Mahesh Kumar
InvestorInvestor at Sony Ventures Corporation · Principal at Rebright Partners
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
About
Leads Rebright's India investment strategy. Previously spent over four years at the Sony Innovation Fund shaping its India portfolio across fintech, healthcare, and emerging technologies. Holds a master's in computer engineering from IIT Madras with a focus on NLP.
Experience
- Rebright PartnersInvestmentscurrent2025 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Sony Innovation FundIndia Investments2020 — 2025India
- Sony India Software CentreTechnical Specialist2017 — 2019Greater Bengaluru Area
- Sony CorporationSoftware Engineer2012 — 2017Greater Tokyo Area
Education
- Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasMaster of Technology - MTech, Computer Science2010 — 2012
Skills & more
Strategic PlanningPublic SpeakingNegotiationTeam ManagementManagementProgramming7Artificial Intelligence6Software Quality Assurance2Data Structures3Machine Learning4Computer Network Operations2Algorithms1
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Product ManagementSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Agile MethodologiesVendor ManagementProject ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentCBloggerPythonNatural Language ProcessingData ExtractionLanguages English · Hindi · Japanese · Kannada · Tamil
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras75
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Shared employers
Also worked at Rebright Partners7
Takeshi EbiharaFounding General Partner at Rebright PartnersHidemasa IkedaPrincipal / Executive Officer, Head of Japan at Rebright PartnersBrij BhasinPartner at Rebright PartnersHammad MaddekarSenior Associate at Rebright PartnersAkhil LukoseAssociate at Rebright PartnersSatoshi NambuAssociate at Rebright Partners
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Also worked at Sony Innovation Fund13
Lihi LubranskiPrincipal at TriventuresTiffany HuangPrincipal at TransLink CapitalJoe TouGeneral Partner at Triptyq CapitalLudovic CopéréInvestor at Sony Ventures CorporationRoberta FerrariInvestor at Sony Ventures CorporationFarrukh HussainSenior Associate at Sony Ventures Corporation
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Also worked at Sony Corporation47
Allen DuanVenture Partner at Differential VenturesAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra VenturesOmar HamouiPartner at Mucker CapitalFelix ShpilmanVenture Partner at Moses CapitalSandeep MurthyPartner and Managing Director at LightboxLihi LubranskiPrincipal at Triventures
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