Where does Vasant Rao work?

Vasant Rao is Managing Partner at Shastra VC.

Vasant Rao

Investor

Managing Partner at Shastra VC

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Vasant oversees venture partnerships, fundraising, and operations at Shastra VC, and leads investments in deeptech, frontier tech, enterprise SaaS, and the creator ecosystem.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechHardwareSaaSSpace Tech

Experience

Shastra VCManaging Partnercurrent2023 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Veda VCManaging Partner2020 — 2022Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
AutoninjaDirector Of Sales And Business Development- Exit ( ICICI lombard )2013 — 2020Mumbai
Bumper.comDirector Of Sales And Business Development2015 — 2017Bangalore, India
Veda TechnologiesFounder2011 — 2015
Prisma Global LimitedDirector - Business Development & Marketing2013 — 2014
iBtions Infologies Private Limited - exit ( Prisma gmbh)Co-Founder2010 — 2013Mumbai Area, India

Education

Lancaster UniversityMaster's degree, Economics

Skills & more

Team Management10Business Development15Customer Relationship Management (CRM)1Business Strategy12Market Research1Demand Generation2Entrepreneurship2Go-to-market Strategy2Start-ups2

From Vasant's professional profile.

Colleagues at Shastra VC

Aditya Ray

Investment Fellow at Shastra VC

Arushi Bhatt

Investment Analyst at Shastra VC

Ashis Nayak

Founding Partner at Shastra VC

Avijeet Alagathi

Managing Partner at Shastra VC

Hansika

Investment Fellow at Shastra VC

Jivesh Madan

Principal at Shastra VC

Pratiti Chakraborty

Compliance and Portfolio Management at Shastra VC

Saarthak Laturiya

Investment Fellow at Shastra VC

Frequently asked questions

Where does Vasant Rao work?: Vasant Rao is Managing Partner at Shastra VC.
What does Vasant Rao invest in?: Vasant Rao invests in AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Hardware, SaaS, Space Tech.