Where does Sitar Teli work?

Sitar Teli is Managing Partner at Connect Ventures and Board director at Ai Coustics.

What does Sitar Teli invest in?

Sitar Teli invests in B2B Marketplaces, Consumer, Marketplaces, SaaS.

What boards does Sitar Teli sit on?

Sitar Teli holds tracked board seats at Ai Coustics.

What companies has Sitar Teli invested in?

Investments tracked here include SoundCloud, ai-coustics, Deepstash, Hopkins.

Where did Sitar Teli go to school?

Sitar Teli studied at Duke University (BSE, BS, Mechanical Engineering, Economics).

Does Sitar Teli lead rounds?

Yes — Sitar Teli has led 1 tracked investment.

Sitar Teli

Investor

Managing Partner at Connect Ventures · Board Director at CharlieHR · Board director at Ai Coustics

London Area, United Kingdom

About

Sitar Teli has been a venture capitalist since 2008, focusing on early-stage investments in consumer and B2B2C enablement across marketplaces, market networks and networked SaaS, with expertise in products driven by network effects or community-led growth. Before Connect Ventures she was at Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures, where she led the Series A in SoundCloud; her investments include ai-coustics, Hopkins and Deepstash. She holds a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Duke University.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

s•••@connectventures.coreveal

Invests in

B2B MarketplacesConsumerMarketplacesSaaS

Board director at Ai Coustics

Intro paths

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In turn, Sitar can intro founders to Ai Coustics's investors below.

Ai Coustics's investors · 6

Acurio VenturesBilbao · $810K – $3.2M checks Connect VenturesLondon · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025 Connect VenturesLondon · $500K – $5M checks Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)Toronto · $50K – $250K checks Inovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checks Partech VenturesBerlin · $200K – $50M checks

Co-founders at Ai Coustics

Arne Corvin JaedickeExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Fabian Helmut SeipelExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

Connect VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2012 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
TorgLead Investorcurrent2024 — present
FaksLead Investorcurrent2023 — present
Braindump IncorporatedLead Investorcurrent2022 — present
ai|cousticsLead Investorcurrent2023 — present
TrialingLead Investorcurrent2023 — present
StitchLead Investorcurrent2022 — present
MedAllBoard Directorcurrent2021 — present
WoolfInvestorcurrent2021 — present
Kheiron MedicalBoard Directorcurrent2017 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
CharlieHRBoard Directorcurrent2016 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
FiitBoard Director2017 — 2022London, United Kingdom
Second NatureBoard Director2018 — 2022London, England Metropolitan Area
Pact CoffeeBoard Director2013 — 2021London, United Kingdom
StairwayBoard Director2019 — 2021London, England, United Kingdom
Bsit | Collaborative Childcare AppBoard Director2019 — 2021Brussels Metropolitan Area
Snap.hrBoard Director2013 — 2021London, United Kingdom
SettledBoard Director2017 — 2020London, United Kingdom
homie.rentBoard Director2018 — 2020London, United Kingdom
Boiler RoomBoard Observer2015 — 2020London, United Kingdom
Timecounts IncBoard Director2015 — 2020London, United Kingdom
TimekitBoard Director2016 — 2019Copenhagen Area, Denmark
AuxyBoard Director2014 — 2018Stockholm, Sweden
incrediblueBoard Director2014 — 2017Athens, Greece
Space Ape GamesBoard Observer2013 — 2017London, United Kingdom
The Cloakroom B.V.Board Director2014 — 2015Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
RetentionGridBoard Director2013 — 2014Berlin, Germany
Secret SalesBoard Observer2012London, United Kingdom
MegaZebra GmbHBoard Director2011 — 2012Munich Area, Germany
FlirtomaticBoard Observer2010 — 2012
Doughty Hanson Technology VenturesSenior Associate2010 — 2012
Doughty Hanson Technology VenturesAssociate2009 — 2010
Doughty Hanson Technology VenturesAnalyst2005 — 2008
SoundCloudBoard Observer2009 — 2012
Jefferies BroadviewSenior Analyst2004 — 2005
BroadviewAnalyst2002 — 2004
Ford Motor CompanyFinance Intern2000

Skills & more

Venture Capital79Entrepreneurship34Business Strategy38Start-ups41Investments35Angel Investing8Growth Capital3Financial Modeling4Investment Banking4Strategy13Product Management9Valuation5

+3 more

Mobile DevicesDeal SourcingExceptional public speaker

From Sitar's professional profile.

Deals · 1

Ai CousticsBoard seat

via Connect Ventures · filed Apr 2025 · $5.5M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Led

SoundCloud

Investor

DeepstashHopkins

Sources: the firm's website · SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at Connect Ventures

Amira Naik

Senior Finance Principal, Head of Finance at Connect Ventures

Mark Pettit

CFO at Connect Ventures

Pietro Bezza

Managing Partner at Connect Ventures

Rory Stirling

General Partner at Connect Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sitar Teli?: Sitar Teli has been a venture capitalist since 2008, focusing on early-stage investments in consumer and B2B2C enablement across marketplaces, market networks and networked SaaS, with expertise in products driven by network effects or community-led growth. Before Connect Ventures she was at Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures, where she led the Series A in SoundCloud; her investments include ai-coustics, Hopkins and Deepstash. She holds a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Duke University.
Where does Sitar Teli work?: Sitar Teli is Managing Partner at Connect Ventures and Board director at Ai Coustics.
What does Sitar Teli invest in?: Sitar Teli invests in B2B Marketplaces, Consumer, Marketplaces, SaaS.
What boards does Sitar Teli sit on?: Sitar Teli holds tracked board seats at Ai Coustics.
What companies has Sitar Teli invested in?: Investments tracked here include SoundCloud, ai-coustics, Deepstash, Hopkins.
Where did Sitar Teli go to school?: Sitar Teli studied at Duke University (BSE, BS, Mechanical Engineering, Economics).
Does Sitar Teli lead rounds?: Yes — Sitar Teli has led 1 tracked investment.