Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with Honors
- Saratoga High School
Lists including Smriti Jayaraman
Investments
Work Experience
2024
Board Observer
2024
2022
Principal
2022
Board Member
2023
2022
Board Observer
2022
2022
Board Observer
2022
Innovation Advisory Committee
2023
Member
2021
2019 - 2021
Board Member
2019 - 2021
2019 - 2021
Founding Principal
2019 - 2021
Evolv Ventures is a $100M venture fund backed by KraftHeinz Corporation to invest in early stage technology companies disrupting the food and retail industry. We focus on Seed through Series B investments across Food Tech, Health and Wellness, Supply Chain AI and Automation, the Future of Retail/Marketing, Climate and Sustainability, and Emerging Consumer Products and Services. Our hands on, founder-first approach coupled with unparalleled industry access and expertise help to catalyze businesses tackling some of the world's fastest changing trends. Select investments include Fabric (eComm microfulfillment), Zippin (autonomous checkout), New Culture (lab cultured cheese), Kingdom Supercultures (food culture biotech), Outrider AI (autonomous trucking), Joywell Foods (sweet protein fermentation platform), Parsable (connected worker platform) and more
2017 - 2019
Vice President
2017 - 2019
Guild Capital is an early-stage consumer internet focused venture capital firm. With operations in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, we typically back founders as their first institutional investor and aim to become trusted partners to our portfolio management teams during early planning and growth. We partner with our dedicated platform teams to actively support founders in developing high-growth strategies, implementing a robust metrics-focused infrastructure, architecting high-performance teams, and raising smart capital for future growth. Select investments and partnerships include Ruggable (D2C homegoods), , Voyage Mobile (SMS marketing), Dr. Squatch (D2C men's personal care), Petal Card (alternative credit), Spot & Tango (Health-focused pet food), The Catch Co (D2C outdoor goods), Home Chef (mealkits, sold to Kroger), MessageControl (email security, sold to Mimecast), Nio (Autonomous electric vehicle tech)