Sudhir Sethi

Sudhir is Founder &Chairman of Chiratae Ventures India Advisors. Chiratae Ventures is a leading VC firm advising AUM of $ 1.1 b, invested in 125plus companies, exited 45 plus, has taken 3 companies public, funded 8 Unicorns, and backed 11 market leaders.ThefirmisbasedoutofBangalorewithoffices in Mumbai and Delhi.
Since 1998,Sudhir and his team have advised on investments into 125+ firms across Deep Tech, Agri Tech, Digital Consumer, SAAS, Fintech and Healthcare Sectors. Key investmentsinclude Myntra, Flipkart, FirstCry, Lenskart, PolicyBazaar, Curefit, Agrostar, Emotix, Uniphore and PlaySimpleamongst others.
Today Chiratae Ventures is a leading tech VC in India with Mr.Ratan Tata, Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Mr.Bruno Raschle, Dr Andreas Hettichand Mr.Manish Choksi as well as Dr.Ferzaan Engineer on its Global Advisory Board and IndiaAdvisory Board.
Sudhir today serves on the EC of NASSCOM. In 2001, Sudhir was recognized by Red Herring as one of the leading venture capitalistsin the country. He has been named among the Top Ten IT Professionals by Dataquestand by Bloomberg UTV as ‘’Visionary Venture Capitalist” in 2011. Sudhir has been featured in Subroto Bagchi’s book ‘’Zen Garden – Conversations with Pathmakers’’, in 2014.
Sudhir holds a B.Tech in Engineering and an MBA Degree from FMS, Delhi. Hisinterests include wildlife photography and he is a collector of old locks.