Manager at Expert DOJO

Also worked at Uni Cards3

Alex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystPrayank SwaroopPartner at AccelMridul AroraPartner at Elevation Capital

Also worked at Pioneer Fund16

Zach WaterfieldInvestor at Ripple VenturesNicholas GoldnerVenture Partner at Alix VenturesDave MessinaAdvisor at Harmonix FundMichael ZhaoPrincipal at Eniac VenturesSaad RizviChief Product Officer at SuperlayerRyan PawellVenture Partner at Axial VC

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Also worked at LetsVenture9

Aastha ThilwalCommunication Manager, Portfolio & Investor Communications at Eximius VenturesSpurthi NaiduPeople & Talent Lead at Avataar Venture PartnersManish SinghalFounding Partner at pi VenturesSaswat SundarInvestor at Fundamental VCAbhishek RathiInvestor at Fundamental VCHarsh MehtaAssociate at BLinC Invest

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Investments

Led

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Colleagues at Avataar Venture Partners

Amit Kumar
Head - Finance COE at Avataar Venture Partners
Anirudh Singh
Partner at Avataar Venture Partners
Arjun Vikas
Director at Avataar Venture Partners
Dinky Sanghvi
VP Finance at Avataar Venture Partners
George Thangadurai
Operating Partner at Avataar Venture Partners
Gulshan Dhanani
Associate at Avataar Venture Partners
Krish Kupathil
Operating Partner at Avataar Venture Partners
Krushi Jain
Associate at Avataar Venture Partners