About
Vinay Rao is a Partner at Ventureast with over a decade of experience across technology, entrepreneurship and venture capital, evaluating and managing deals in EV, IoT, healthcare and AI across the full investment cycle. He previously led the AI division at Kuliza, was a Venture Partner at Venture Factory, co-founded a preventive healthcare analytics company, and was part of the early team at Commonfloor. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronics from NIT-K Surathkal.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechIoTMobility & Transportation
Experience
- VenturEastPartnercurrent2022 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- VenturEastPrincipal2020 — 2022Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
- VenturEastSr Investment Manager2018 — 2020Bangalore
- LOHUMBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
- Autoverse MobilityDirector Board Of Directorscurrent2024 — present
- AckoInvestment Observercurrent2020 — presentBangalore
- ekincareDirector Board Of Directorscurrent2018 — presentGreater Hyderabad Area
- e2E RailChairman of the Boardcurrent2018 — presentBangalore
- MoEngage Inc.Board Observer2018 — 2025Bangalore
- VideoVerseBoard Member2021 — 2025
- ZipGoBoard Observer2018 — 2020
- KulizaDirector2017 — 2018Bangalore
- Venture Factory(i2india)Venture Partner2014 — 2017Bangalore
- Hometolab.comFounder2016 — 2017Bangalore
- ZenParentFounder2014 — 2016India
- HealthalyzeCo-founder & Director2013Bangalore
- CommonFloorDelivery Lead2011 — 2013Bangalore
- Kuliza TechnologiesDevelopment Manager2011
- Kuliza TechnologiesSoftware Developer2008 — 2010
Skills & more
Requirements Analysis6Architecture2Web Applications10Data Structures1Web Development1E-commerce2Product Development4Agile1Agile Methodologies9Programming3Spring2Hibernate10
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JavaPHPDatabasesJoomlaAJAXMySQLSQLjQueryPeople ManagementLinuxJavaScriptSpring FrameworkFrom Vinay's professional profile.
Colleagues at VenturEast
Bobba Venkatadri
Advisor at VenturEast
Mahesh Pinishetty
Manager - Finance at VenturEast
Raghuveer Mendu
Advisor at VenturEast
Ramesh Alur
General Partner at VenturEast
Rohit Modi
Senior Manager - Finance at VenturEast
Sanjeev Yamsani
Partner at VenturEast
Sarath Naru
Managing Partner at VenturEast
Siddhartha Das
General Partner at VenturEast
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vinay Rao?
- Vinay Rao is a Partner at Ventureast with over a decade of experience across technology, entrepreneurship and venture capital, evaluating and managing deals in EV, IoT, healthcare and AI across the full investment cycle. He previously led the AI division at Kuliza, was a Venture Partner at Venture Factory, co-founded a preventive healthcare analytics company, and was part of the early team at Commonfloor. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronics from NIT-K Surathkal.
- Where does Vinay Rao work?
- Vinay Rao is Partner at VenturEast.
- What does Vinay Rao invest in?
- Vinay Rao invests in AI & Machine Learning, Healthtech, IoT, Mobility & Transportation.
- Where did Vinay Rao go to school?
- Vinay Rao studied at National Institute of Technology Karnataka (B.Tech, Electrical and Electronics); sri vidya mandir.
Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at VenturEast10
Rishika MadanAssociate, India at Jungle VenturesAbhishek SrivastavaGeneral Partner at Kae CapitalRavi JainInvestment Director at TDK VenturesSarath NaruManaging Partner at VenturEastSanjeev YamsaniPartner at VenturEastSri Jaya Surya A PInvestment Analyst at VenturEast
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