Our Team

Sarath is the Founder and Managing Partner of Ventureast, one of India’s longest-standing venture capital institutions.

Sanjeev Yamsani leads investments in Technology, Healthcare, Cleantech, and Food/Agri business.

Vinay has over 10 years of experience and looks at evaluating and managing startups across various industries such as EV, IOT, Healthcare, and AI.

Srikanth brings with him 25+ years of innovative software and entrepreneurial experience and 8+ years in investments with a host of leading technology firms in India and the US.

Siddhartha has 19+ yrs of corporate and venture capital experience with Intel, and oversees technology related investments at Ventureast

Ramesh has been with Ventureast since its inception. He oversees investments in the life siences, pharma and healthcare sectors.

Jaya Surya works with the Investment Team at VenturEast and is based out of Bangalore. He focuses on sourcing and evaluation of investments in early-stage and growth-stage companies with Technology as a key differentiator.

Srivats focuses on early-stage fin-tech, SaaS, and B2B Tech at VenturEast. Previously, he has worked with the Equity Research group at JPMorgan Chase and has had brief stints with Orios Venture Partner and Kotak Investment Bank in the past. Srivats received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's degree in Economics from BITS Pilani, Goa.

Rishika is joining Ventureast in the Investment Team as an Investment Analyst. Rishika holds a Masters in Statistics from National University of Singapore, with an undergraduate degree in Economics from University of Mumbai. Rishika is passionate about creating impact through purposeful professional & extracurricular pursuits.

Vishnu has extensive experience in the Accounting, Finance and Management Functions, Fund administration and Investor reporting.

Rohit works in the Finance function at VenturEast having over 5 years of work experience. He is currently responsible for fund monitoring, fund structuring, investors' relations, portfolio valuations, Accounting & Financial Due Diligence, regulatory & taxation matters.

At Ventureast, Mahesh works in finance function. He oversees various functions, such as portfolio monitoring & financial analysis, investor reporting, fund structuring, regulatory compliance, taxation, portfolio valuation, and fund operations.

Raghu has extensive corporate, entrepreneurial, and investment experience in the IT and banking industries in the US.

Bobba has 36+ yrs of corporate leadership experience in pharma & life sciences spaces. He is an active board member in over six US companies.