vignesh ramanujam
"balance is everything." privately active in public markets & publicly active in private markets.
now
2021-present, partner at lok capital —— i lead series A/B investing in technology for impact.
current AUM of >$300M + portfolio market cap of >$2B, deployed $200M+ into 37 companies —— generating 24 exits (5 IPOs).entrepreneur —— seeker, founder, investor, board member, operator, advisor, partner, friend.
investing —— in household names, hopefully before they become household names. select investments/board seats:
chaicup, kaching, smiles.ai, karkinos, tortoise, basis, yellow metal, pencilton, khyaal, prescribe, podium, the eplane company, codingal, auntfloh, neer, skyber, curtn, customfit, culturelytics, startuploan +++
story
2016-present, solo VC —— 35+ early-stage venture investments across india, singapore & the US
2014-2016, founded currency x, folded in light of prevailing regulatory constraints in india
2013-2015, master's in finance at the grenoble école de management, based in europe
2012-2012, fixed income, currencies & commodities (ficc) at the macquarie group, singapore
2009-2012, read politics & economics at the university of leicester, united kingdom
2010-2010, transaction advisory services (tas) at ernst & young, middle east & north africa region
2004-2009, graduated high school from uwcsea, singapore
2002-2004, middle school in dubai, uae
1993-2001, lower school in manama, bahrain
1991-1993, "hello, world" in india
socially
1. twitter ----- thoughts, musings, spaces & event updates —— on life & startups
2. linkedin ---- impact, academia & other (usually) productive experiences
3. instagram --- photographs, video —— personal moments & visual chronicle
generally
speaker & panelist —— junior tennis pro —— carnatic music student & rasika —— thinker from first principles