Poorvi Vijay
InvestorFounderPrincipal at Elevation Capital · Board director at Sampark
United States
FoundedSampark
About
Poorvi Vijay is a highly public-facing, practitioner-style investor who hosts on-camera AI podcast episodes, interviews founders about early product constraints, and frequently speaks and is cited on India’s AI ecosystem.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechHealthtechSaaS
Board director at Sampark
Intro paths
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In turn, Poorvi can intro founders to Sampark's investors below.
Sampark's investors · 3
Co-founders at Sampark
KV
Karan VaidyaExecutive Officer, Director
SG
Soham GanatraExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Elevation CapitalPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentBengaluru, India
- Elevation CapitalVice President2023 — 2025
- Elevation CapitalAssociate Vice President2021 — 2023Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- UnifyAppsBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- ComposioBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- Maxim AIBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- SuperOpsBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- NoonSeed Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Fravity AISeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- Adopt AISeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- PortkeySeries A Investor (Acq: Palo Alto Networks)2025 — 2026
- AdobeProduct Management and Strategy, Creative Cloud Enterprise2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Global Shapers Cambridge HubSecretary, Global Shapers Hub2018 — 2019Greater Cambridge Area
- AmazonAlexa Speech Organization2017 — 2019Greater Cambridge Area, United Kingdom
- AmazonCustomer Experience, International Expansion2015 — 2017Greater Bengaluru Area
- Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiWearable Computing Researcher, EI Lab2014 — 2015
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management2019 — 2021
- Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Skills & more
Strategic PlanningBusiness StrategyFinancial ModelingProduct ManagementUser Interface DesignCompetitive AnalysisBusiness-to-Business (B2B)User Experience (UX)Rapid PrototypingSQLWearable ComputingInternational Expansion
Languages English · Hindi
- Citrix Systems Workshop - Design Methodology — Citrix
- Microsoft Research Workshop - Rich Interactive Narratives — Microsoft
From Poorvi's professional profile.
Deals · 1
SamparkBoard seat
via Elevation Capital · filed Apr 2025 · $24.5M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Elevation Capital
Abhishek Sharma
Associate Vice President - Talent at Elevation Capital
Akash Sharma
Software Development Engineer at Elevation Capital
Akhil Andasu
Associate at Elevation Capital
Akshat Singh
Associate at Elevation Capital
Aman Himatsingka
Associate at Elevation Capital
Amit Aggarwal
Principal at Elevation Capital
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Amrutha Jalihal
VP - Community & Partnerships at Elevation Capital
Ankur Jain
Director - Finance at Elevation Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Poorvi Vijay work?
- Poorvi Vijay is Principal at Elevation Capital and Founder at Sampark.
- What does Poorvi Vijay invest in?
- Poorvi Vijay invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
- What companies did Poorvi Vijay found?
- Poorvi Vijay founded Sampark.
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