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Vikram Venkat

Investor

Principal at Cota Capital · Investor at Rocketship.vc

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Vikram Venkat joined Cota Capital as a Principal in 2025, working on the investment team to source, evaluate, and monitor private investments. He previously held early-stage investing roles at Rocketship VC, Jump Capital, and the 49ers Enterprises, and spent over four years as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group. He earned an undergraduate engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Experience

  1. Cota CapitalPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. rocketship.vcInvestor2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. San Francisco 49ersInvestment Associate - 49ers Enterprises2021 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
  4. EcolabMBA Summer Associate - Digital Marketing2021Greater Chicago Area
  5. Jump CapitalVenture Capital Associate2021Chicago, Illinois, United States
  6. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Consultant2019 — 2020Chennai, India
  7. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Senior Associate2018 — 2019Moscow, Russia
  8. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Associate2016 — 2018Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  9. Wipro Infrastructure EngineeringSummer Intern2015Bengaluru, India

Education

  1. The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA2020 — 2022
  2. Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasBachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering (Minor in Economics)2012 — 2016
  3. Bombay Scottish School
  4. DG Ruparel College of Arts, Science and CommerceScience with vocational training in Electrical Maintenance

Skills & more

Due Diligence7Go-to-Market Strategy7Fundraising7Early Stage Investment1Early-Stage Startups1Robotic Process Automation (RPA)4Business Strategy1Mechanical Engineering4Social Media2Data AnalysisMicrosoft Office12Matlab8
+10 moreCAutoCADPowerPointMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointPTC CreoPublic SpeakingTeam LeadershipEnglish

Languages English · Hindi · Marathi

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Same school

Also attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business431

Prashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankGlebFounder and Managing Partner at iTech CapitalRavi RajamonyVice President at March Capital Partners

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras62

Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCIlanInvestor at Eudemian VenturesRaghuInvestor at Eudemian Ventures

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Also attended Bombay Scottish School5

Abhijay ThackerInvestment Advisor at PICUS CAPITALPranav SanghviPrincipal at Merak VenturesKrisha ChhedaInvestor at High Street Equity PartnersVishnu AcharyaHead, Strategy & CorpDev, Razorpay at Mars Shot VenturesSandeep TandonManaging Partner at Whiteboard Capital

Also attended DG Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce3

Vishnu AcharyaHead, Strategy & CorpDev, Razorpay at Mars Shot VenturesParam BafnaManager at Avaana CapitalZenil SanghviInvestor at Nexus Venture Partners

Shared employers

Also worked at rocketship.vc11

Venky HarinarayanPartner at Rocketship.vcAnand RajaramanPartner at Rocketship.vcMadhu Shalini IyerManaging Partner at Rocketship.vcSailesh RamakrishnanManaging Partner at Rocketship.vcShivam PatelInvestor at Rocketship.vcRob HarriesSoftware Engineer at Rocketship.vc

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Also worked at San Francisco 49ers7

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersYa TuoInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsAlex HarrisGeneral Partner at Fiat VenturesJasmine RobinsonManaging Partner at Monarch CollectiveOscar MagdalenoAssociate at FrontenacTom DavisGeneral Partner at Canapi Ventures

+ 1 more

Also worked at Ecolab4

David MatthewsManaging Director at RevTech VenturesMike KramerPartner at Vensana CapitalSusan K. NestegardInvestor at True Wealth VenturesCarey MeydellFinance Manager at PieLab Venture Partners

Also worked at Jump Capital16

Eliza ChamberlainSenior Associate at Jump CapitalSach ChitnisCo-Founder and Partner at Jump CapitalMichael McMahonCo-Founder and Partner at Jump CapitalYelena ShkolnikPartner at Jump CapitalAqil PashaCollaborator and current MBA Candidate at MIT Sloan at First Row PartnersKirk ManoogianPartner at YL Ventures

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Colleagues at Cota Capital

Adit Singh
Partner at Cota Capital
Albert Azout
Partner at Cota Capital
Allison Chapman
Director of Administration at Cota Capital
Arif Farooqui
Vice President, Finance at Cota Capital
Ashkan Marsh
Principal at Cota Capital
Babak Poushanchi
Managing Partner at Cota Capital
Ben Malka
Venture Partner at Cota Capital
Bobby Yazdani
Founder & Managing Partner at Cota Capital