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Vikram: together at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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.
Experience
- Cota CapitalPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- rocketship.vcInvestor2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- San Francisco 49ersInvestment Associate - 49ers Enterprises2021 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
- EcolabMBA Summer Associate - Digital Marketing2021Greater Chicago Area
- Jump CapitalVenture Capital Associate2021Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Consultant2019 — 2020Chennai, India
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Senior Associate2018 — 2019Moscow, Russia
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Associate2016 — 2018Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Wipro Infrastructure EngineeringSummer Intern2015Bengaluru, India
Skills & more
Due Diligence7Go-to-Market Strategy7Fundraising7Early Stage Investment1Early-Stage Startups1Robotic Process Automation (RPA)4Business Strategy1Mechanical Engineering4Social Media2Data AnalysisMicrosoft Office12Matlab8
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CAutoCADPowerPointMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointPTC CreoPublic SpeakingTeam LeadershipEnglishLanguages English · Hindi · Marathi
From Vikram's professional profile.
Colleagues at Cota Capital
Adit Singh
Partner at Cota Capital
Allison Chapman
Director of Administration at Cota Capital
Arif Farooqui
Vice President, Finance 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
Christopher Yazdani
Associate at Cota Capital
Faie Dorin
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Cota Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vikram Venkat?
- 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.
- Where does Vikram Venkat work?
- Vikram Venkat is Principal at Cota Capital.
- Where did Vikram Venkat go to school?
- Vikram Venkat studied at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering (Minor in Economics)); Bombay Scottish School.
Same school
Also attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business941
Prashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesKatrin GeyskensExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankGlebFounder and Managing Partner at iTech Capital
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras233
Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AISundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAshok SanthanamManaging Director at Copper Sky CapitalAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC
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Also attended Bombay Scottish School16
Varun VarmaPrincipal at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpAbhijay ThackerInvestment Advisor at PICUS CAPITALPranav SanghviPrincipal at Merak VenturesKrisha ChhedaInvestor at High Street Equity PartnersSonal PandaAdvisory Partner at Tau VenturesVishnu AcharyaHead, Strategy & CorpDev, Razorpay at Mars Shot Ventures
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Also attended DG Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce5
Shared employers
Also worked at rocketship.vc10
Jon StaenbergEl Jefe and founder of Hand of God WinesGianna OrozcoFractional Controller at Press On VenturesVenky HarinarayanPartner at Rocketship.vcAnand RajaramanPartner at Rocketship.vcMadhu Shalini IyerManaging Partner at Rocketship.vcSailesh RamakrishnanManaging Partner at Rocketship.vc
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Also worked at San Francisco 49ers16
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersYa TuoInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsAlex HarrisGeneral Partner at Fiat VenturesJasmine RobinsonManaging Partner at Monarch CollectiveJoey AlfieriSenior Associate, Venturing at TechNexus Venture CollaborativeBruce PopkoGeneral Partner at Forma Capital
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Also worked at Ecolab16
David MatthewsManaging Director at RevTech VenturesMike KramerPartner at Vensana CapitalSusan K. NestegardInvestor at True Wealth VenturesCarey MeydellFinance Manager at PieLab Venture PartnersRahoul GhoseChief Information Officer, ECMC Group at ECMC GroupLuciano IannuzziIndustry Specialist Industrial Goods & Services at Clessidra Capital Credit
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Also worked at Jump Capital24
Eliza ChamberlainSenior Associate at Jump CapitalSach ChitnisCo-Founder and Partner at Jump CapitalJason FelgerPartner at Jump CapitalRobb HutchinsPartner, Portfolio Growth at Jump CapitalOla JewusiakVP of Marketing at Jump CapitalMike McMahonCo-Founder and Partner at Jump Capital
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