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Venkat Raju

Investor

Operating Partner-Deep Tech at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

Venkat is a serial entrepreneur with two exits in Silicon Valley and one in Bangalore, having held senior roles at Fortune 500 companies and advised over seventy startups with a focus on Deep Tech. At Golden Sparrow he supports founders on strategy, fundraising, and early inflection points.

Experience

  1. ThinkMetalBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  2. QpiAIBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  3. Exponent EnergyBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  4. Golden SparrowOperating Partnercurrent2024 — presentGreater Bengaluru Area
  5. PrivaSapienMember of the Board of Advisorscurrent2023 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  6. TurbostartBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentSingapore
  7. TurbostartAdvisor & Mentor-in-Residencecurrent2020 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  8. Manastu SpaceMember of the Board of Advisorscurrent2022 — presentMumbai, Maharashtra, India
  9. iTuring.aiAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  10. Data SutramAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentMumbai, Maharashtra, India
  11. YourNest Venture CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentGurugram, Haryana, India
  12. OpkeyAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  13. Ken42Advisorcurrent2020 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  14. PVTM SolutionsFounder & CEOcurrent2019 — presentDelaware, United States
  15. Next Big Innovation Labs®Mentor & Advisorcurrent2018 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  16. KrypCStrategy Advisorcurrent2017 — present
  17. MobilewallaBoard Membercurrent2013 — presentAtlanta, Georgia, United States
  18. Entrepreneur FirstVenture Partner2020 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Investment CommitteeBoard OperationBoard LevelEntrepreneurial OrganizationsEntrepreneurship DevelopmentAI AdoptionIntrapreneurshipAI TransformationTest AutomationGenerative AIData ScienceMachine Learning
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Colleagues at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc

Dr. Amritendu Mukherjee
Venture Partner - Artificial Intelligence at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Dr. Anand Rao
Venture Partner - Artificial Intelligence at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Michael Marmor
Operating Partner-AI at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Quentin Staes-Polet
Venture Partner - Gaming at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Rishaad Currimjee
General Partner at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Ritik Singh
Principal at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc

Frequently asked questions

Where does Venkat Raju work?
Venkat Raju is Operating Partner-Deep Tech at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc.

Shared employers

Also worked at Turbostart1

Arushi MaheshwariAssociate at Anicut Capital

Also worked at iTuring.ai1

Rahul AgarwallaFounding and Managing Partner at SenseAI Ventures

Also worked at Entrepreneur First485

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockToby CoppelCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesBenedict EvansWrites a weekly technology newsletter read by close to 200,000 peoplePeterDeep Tech Investment Lead at Hummingbird VenturesAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesIsabel FoxHead of Investor Relations at Hoxton Ventures

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