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Pratima Aiyagari

Investor

Venture Partner at Nauta Capital

London

Writes $500K – $7.5M checks · typically $500K

About

Pratima Aiyagari is an early-stage venture investor focused on cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, open source, cloud-native, and infrastructure startups, with prior experience at Nauta Capital and Paladin Capital. She has held operational roles at Cisco spanning corporate development, security business unit management, and network management, as well as investment banking experience covering telecom equipment companies. Aiyagari also serves as an advisor to Civo and holds patents in fail-over and self-healing networks.

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Experience

  1. CivoAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
  2. TreblleInvestor2021 — 2025
  3. Nauta CapitalPartner2020 — 2025Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  4. decentriqInvestor2020
  5. DashbirdInvestor2020
  6. Paladin Capital GroupInvestment Director / Strategic Advisor2020Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  7. Secure Code WarriorInvestor2020
  8. BehavioSecInvestor2019 — 2020
  9. Evolution Equity PartnersLP / Investor and LPAC Member2019 — 2020
  10. aiMotiveInvestor2018 — 2020
  11. Notion Capital Fund IIILP / Investor2017 — 2020
  12. EVRYTHNGInvestor2014 — 2020
  13. CiscoDomain Lead Europe - AI/ML and Enterprise Collaboration Acquisitions & Investments2011 — 2020Greater London, United Kingdom
  14. Media Network ServicesInvestor2011 — 2020
  15. CorvilInvestor2011 — 2019
  16. AdbrainInvestor2016 — 2017
  17. ip.access a Mavenir CompanyInvestor2011 — 2015
  18. RiskFirst (A Moody's Analytics Company)Assistant Vice President, Corporate Development2011London, United Kingdom
  19. Societe GeneraleEquity Research Analyst (Telecom Equipment)2009 — 2010Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
  20. CiscoAdvanced Services / Professional Services2008New York City Metropolitan Area

Education

  1. INSEADMBA
  2. Virginia TechM.S., Computer Science and Applications

Same school

Also attended INSEAD668

Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesMahesha SubramaniamHead of Client Relations at Golden Gate VenturesElena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at Northzone

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Also attended Virginia Tech70

Joseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesSamantha MoskettiSenior Manager, Knowledge Sharing at JMI EquityMichelle KincaidVP, Marketing & Platforms at Ballistic VenturesJeff BabioneSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsJohn HigginbothamSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital Advisors

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Shared employers

Also worked at decentriq1

Francois RuetherManaging Partner at Global Founders Capital

Also worked at BehavioSec7

Will GibbsPartner at Octopus VenturesAndrew McClureManaging Director at ForgePoint CapitalAlberto YépezCo-Founder and Managing Director at ForgePoint CapitalShane ShookInvestor at ForgePoint CapitalMarta SjögrenSteering Group at Ada VenturesVin LingathotiPartner at Cambridge Innovation Capital

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Also worked at aiMotive3

Amit ShofarSr. Investment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundIlkka KivimäkiFounding Partner & Advisor at Maki.vcNicolas AutretPartner at Walden Catalyst

Also worked at Cisco249

Cyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures

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Colleagues at Nauta Capital

Agustina Nieto
Legal Counsel at Nauta Capital
Alexander Krespi
Investment Associate at Nauta Capital
Ana Fernandez
Investment Associate at Nauta Capital
Andrea Oliver
Principal at Nauta Capital
Anna Daviau
Partner at Nauta Capital
Arthur Sbert
Investment Associate at Nauta Capital
Borja Breña
Partner at Nauta Capital
Carles Ferrer
General Partner at Nauta Capital