vignesh ramanujam

balance is everything. 🇮🇳 

entrepreneur —— founder, investor, board member, operator, advisor, partner, seeker, friend.

publicly active in private markets & privately active in public markets.

now

2024-present, co-founder & CEO, [stealth] —— building for भारत

story  

2021+, partner, lok capital —— led series A/B investing, in technology for impact.

active AUM of >$500M, portfolio market cap of >$5B. deployed $200M+ into 40 companies, generating (a staggering) 30 exits, 5 IPOs. lok investments, as of 2024: aquaconnect ($10M A), moneyview ($75M E), superbottoms ($5M A), seeds ($6M A), growxcd ($6M A) +++

2013+, solo VC —— 50+ early-stage venture investments across india, singapore & the US. select investments/board seats:

dezy, karkinos, yellow metal, khyaal, tortoise, nirva health, the eplane company, codingal, ektar, mahila money +++

investing in household names, before they become household names. seed + growth venture capital. 

2014+, founded currency x, folded, in light of prevailing regulatory environment in india

2013+, master's in finance at the grenoble école de management, based in europe

2012+, fixed income, currencies & commodities (ficc) at the macquarie group, singapore

2009+, read politics & economics at the university of leicester, united kingdom

2010+, transaction advisory services (tas) at ernst & young, middle east & north africa region

2004+, graduated high school from uwcsea, singapore

2002+, middle school in dubai, uae

1993+, lower school in manama, bahrain

1991+, "hello, world" in india

socially

1. twitter|X --thoughts, musings, spaces & event updates —— on life & startups

2. linkedin ---impact, academia & other (usually) productive experiences

generally

speaker & panelist —— junior tennis pro —— carnatic music student & rasika —— thinker from first principles

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