Sarath Naru
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- Role
- Managing Partner at Ventureast
- Location
- Chennai, TN, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sarath Naru
An entrepreneur himself, Sarath has pioneered many firsts in the Indian Venture Capital landscape including: the privatization of a government-run venture fund that led to the establishment of Ventureast\'s first fund; India\'s first life sciences fund; seed-stage and incubation fund, and a listed fund on the AMEX. He has directly invested, or has overseen investments in more than 60 early-to-growth stage companies across the technology, life-sciences, health care, consumer goods and infrastructure services sectors.Sarath\'s ability in spotting early, companies that differentiate themselves in rapidly growing markets has led to a number of investments where the investee company has swiftly progressed to leadership position. For example, he has backed from ground-up to leadership a port management services company, India\'s first fabless semi conductor company, and a drug discovery company operating in India and Europe.Sarath\'s cross-functional experience in the USA and India, which includes his brand management work with P&G USA, his entrepreneurial stint at building a trading business between USA and India, and his long experience in VC fund management, is behind his ability to work meaningfully with investee companies. Sarath\'s wide ranging activities have helped him attract highly qualified people to investee companies, drawing co-investments, and in building business alliances. He has been an Executive Committee member and treasurer of the IVCA; the treasurer of ABLE, India\'s biotech association; was on the Executive Council of the PanIIT Association, an alumni network of all the IITs; he is on the board of Ascent Capital / UTI Ventures, and was on the board of Avigo Ventures.
Experience
Managing Partner
Jan 1995 — Present
Sarath is the Managing Partner and Founder, and leads the Ventureast team across all its funds.
Education
Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
MBA Finance & Accounting
1981 — 1983
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
B.Tech
1974 — 1979
Skills
- Venture Capital
- Entrepreneurship
- Start-Up Ventures
- Investment Strategies
- Private Equity
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