Gopi Pepakayala
Venture Capital and Startup IM @ AWS | Startup Sales, Agentic AI, GTM
- Role
- Angel Investor at Trupeer AI
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gopi Pepakayala
With 17 years of experience across cloud, AI, and venture ecosystems, sales and go‑to‑market execution for high‑growth startups sit at the center of my work. At Amazon Web Services, I partner with top‑tier VCs, founders, GSIs, and enterprise customers to turn ecosystem relationships into revenue, building repeatable programs that help startups scale on cloud and AI infrastructure.In my current role, VC Business Development at AWS India, I have sourced and engaged 30+ leading VC firms, driven 40 new customer wins, and influenced $XM in new ARR by aligning founder needs with the right technical and commercial solutions. I have designed and run accelerator and GTM programs across AI/ML, Fintech, SaaS, and climate tech sectors, supporting 150+ startups and generated multi‑million‑dollar qualified pipeline for sales teams.Previously, as Co‑Founder and CEO of GSViQ, an independent research division of a $200M VC fund, I scaled revenues 4.5x and built a global research team serving investors focused on high‑growth technology companies. This operator‑investor perspective gives me strong pattern recognition on what drives founder adoption, how to position complex products, and how to build data‑driven pipelines in new markets.
Experience
Angel Investor
Dec 2025 — Present
Education
Kotak Salesian School
10th
1987 — 1999
IE Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
2018 — 2018
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Chemical Engineering
2002 — 2007
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