About
Karthik Varada works on new investments in Indian startups and supports the growth and impact visibility of portfolio companies at Beyond Next Ventures. He previously was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tokyo studying ESG and climate-tech investments, and was a founding member of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation's Asia Women Impact Fund, an impact fund focused on gender equality. He holds a PhD and a master's degree from the University of Tokyo, and an undergraduate engineering degree from IIT Hyderabad.
Invests in
Climate TechImpact & Social Good
Experience
- Beyond Next Ventures IndiaVenture Capitalistcurrent2023 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Beyond Next Ventures Inc.Venture Capitalistcurrent2022 — presentTokyo, Japan
- The University of TokyoPostdoctoral Researcher - ESG investing2021 — 2022Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Sasakawa Peace Foundation / 公益財団法人 笹川平和財団Impact Investment Professional - Asia Women Impact Fund2016 — 2020Tokyo, Japan
- ARUNInvestment Team2016 — 2017Tokyo, Japan
- Skyland VenturesMarket Researcher - Venture Capital2015 — 2016Tokyo, Japan
- Indian Institute of Technology, HyderabadPresident, Student Gymkhana2013 — 2014Greater Hyderabad Area
- Hero MotoCorp LtdSummer Intern, Production Engineering2013Uttarakhand, India
Skills & more
Microsoft Office15Microsoft Excel5PowerPoint2Bloomberg TerminalLeadership12Program Management8Simulations2StrategyEconometricsESGImpact InvestingSustainable Finance
Languages English · Hindi · Japanese · Telugu
- Bloomberg Market Concepts — Bloomberg
From Karthik's professional profile.
Colleagues at Beyond Next Ventures
Akiko Fujii
Investment Group at Beyond Next Ventures
Akira Horiguchi
Former Executive Vice President, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. at Beyond Next Ventures
Akito Arima
Executive Officer / Partner at Beyond Next Ventures
Ashish Behera
Investor at Beyond Next Ventures
Devang Thakor
Founder / President, Anioplex, LLC at Beyond Next Ventures
Hiroki Matsumoto
Representative of SubTonic Consulting at Beyond Next Ventures
Hiroyuki Kageyama
Principal at Beyond Next Ventures
Jay Krishnan
Partner & Head of India Investment Groups at Beyond Next Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Karthik Varada?
- Karthik Varada works on new investments in Indian startups and supports the growth and impact visibility of portfolio companies at Beyond Next Ventures. He previously was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tokyo studying ESG and climate-tech investments, and was a founding member of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation's Asia Women Impact Fund, an impact fund focused on gender equality. He holds a PhD and a master's degree from the University of Tokyo, and an undergraduate engineering degree from IIT Hyderabad.
- Where does Karthik Varada work?
- Karthik Varada is Senior Associate / Investment Gr. (India) at Beyond Next Ventures.
- What does Karthik Varada invest in?
- Karthik Varada invests in Climate Tech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where did Karthik Varada go to school?
- Karthik Varada studied at The University of Tokyo (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Gender-lens investing and ESG investing); The University of Tokyo (Master's Degree, Technology Management for Innovation); Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering).
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad3
Shared employers
Also worked at Beyond Next Ventures India3
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