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.
Experience
- Dallas Venture CapitalPartnercurrent2020 — present
- CrewAIInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- DQLabsBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- BallerineBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
- Fiddler AIBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
- Holistic AIInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- DocytInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- ProphecyInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- NirmataBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
- Hippo VideoMember Board of Directorscurrent2022 — present
- ArnicaMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — present
- Citylitics Inc.Member Board Of Directorscurrent2022 — present
- PyntMember Board of Directors2023 — 2026
- StepFunctionInvestor2022 — 2025
- Lucy® AIMember Board Of Directors2021 — 2024
- Caesars Entertainment CorporationVice President - Corporate Development / M&A and Strategy2019 — 2020Las Vegas, Nevada Area
- Caesars Entertainment CorporationDirector - Corporate Development / M&A and Strategy2018 — 2019Las Vegas, Nevada
- EvercoreVice President2016 — 2018New York
- EvercoreAssociate2012 — 2015New York
- Bank of America Merrill LynchInvestment Banking Summer Associate2011New York
Education
- Columbia Business SchoolMBA, Finance and Economics
- Texas A&M UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasBTech, Electrical Engineering
Same school
Also attended Columbia Business School576
Aryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalKesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America FundMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone
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Also attended Texas A&M University104
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, Madras62
Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCIlanInvestor at Eudemian VenturesRaghuInvestor at Eudemian Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at CrewAI2
Also worked at Lucy® AI2
Also worked at Evercore79
Aaron LiuPrincipal at NorthzoneCosmo JiangGeneral Partner at Pantera CapitalAlejandro de RemediosInvestment Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsConor DeveneyPrincipal at GreycroftJasmine YangVice President at Sapphire VenturesMichael HsuSenior Associate at Sapphire Ventures
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Colleagues at Dallas Venture Capital
Akhil Lukose
Associate at Dallas Venture Capital
Anishkumar SS
Investor at Dallas Venture Capital
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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