Raju Rishi brings an unusual combination of deep technical expertise from MIT materials science degrees and Bell Labs R&D experience with global business leadership from running Lucent's international operations, giving him a rigorous physics and engineering perspective rare among venture investors. He systematically researches sectors that missed prior technology waves like healthcare and space, then backs hub companies that can become critical infrastructure layers in these data-rich but regulated industries. Raju Rishi brings an unusual combination of deep technical expertise from MIT materials science degrees and Bell Labs R&D experience with global business leadership from running Lucent's international operations, giving him a rigorous physics and engineering perspective rare among venture investors. He systematically researches sectors that missed prior technology waves like healthcare and space, then backs hub companies that can become critical infrastructure layers in these data-rich but regulated industries.