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Yashwanth Hemaraj

Investor

Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures · Co-Founder & Partner at Arka Venture Labs · General Partner at BioGeneration Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Yash Hemaraj is a Partner at BGV who has led or co-led investments and co-founded Arka Venture Labs, an accelerator helping India-based B2B companies scale globally. His investment focus includes intelligent automation, robotics, and customer-centric applications built on AI/ML, IoT, and computer vision. Before BGV he was one of the first engineers at SpiderCloud Wireless (acquired by Corning), where he worked on indoor wireless systems and holds 4 patents; he earned an MBA from Kellogg, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, and a BE from NIT Karnataka.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoTRobotics

Experience

  1. BGVGeneral Partnercurrent2023 — present
  2. BGVPartner2018 — 2023Palo Alto, CA
  3. BGVPrincipal2014 — 2018
  4. Arka Venture LabsFounding Partnercurrent2017 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  5. AiDashBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  6. BoostUp.aiInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  7. FollozeBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  8. EssenviaBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
  9. Stack IdentityBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. Pyze Inc.Board Observercurrent2019 — present
  11. TagnosBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentIrvine, California
  12. BlendidBoard Observercurrent2017 — present
  13. Macrometa Corp.Board Member2017 — 2025Palo Alto, California
  14. Enterprise 4.0 Technology Acquisition CorpChief Acquisition Officer2021 — 2023
  15. TotangoBoard Member2020 — 2021
  16. TotangoBoard Observer2016 — 2020San Mateo, California
  17. 1871Mentor2014 — 2016Merchandise mart, Chicago
  18. Shasta VenturesIntern2014Menlo park
  19. SpiderCloud Wireless, IncProduct Manager2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  20. SpiderCloud Wireless, IncEngineer (Technical Lead)2008 — 2012San Jose, California

Education

  1. Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Finance2013 — 2015
  2. University of MarylandMaster of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering2005 — 2007
  3. National Institute of Technology KarnatakaBachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Computer Engineering2001 — 2005
  4. Startup Leadership ProgramFellow, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies2012 — 2013
  5. Sri Ramakrishna VidyashalaHigh School1996 — 1999

Skills & more

Coaching & MentoringInvestment ManagementBusiness-to-Business (B2B)9Financial Planning4Research and Development (R&D)3Investments5Cross-border Transactions2Market Analysis1Leadership Development2Marketing Strategy2Business Development1Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)2
+12 moreWirelessSystem ArchitectureDigital Signal ProcessorsStart-upsAlgorithmsEntrepreneurshipSoftware DevelopmentMobile DevicesEmbedded SystemsEmbedded SoftwareSaaSEnterprise Software

Languages Hindi

  • Fellow of Startup Leadership Program

From Yashwanth's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management521

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalDavid Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group

+ 515 more

Also attended University of Maryland148

Katrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalDaniel DemmerInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDan RochkindCFO at Lerer HippeauAaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorSamir KaulInvestor at Khosla VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 142 more

Also attended National Institute of Technology Karnataka11

Anandhi GokhaleInvestment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgVivin HegdeFounding Partner, North America at Zacua VenturesHari GantiInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsRajeev MadhavanPartner and Co-Founder at Clear VenturesArjun RaoPartner at Speciale InvestRohan ChoukkarVice President at Bharat Fund

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Shared employers

Also worked at AiDash2

David MountPartner at G2 Venture PartnersVarun JainGeneral Partner at SE Ventures

Also worked at BoostUp.ai3

Upal BasuPartner at NGP CapitalDave BoyceDirector at Mercato PartnersSuman TalukdarManaging Partner at AiSprouts VC

Also worked at Essenvia1

Kwame UlmerVenture Partner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health

Also worked at 187111

Zimri RodriguezVenture Programs Coordinator at Keyhorse CapitalScott HollowayInvestor at Starting LineAndy KofoidPresident, Databricks at Smith Point CapitalEJInvestor at Quorum Capital PartnersJosh TolmanManaging Partner at Mudita VentureAudre KapacinskasPrincipal, Head of Ecosystem Development at S2G Investments

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Deals · 2

FollozeLed round

via Benhamou Global Ventures

TotangoLed round

via Benhamou Global Ventures

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Benhamou Global Ventures

Anik Bose
General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Barak Ben-Avinoam
Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Bernard Barbier
French Advisory Board Member at Benhamou Global Ventures
Eitan Efron
Venture Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Ekaterina Evchenko
Principal at Benhamou Global Ventures
Emmanuel Benhamou
Head of Platform at Benhamou Global Ventures
Eric Benhamou
Venture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, Llc
Eric Buatois
General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures

Network3

Andre Turenne
Partner at D.E. Shaw
B.V. Jagadeesh
Venture Partner at Inventus Capital Partners
Gary Little
Operating Partner at Canvas Ventures

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