What we stand for
Core Values
Be Helpful and Collaborative
An entrepreneur-first fund that puts founders before everything else. We build the most helpful and impactful community to support companies, founders, and partners — showing up as partners, not just investors.
Practice Honesty and Integrity
Full transparency with our investors, founders, and community — always. We hold ourselves to clear, regular communication internally and externally at every stage of the journey.
Strive for Excellence
We hire and develop the best talent, apply best-in-class technology and processes, and commit to continuous learning through rigorous feedback and honest analysis of every decision.
Drive Purposefulness
We invest with conviction and purpose, and are deliberate in every decision we make. Purpose isn't a nice-to-have — it's a requirement for every company we back.
The people
Our Team
Raj Shekhar Singh
Co-founder & General Partner
Raj has demonstrated expertise in building and scaling startups in various industries, including B2B SaaS, Healthtech, EV, High Tech, and autonomous driving. He co-founded International Battery Company and HyperspecAI, and was a founding team member at Innovaccer. He holds a BTech from IIT Kharagpur and a PhD from UC Berkeley.
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Abhinav Shashank
Co-founder & General Partner
Abhinav is the CEO and Co-founder of Innovaccer, one of the largest SaaS companies coming out of India. He founded Innovaccer in 2012 after working at Ingersoll Rand, building it into a leading healthcare technology company. He holds a BTech from IIT Kharagpur.
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Jyotika Gupta
Co-founder & Partner
Jyotika is a business operations leader at Glassdoor with a career spanning strategy and analytical roles at Marketsandmarkets, Accenture, and Merilytics. She holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business and a BArch from IIT Kharagpur.
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Sudarshan Ravi Jha
Co-founder & Partner
Sudarshan co-founded LetsTransport, which he scaled into a leading regional logistics player in India, and focuses on early-stage SaaS, AI, and enterprise technology investments. He is a Forbes Under 30 Asia & India honoree and recipient of the Young Alumni Achiever Award from IIT Kharagpur.
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Shachi Shah
Principal
Shachi brings experience in venture capital, corporate finance, and alternative investing from roles at Plug and Play, EQUIAM, ICICI, and Axis Group. She is also the founder of Tau Toys and holds degrees from IIT Bombay and UC Berkeley.
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Ankit Bhangar
Venture Advisor
Ankit leads Risk Measurement at Barclays and brings 14+ years of risk management and analytics experience in the financial services industry. He holds a Masters in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Kharagpur.
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Udit Batish
Analyst
Udit is an IIT Delhi alumnus who previously served as Senior Associate Consultant in Investment Strategy Consulting at Nomura (NRI) Consulting, advising clients on market entry, business due diligence, and investment strategy across India, Japan, and the Middle East.
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Anand Akela
Venture Advisor
Anand is the CMO at Acalvio Technologies and previously held marketing, product management, and engineering leadership roles at Nutanix and AppDynamics. He serves on the board of TiE and holds an MBA from Duke University and a B.S. from Pune University.
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Dibyendu Rana
Venture Advisor
Dibyendu is VP of Engineering at International Battery Company and previously served as a senior technologist at Apple and an engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor. He holds a BTech from IIT Kharagpur and a graduate degree in Power Electronics from Texas A&M University.
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Tony Hu
Legal Counsel
Tony's main practice areas are tax law and civil litigation, providing legal counsel to z21 Ventures and its portfolio. He holds a JD from UC Berkeley Law and a BA from UC Berkeley.
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