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Investor profile

Sudhir Rao

Managing Partner - India, Celesta (fka WRVI)

About

Sudhir Rao brings an unusual combination of having built India's largest public capital markets intermediary in his 20s and 30s at Karvy, then founding IndusAge as a cross-border India-US venture platform, giving him deep experience in both financial infrastructure and cross-border company building. He focuses on what he calls the alchemy of technology, talent and capital to back founders digitizing large traditional sectors like agriculture, healthcare, and construction in India, drawing from his management accounting training and early startup operating experience to guide companies through specific revenue stages. Sudhir Rao brings an unusual combination of having built India's largest public capital markets intermediary in his 20s and 30s at Karvy, then founding IndusAge as a cross-border India-US venture platform, giving him deep experience in both financial infrastructure and cross-border company building. He focuses on what he calls the alchemy of technology, talent and capital to back founders digitizing large traditional sectors like agriculture, healthcare, and construction in India, drawing from his management accounting training and early startup operating experience to guide companies through specific revenue stages.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
AI
BioTech
Chips
Data
Deeptech
Hardware

Investment details

Avg check size$100K - $20M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
India
Israel
Canada
LatAm
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Africa
ANZ
MENA