I got quite a few requests with regards to possible VC/PE jobs at Battery Ventures and elsewhere in India. First of all thanks for reaching out to me.
A quick suggestion to people interested in the space. The typical VC/PE jobs are few and far in between, but there are definitely a lot of opportunities in a market/economy like India. My suggestion would be to be on the lookout for funds/firms that are out in the market raising new funds or have just finished their fund raise. Typically most new funds add people at the associate/analyst levels after the completion of their fund raise.
My partner Mark Sherman compiled a list of all the new funds and firms being started in India which he put up on his blog ABCDVC.com as part of a 3 part series. I think that could be a good read for people trying to understand the VC landscape from a career perspective.
As always feel free to reach out to me and I will make sure I point you to any positions that I become aware of.
Ramneek Gupta
Ramneek is with Battery Ventures, a Premier VC firm founded in 1983 that has over $2.4B under management and is one of the key members of their India investment practice. Battery is currently an investor in Tejas Networks and will be announcing 2 additional investments out of India in the next 2 months.
He focuses on investments related to India, both locally or globally focussed, that are either based in India or have the hybrid US-India DNA. His interests at Battery are across the information technology and technology enable services sectors.
Prior to joining Battery, Ramneek spent over 4 years as a Principal at ITU Ventures, an early stage VC fund with over $200MM under management. At ITU, Ramneek was responsible for investing activities in the communications and semiconductor sectors and worked closely with Hier Design (Acquired by Xilinx) and PowerSiCel (Acquired by Micro Semi). Earlier Ramneek was a Design Engineer at TiVo Inc and where he was part of the design team that designed TiVo'sSeries 2 Digital Video Recorder. Prior to TiVo, he was with PMC - Sierra and worked on system design as part of the carrier switching division.
Ramneek holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, where he graduated at the top of his class, and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
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Dear Ramneek,
As this industry matures it would also need a strong operating team.
I have 26 years of information and communication technology expereience after IIT/IIM. Have been associated with many successful start-up businesses withing global MNCs like Oracle and AT&T and Tier 1 Indian IIT companies.
I am very focused now on operating partner kind of roles where PE firms have operating teams.
Let us have a chat (+ 91 98490 14802).
Dear Ramneek,
I have 10 years of experince in Banking, around 6 years in Retail Banking and remaining 4 years in Private Banking.
I have always worked in Delhi but recently shifted to Chandigarh on an assignment. I think I would like to work for a PE firm. It would be nice if I could get some advise on it.
Hi Ramneek,
I having been a banking professional for six years and presently associated with a top MNC bank. I held various positions in sales, service, strategy, process improvements, audit and complaince.I had handled teams in the past and presently into an individual role in wealth management to HNI clients.
I have done my executive masters in International Business and also a semi qualified charted accountant.
I am keen in swtiching my career to a PE/VC role. Could you guide me on how I may pursue it.
Regards
Anupama Naidu
manupama2000@yahoo.com
Hi Ramneek,
I am a business media professional having 7 years of experience of writing and understanding the VC/PE industry. I have also done my Executive Masters in International Business from IIFT. I am looking at an opening with a VC/PE firm. Please forward any leads.
regards,
Ranjana Kaushal
ranjana77@gmail.com
Dear Ramneek,
I am working with ICICI Bank for the past 4 years in the area of venture finance. I have assisted numerous venture startups in select hi-tech areas of life sciences, biotech, electronics, nanotech, energy efficiency, renewables, financial & security services, etc. I am interested to move to a VC firm. Please let me know which should be the ideal firms to apply in Mumbai.
Regards,
Bibhash