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Samir Kumar

Investor

General Partner at Athera Venture Partners

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

Samir Kumar began early-stage venture investing in 2001 after a 15-year operating career in the IT industry, much of it at Wipro, where he worked on its joint venture with Acer Computer in Taiwan to build and sell computers for the Indian market. He entered venture capital by joining Acer Technology Ventures, then co-founded Inventus and has been involved in its three funds, including Inventus III – India Fund. He holds a B.Tech (EE) from IIT Bombay and an MBA from IIM Bangalore.

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Invests in

Sector Agnostic

Experience

  1. Athera Venture Partners (formerly Inventus India)Managing Director & General Partnercurrent2006 — presentBangalore, Karnataka
  2. SINE (Incubator at IITB)Member - Governing Boardcurrent2013 — presentMumbai
  3. Technology Incubation Hub, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), HyderabadMember - Hub Governing Body (HGB)current2020 — presentHyderabad
  4. Technology Incubation Hub, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), BangaloreMember - Hub Governing Body (HGB)current2021 — presentBangalore
  5. Innovation Centre, International Institute of Information Technology BangaloreMember - Advisory Councilcurrent2025 — present
  6. DERBI FoundationMember - Advisory Board2016 — 2023Bangalore
  7. FabCI (Fabless Seminconductor Incubator @ IIT Hyderabad)Member - Advisory Board2017 — 2021Greater Hyderabad Area
  8. Center for Corporate Governance and Citizenship, IIM BangaloreMember - Advisory Council2018 — 2021Bangalore, India
  9. Acer Tech Ventures, IndiaVP & Head2001 — 2004Bangalore
  10. Planetasia Ltd.Vice President1999 — 2001Bangalore, India
  11. Wipro Infotech Ltd.GM Marketing1988 — 1999
  12. Computer PointMarketing Executive1986 — 1988

Education

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, BombayBachelor’s Degree, EE1979 — 1984
  2. Indian Institute of Management BangaloreMBA, Marketing1984 — 1986

Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay91

Harsh ShahVenture Partner at FJ LabsSandeep PatilPartner, Head of Asia-Pacific at QED InvestorsUrsheet ParikhInvestor at Mayfield FundArpit BeriManaging Partner, India at Jungle VenturesVishesh SharmaPrincipal, India at Jungle VenturesRanvita AgrawalSenior Associate, India at Jungle Ventures

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Also attended Indian Institute of Management Bangalore64

Megha PrakashVenture Partner at Episode1Ashu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalVinay SinghCo-Founder & Partner at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpRahul MehtaCo-founder at DST GlobalNishit GargPartner, Asia at RTP GlobalSangeeta BAVIHead of Startups and Growth, Anthropic India at Seafund

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Shared employers

Also worked at Acer Tech Ventures, India3

Oscar SánchezHead of Finance at NazcaPeter NiehCo-Founder at Lightspeed Venture PartnersBryan WuPrincipal at Cherubic Ventures

Also worked at Wipro Infotech Ltd.36

Sumit JoharAdvisor at Clear VenturesVignesh RavikumarInvestor at Sierra VenturesDipanjan BasuCo-Founder & Partner at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpSiddharth GuptaVP - Finance at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpArpit BeriManaging Partner, India at Jungle VenturesChetan RanaCFO at Titan Capital

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Investments

Board seats

Aptener Tech (BluArmor)CBazaarInstahealthKnolskapeMoveinsyncSavaariSokratiTelibrahmaVuNet

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Colleagues at Athera Venture Partners

Anshu Pandey
Investment Team at Athera Venture Partners
Ishan Sinha
Investment Team at Athera Venture Partners
Kavya Prudhvi
Investment Team at Athera Venture Partners
Mangala Jois
Business Administration at Athera Venture Partners
Parag Dhol
General Partner at Athera Venture Partners
Rajiv Mehta
General Partner at Athera Venture Partners
Rutvik Doshi
General Partner at Athera Venture Partners
Tanya Sequeira
CFO at Athera Venture Partners