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.
currently building from भारत 🇮🇳
now
2024-present, co-founder & CEO, the happy company
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:
m2p, dezy, the eplane company, proconut | tortoise, JB [in stealth], binks, yellow metal, khyaal, nirva health, 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