What companies has Ganesh Nayak invested in?

Investments tracked here include MCaffeine, Mobikwik, PolicyBazaar.

Where did Ganesh Nayak go to school?

Ganesh Nayak studied at RV College Of Engineering (BE, Mechanical Engineering); Bishop Cotton Boys' School (ICSE).

Does Ganesh Nayak lead rounds?

Yes — Ganesh Nayak has led 3 tracked investments.

Ganesh Nayak

Investor

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

Greater Bengaluru Area

Find your path to Ganesh

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

Anirvan ChowdhuryunlockedGanesh: together at Capillary Technologies (2024–2026)

×4Ganesh: together at Avataar Venture Partners

×2Ganesh: together at Capillary Technologies

×4Ganesh: together at RV College Of Engineering

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.

Experience

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

Skills & more

Team Management14Strategy6Leadership11Mentoring3Venture Capital2Private Equity1Fundraising1Capital Markets1Entrepreneurship99Start-ups95Business Strategy54Management Consulting42

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Business DevelopmentMarketing StrategyCompetitive AnalysisStrategic PartnershipsEarly-stage StartupsMarket ResearchBusinessMarketing

Languages English · Hindi · Kannada · Konkani · Tamil

Wispr Flow

From Ganesh's professional profile.

Investments

Led

MCaffeineMobikwikPolicyBazaar

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Avataar Venture Partners

Abdool Fareed Soreefan

General Partner 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

Frida Schain

Investment Manager at Sciety

George Thangadurai

Operating Partner at Avataar Venture Partners

Gulshan Dhanani

Associate at Avataar Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ganesh Nayak?: 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.
Where does Ganesh Nayak work?: Ganesh Nayak is Fundraising & Capital Markets, Avataar Venture Partners at Avataar Venture Partners.
What companies has Ganesh Nayak invested in?: Investments tracked here include MCaffeine, Mobikwik, PolicyBazaar.
Where did Ganesh Nayak go to school?: Ganesh Nayak studied at RV College Of Engineering (BE, Mechanical Engineering); Bishop Cotton Boys' School (ICSE).
Does Ganesh Nayak lead rounds?: Yes — Ganesh Nayak has led 3 tracked investments.

Same school

Also attended RV College Of Engineering51

Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital Anu BharadwajPresident, Atlassian at Operator Collective Narendra BhandariGeneral Partner at Seafund Aravind RatnamChief Strategy Office, Q-Ctrl at Seafund Ashok RampalliChief of Staff / Analyst at Dallas Venture Capital Jay KrishnanPartner & Head of India Investment Groups at Beyond Next Ventures

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Also attended Bishop Cotton Boys' School17

PankajAdvisor at NewBuild.VC Pravar JainSenior Manager at SGInnovate Akhilesh AgarwalAssociate Vice President at Blume Ventures Srivatsan LaxmanVenture Partner at Elevate Capital Rupam BiswasPrincipal, Investments at ITERATIVE Shantanu MehtaInvestment Associate at Spring Angels Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Capillary Technologies13

Karthee MadasamyManaging Partner at MFV Partners Anirvan ChowdhuryDirector at Qualcomm Ventures Neelam DhawanTech Industry Trailblazer at SenseAI Ventures Mohan KumarInvestor at Pentathlon Ventures George ThangaduraiOperating Partner at Avataar Venture Partners Nishant RaoFounding Partner at Avataar Venture Partners

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Also worked at Uni Cards5

Alex TranInvestment Team at General Catalyst Prayank SwaroopPartner at Accel Mridul AroraPartner at Elevation Capital Jagveer GandhiFounder at Akudo Prateek JindalFounder at Powerup Money

Also worked at LetsVenture12

Lokesh JainVice President, Portfolio & Fund Management at Eximius Ventures Aastha ThilwalCommunication Manager, Portfolio & Investor Communications at Eximius Ventures Spurthi NaiduPeople & Talent Lead at Avataar Venture Partners Manish SinghalFounding Partner at pi Ventures Saswat SundarInvestor at Fundamental VC Abhishek RathiInvestor at Fundamental VC

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