Backing founders capable of improbable outcomes.
India-born, Silicon Valley-made.
I am the founder of Audacious Ventures, an early stage VC firm, where we have a simple mandate - to partner with the most ambitious founders in technology, and help them achieve their most audacious goals.
I also host Knuckle Up with Nakul, where legendary founders break down the HOW of building outlier companies - recruiting, culture, intensity, the inner game of being a founder CEO.
Background
I grew up in India, went to IIT + IIM for school and got into venture pretty much at the start of my career. Prior to launching Audacious, I was a partner at Lightspeed and previously, I spent a few years at Battery Ventures.
Startups I’ve backed over the last decade+ include: WorkOS, Reflection AI, Decagon, Avoca, Lightfield, General Legal, Maxima, Quadrillion, Multiverse, Curious Cardinals, Gainsight, 6Sense among others.
How I work with founders
My foundational belief as an investor is that entrepreneurial magic happens at the intersection of exceptional teams and extremely large markets.
Accordingly as a VC, I focus on two jobs:
- 1/ Invest in A+ founders attacking extremely large markets.
- 2/ Help the founder increase the talent density in and around the company at every level - from hiring 10x engineers and sales reps, to accessing top-tier execs as potential hires and advisors, to surrounding themselves with an exceptional group of peers and mentor founders + CEOs.
I believe there are very, very few exceptional people in the world. Audacious has been set up as an engine to work with those exceptional few.