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Ravish Ailinani

Investor

Partner at Dallas Venture Capital · Partner at Naya Ventures

United States

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Cosmo JiangunlockedRavish: together at Evercore (2012–2013)
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Ravish: together at Pynt
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About

Ravish Ailinani is a Partner at Dallas Venture Capital with a background in corporate strategy, finance, and venture capital, including experience across M&A, IPOs, growth-stage investing, and capital market transactions. Before DVC, he led Corporate Development at Caesars Entertainment and served as a Vice President at Evercore, advising executives and boards of large corporations, private equity firms, and sovereign wealth funds. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras.

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Experience

  1. Dallas Venture CapitalPartnercurrent2020 — present
  2. CrewAIInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  3. DQLabsBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
  4. BallerineBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
  5. Fiddler AIBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
  6. Holistic AIInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  7. DocytInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  8. ProphecyInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  9. NirmataBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
  10. Hippo VideoMember Board of Directorscurrent2022 — present
  11. ArnicaMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — present
  12. Citylitics Inc.Member Board Of Directorscurrent2022 — present
  13. PyntMember Board of Directors2023 — 2026
  14. StepFunctionInvestor2022 — 2025
  15. Lucy® AIMember Board Of Directors2021 — 2024
  16. Caesars Entertainment CorporationVice President - Corporate Development / M&A and Strategy2019 — 2020Las Vegas, Nevada Area
  17. Caesars Entertainment CorporationDirector - Corporate Development / M&A and Strategy2018 — 2019Las Vegas, Nevada
  18. EvercoreVice President2016 — 2018New York
  19. EvercoreAssociate2012 — 2015New York
  20. Bank of America Merrill LynchInvestment Banking Summer Associate2011New York
  21. Quorum SoftwareProduct Engineer2005 — 2010

Colleagues at Dallas Venture Capital

Akhil Lukose
Associate at Rebright Partners
Anishkumar SS
Investor at Dallas Venture Capital
Ashok Rampalli
Chief of Staff / Analyst at Dallas Venture Capital
Dayakar Puskoor
Founder and Managing Director at Dallas Venture Capital
Gokul Dixit
Partner at Dallas Venture Capital
Kiran Kalluri
Partner at Dallas Venture Capital
Manish Gorre
Analyst at Dallas Venture Capital
Rishi Maheshwari
Associate at Dallas Venture Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ravish Ailinani?
Ravish Ailinani is a Partner at Dallas Venture Capital with a background in corporate strategy, finance, and venture capital, including experience across M&A, IPOs, growth-stage investing, and capital market transactions. Before DVC, he led Corporate Development at Caesars Entertainment and served as a Vice President at Evercore, advising executives and boards of large corporations, private equity firms, and sovereign wealth funds. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras.
Where does Ravish Ailinani work?
Ravish Ailinani is Partner at Dallas Venture Capital.
Where did Ravish Ailinani go to school?
Ravish Ailinani studied at Columbia Business School (MBA, Finance and Economics); Texas A&M University (Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (BTech, Electrical Engineering).

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Also attended Columbia Business School1,171

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Also attended Texas A&M University354

Kanu GulatiInvestor at Khosla VenturesNathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado VenturesJackie PfisterChief Operating Officer at Mercury FundLisa RobertsChief Product Officer at Mercury FundBrent KeltonPartner & Texas Leader at Moneta VenturesClinton BybeeCo-founder & Managing Director, Emeritus at ARCH Venture Partners

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras235

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Shared employers

Also worked at CrewAI6

Eliot DurbinGeneral Partner at boldstart venturesGeorge MathewManaging Director at Insight PartnersJoão (Joe) MouraCo-founder at CrewAIRob BaileyCo-founder at CrewAIBrandon HancockFounder at EMS SOAPEliot DurbinGeneral Partner at Boldstart Crow

Also worked at Hippo Video1

Shub BhattacharyaInvestments at Foundamental

Also worked at Lucy® AI3

Scott LitmanStrategic Growth Partner at Traction CapitalDan MallinStrategic Growth Partner at Traction CapitalReed RobinsonInvestor at GROOVE CAPITAL

Also worked at Evercore160

Cosmo JiangGeneral Partner at Pantera CapitalEnzo WienerPrincipal at Redpoint VenturesAlejandro de RemediosInvestment Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsConor DeveneyPrincipal at GreycroftJasmine YangVice President at Sapphire VenturesMichael HsuSenior Associate at Sapphire Ventures

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