About
Member of the Mela Ventures Investment Committee.
Experience
- Alfahive Inc.Chairman and CEOcurrent2021 — presentDallas, TX, USA and Bangalore, India
- Factini Advisors LLPCEOcurrent2019 — presentBangalore
- VoiroMember Board Of Directorscurrent2021 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- InfilectMember, Board of Directorscurrent2020 — presentBengaluru
- Teleradiology SolutionsMember, Board of Directors2020 — 2025Bengaluru
- MindtreeChief Executive Officer & Managing Director2016 — 2019Bangalore
- MindtreeExecutive Director2015 — 2016Bengaluru Area, India
- MindtreeChief Financial Officer1999 — 2015Bangalore
- KPMGManager, Corporate Finance1994 — 1998
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolAMP, General Management and Leadership
- CourseraOnline course, Artificial Intelligence2019
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBusiness strategy for AI, Artificial Intelligence2018
- The Institute of Company Secretaries of IndiaCompany Secretary, Corporate and Securities Law
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaChartered Accountancy, Finance1991 — 1994
- MES CollegeBachelor of Commerce - BCom, Business1986 — 1991
Skills & more
Strategy38Management32Team Management7Financial Modeling7Management Consulting7Business Analysis17Business Strategy52Corporate Finance31Mergers & Acquisitions24Business Development7Finance18Accounting12
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MergersDue DiligenceFinancial AnalysisRisk ManagementLanguages English · Hindi · Tamil
- Nasscom Women Product Champions - Product Leaders Meet (Speaker): Rostow Ravanan — nasscom
- NASSCOM DeepTech Club - Mentor — nasscom
From Rostow's professional profile.
Colleagues at Mela Ventures
Ashwath Narayan
Assistant Manager – Finance at Mela Ventures
Kalyan Sundar
Head of Finance at Mela Ventures
Krishnakumar Natarajan
Managing Partner at Mela Ventures
Mack Gill
Head of Global Securities Processing at FIS Capital Markets at Mela Ventures
Narendran Sivakumar
Head of Marketing & Partnerships at Mela Ventures
Neetan Chopra
Chief Digital and Information Officer at IndiGo at Mela Ventures
Padmashree Shagrithaya
Executive Vice President & MD – Insights & Data GBL, at Capgemini at Mela Ventures
Parthasarathy NS
Managing Partner at Mela Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Rostow Ravanan work?
- Rostow Ravanan is Member, Investment Committee at Mela Ventures.
Founder mafias
Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia525
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co.Hemant TanejaM.Eng.Founded CommureNat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded XamarinMatt HuangB.S.Founded HotspotsDelian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1Noubar AfeyanPhDFounded ProFound Therapeutics +12
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Harvard Business School mafia311
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Mike Maples JrMBAFounded Pattern BreakersNoubar AfeyanVisiting LecturerFounded ProFound Therapeutics +12Wade MyersMBAFounded RealManage +5Harry GrunerFounded Hilos +2Ellen RubinMBAFounded ClearSky Data +2Brad GarlinghouseMBAFounded Hightail +2
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Coursera mafia22
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Andrew NgCo-Founder and ChairmanFounded Factored +1Victor NogueraMachine LearningFounded Labsense +1Sourabh BajajStaff Software EngineerFounded UplimitSteven SyverudProduct Manager; Business Development ManagerFounded SycamoreParthi LoganathanSoftware Engineering InternFounded LetterdropIgor GladkoborodovStaff Software EngineerFounded Coub
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India mafia5
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Coursera27
Magda PoslusznyPrincipal at Partech VenturesSae NurukiInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalErin WinslowPartner at NazcaAlejandro MazaVenture Partner at NazcaRoberto PersivaleEntrepreneur & Advisor at Verge HealthTech FundAminata DialloDigital Booster at GreenTec Capital Partners
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,281
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Also attended The Institute of Company Secretaries of India35
Rashmi GupteyCFO and General Counsel at LightboxRadhika RungtaCompliance Officer at SenseAI VenturesUllas KamathJoint Managing Director, Jyothy Laboratories at Sixth Sense VenturesTamanna SharmaFund Controller at Quona CapitalDinky SanghviVP Finance at Avataar Venture PartnersG RamaswamyPrincipal Advisor at Brand Capital
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Also attended The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India218
Vivek KothariController at Sierra VenturesAnupama SrinivasInvestor at Powerhouse VenturesKshitij GolwalkarInvestor at Powerhouse VenturesDipanjan BasuCo-Founder & Partner at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpAmit KulkarniChief Financial Officer at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpSiddharth GuptaVP - Finance at Fireside Ventures Advisory Llp
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Shared employers
Also worked at Teleradiology Solutions1
Also worked at Mindtree8
P K GopalakrishnanInvestor, Mentor & Co-founder Malabar Angel network at SeafundDivya RaghavanPrincipal at NGP CapitalZerin RahimanFounder & Managing Director at IndigoEdgeKrishnakumar NatarajanManaging Partner at Mela VenturesParthasarathy NSManaging Partner at Mela VenturesSharbani DharCEO and Founder, DotInfinity at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
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Also worked at KPMG259
Jeffrey PaineFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesJonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire VenturesMarco FumagalliBoard Member at P101 VenturesJimmy ChartersChief Financial Officer at GreycroftRob LawrenceSenior Finance Associate at GreycroftJay JohnsonBoard Member at CincyTech
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