Fundraising Fox

Venugopal Sathyanarayana

Investor

Growth Partner at Blue Ashva Capital

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

Venugopal Sathyanarayana is a Partner at Blue Ashva Capital with over 18 years of venture capital experience focused on early and mid-stage technology investments. He previously held positions as a Senior Investment Professional at Qualcomm Ventures and as Venture Partner at Orios Venture Partners, and has entrepreneurial experience including a successful exit from his first startup venture. His background spans deal sourcing, portfolio management, and exit strategy across technology and venture capital sectors.

Experience

  1. Blue Ashva CapitalPartnercurrent2025 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  2. PerplexityPerplexity AI Business Fellowcurrent2025 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  3. Astarc VenturesFund Manager2021 — 2025Bangalore
  4. CKCIC - Cheung Kong China International CapitalPartner2018 — 2021Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  5. Qualcomm VenturesTech VC/ Investor2017 — 2018Bangalore
  6. Orios Venture PartnersVice President/ Venture Partner2014 — 2017Bangalore
  7. Qualcomm VenturesAdvisor2013 — 2014Bangalore, India
  8. Vengo VenturesFounder & CEO2006 — 2014Bangalore
  9. Aricent.Director - Engineering2005 — 2006
  10. WiproSenior Tech Architect2004 — 2005Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
  11. CV SystemsCo-Founder & CEO2001 — 2005Bangalore
  12. Abhilash InfosystemsFounder, President & CEO1997 — 2001
  13. BPL TelecomSenior Manager1995 — 1997Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
  14. W S TelesystemsProduct Manager - Switching & Transmission1991 — 1995Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Education

  1. Management Development Institute, GurgaonLeadership Development Program, Entrepreneur & Personality Development Program2005
  2. University of MysoreBachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Communication1987 — 1991
  3. Sharada Vilas College, Mysore12th Std, Physics1986 — 1987

Skills & more

Venture Capital99Business Development99Corporate Development45Product Development50Strategy99Private Equity53Angel Investment15Angel Investing22Mentoring23Team Management54Telecommunications26Program Management16
+12 moreBusiness PlanningProduct MarketingMobile DevicesMobile ApplicationsStart-upsEntrepreneurshipBusiness AnalysisProduct ManagementStrategic PartnershipsGo-to-market StrategyStrategic ConsultingPre-sales

Languages English · Hindi · Kannada · Tamil · Telugu

From Venugopal's professional profile.

Colleagues at Blue Ashva Capital

Ashok Goel
Investor at Blue Ashva Capital
Chitra Dhinakaran
Vice President at Blue Ashva Capital
Col. Sarjeet Yadav
Managing Partner at Blue Ashva Capital
Deep Kothari
Vice President at Blue Ashva Capital
Ekta Yeshvante
Assistant Manager Operations at Blue Ashva Capital
Gauri Thakur
Assistant Manager Operations at Blue Ashva Capital
Hema Bose
Manager, Finance and Compliance at Blue Ashva Capital
Himanshu Wagh
Investment Analyst at Blue Ashva Capital

Frequently asked questions

Where does Venugopal Sathyanarayana work?
Venugopal Sathyanarayana is Growth Partner at Blue Ashva Capital.

Founder mafias

Perplexity mafia14

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Pieter AbbeelDirectorFounded Gradescope +1Taz PatelAdvisorFounded Captiv8Andy KonwinskiCo-founderFounded DatabricksRam ShanmugamInvestorFounded Sauce LabsAnn BordetskyInvestorFounded FactoryRosie PhillipsComms OpsFounded Founders Forum

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Management Development Institute, Gurgaon mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Saurav GandhiFounded Bueno FinanceAditya KandoiMaster of Business Administration - MBAFounded Redcliffe Lifetech

Qualcomm Ventures mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sidney McLaurinAssociateFounded Fleet RoboticsPatrick EggenFounder and Head of QCV Global Early Stage FundFounded Counterpart

Astarc Ventures mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Pratik LodhaInvestment AssociateFounded Neodocs

Blue Ashva Capital mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Satya BansalFounder & CEOFounded Barclays

Same school

Also attended Management Development Institute, Gurgaon20

Shabir VasramInvestor at DaphniAnkur KhaitanPrincipal at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpSaurabh GuptaCo-founder at DST GlobalGirish AivalliBoard Advisor at Gemba Capital Venture PartnersGaurav SinghChief Financial Officer at Vistara GrowthAbhijit JoshiDirector, Credit at Trifecta Capital Advisors

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Also attended University of Mysore12

Ullas KamathJoint Managing Director, Jyothy Laboratories at Sixth Sense VenturesShekhar KiraniPartner at AccelNagraj KashyapGeneral Partner at Touring CapitalSandhya SridharanManaging Partner at KFC VenturesSrivatsan LaxmanVenture Partner at Elevate CapitalSupriya RaoVenture Partner at Elevate Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Astarc Ventures1

Pratik LodhaFounder at Neodocs

Also worked at Qualcomm Ventures20

Houman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesKarthee MadasamyManaging Partner at MFV PartnersQuinn LiSenior Vice President & Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures at Qualcomm VenturesBoaz PeerManaging Director, Israel & Europe at Qualcomm VenturesMichel GlezerDirector at Qualcomm VenturesDeepak PrasadDirector at Qualcomm Ventures

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Also worked at Orios Venture Partners8

Siddharth DhankharPrincipal at LightboxSohail ManjiramaniChief Financial Officer at Sixth Sense VenturesSaharsh SharmaVice President - Investments at Chiratae VenturesDeep KothariVice President at Blue Ashva CapitalRehan Yar KhanManaging Partner at Orios Venture PartnersSukhmani BediPartner at Orios Venture Partners

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Also worked at Aricent.5

Pankaj GargCorporate Vice President, Microsoft at EMERGENT VENTURESAnkur DhingraInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsMartin JasinskiGeneral Partner at Cogito Capital PartnersSudip NandyMember, Investment Committee at Mela VenturesBrij BhushanManaging Partner at Prime Venture Partners