TEAM
Naganand Doraswamy
Managing Partner
WORKNaganand Doraswamy is the Managing Partner and Founder at Ideaspring Capital. He is also on the board of most of Ideaspring’s portfolio companies.
Prior to Ideaspring Capital, Naganand was the Co-Founder and EVP at SPAN Infotech India Pvt Ltd. He also co-founded Lexar Networks and worked with PhotonEx, Nortel Networks, Bay Networks & FTP Software. He co-authored a book on IPSecurity and was also the President of TiE Bangalore. He is on various committees related to entrepreneurship and Investments at NASSCOM, FICCI, and the Government of Karnataka.
STUDIESNaganand graduated with a Master's in Computer Science from Virginia Polytechnic and State University & Bachelor’s in Computer Science from U.V.C.E, Bangalore, India.
PLAYNaganand is an avid sports enthusiast and likes to play tennis, badminton, and practice yoga.
Madhavi Mallakuntla
Associate Finance Manager
WORKMadhavi is an Associate Finance Manager at Ideaspring Capital where she is engaged in all aspects of Finance and Operations including Accounting, Audit, Taxation, and compliance-related matters. As part of her Chartered Accountants program, she has an articleship experience of 3 years in the areas of Auditing, Accounting, and Taxation.
STUDIESMadhavi is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
PLAYMadhavi is an avid sports buff, playing both Kabaddi and Badminton. She also likes to listen to music in her free time.
Arihant Patni
Venture Partner
WORKArihant Patni is a Managing Director at Ideaspring Capital as well as Patni Financial Advisors, which is the administrative entity for the Patni Family office.
He has been an active angel investor and along with Ideaspring Capital, innovation, he is also Co-founder of The Hive (India), a silicon valley based ‘Big Data’ incubator, and Nirvana Ventures, a fund focused on the Indian consumer internet space.
STUDIESHe received his Masters of Business Administration (Magna Cum Laude) from Babson College & then completed a separate Masters Degree in Statistics from Columbia University, with a concentration in Quantitative Finance.
PLAYArihant is an avid runner and has completed sixteen half marathons all over the world. His ambition is to finally train for and run the big 5 full marathons.
Prashant Deshpande
Managing Director
Suryaprakash Konanuru
CTO
WORKSuryaprakash Konanuru (Suri) is currently the CTO of Ideaspring Capital. He looks into new investment opportunities as well as assists portfolio companies in their operations.
After building compilers and networking software in Wipro Infotech R&D for close to a decade, he has co-founded three startups (Alopa Networks, Yos Technologies, and funtoot) across multiple domains such as Networking, Healthcare, and Education, with two exits. Suri has been part of the Indian startup ecosystem as an entrepreneur, mentor, advisor, and investor for the last 20 years.
STUDIESSuri graduated with a Master's in Computer Science from IIT, Bombay & Bachelor’s in Computer Science from U.V.C.E, Bangalore, India.
PLAYHe is a running enthusiast and loves travel and photography in his free time.
Satrajit Neogy
WORKSatrajit was previously on the Product team at ParallelDots, where he led internal tooling & new initiatives. Prior to that, he was an Associate Product manager at Playment and helped them scale their supply vertical. Satrajit started his career as an early member of Goodera’s volunteering team.
STUDIESSatrajit graduated from BITS Pilani with a degree in Chemical Engineering.
PLAYOutside of work, he enjoys watching stand-up, listening to podcasts and going for Cult workouts.
Aniketh MJ
Associate Vice President
WORKAniketh MJ is an AVP at Ideaspring Capital where he looks at new investments for the firm. Aniketh was previously on the leadership team at Bizongo, where he headed the Business Intelligence and Client Experience functions. Prior to that, he was on the Global Growth Team at Zomato and helped launch the Table Reservations business and product. Aniketh started his career in the Asset Management division of Goldman Sachs in Bangalore and Singapore. He then went on to work with startups through his Family Office and 4 short stints in Venture Capital in the US, the UK, and India
STUDIESAniketh graduated with an MBA from the University of Oxford.
PLAYHe continues to play Ultimate Frisbee competitively while also enjoying Cricket and Trivia.
Sulesh Kumar
Associate
WORKSulesh Kumar is an Investment Associate at Ideaspring Capital and works in the investment team handling the research & content functions as well. He comes from a financial services background having worked at Goldman Sachs and Canara Bank. While his experience at Goldman Sachs in Bangalore and New York helped him understand the global financial markets, at Canara Bank he worked closely with SMEs and farmers in helping them achieve financial growth. He then joined the startup space and headed the FinTech research team at Tracxn and worked in the FinTech consulting space at Medici helping startups as well as financial institutions.
STUDIESSulesh completed his Business Management degree from Christ University.
PLAYSulesh is a trivia buff dabbling in quizzing, traveling, and watching cricket.
Naresh P
Finance Manager
WORKNaresh P is an Finance Manager at Ideaspring Capital where he is engaged in all aspects of Finance and Operations including Accounting, Audit, Legal, Taxation, and compliance-related matters. Prior to Ideaspring Capital, he was with ICICI Bank as a Branch Credit Manager. As part of his Chartered Accountants program, he has an articleship experience of 3 years in the areas of Auditing, Accounting, and Taxation.
STUDIESNaresh is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
PLAYIn his leisure time, he likes to read, cook and go for an occasional swim.
Mohandas Pai
General Partner
Rajiv C Mody
General Partner
Amit Patni
General Partner
Ravi Gururaj
Sanjay Anandaram
Sharad Sharma
Pro bono
BV Jagadeesh
Founding Managing Partner
Seasoned entrepreneur who Founded and funded many Enterprise StartUPs such as Exodus, NetScaler, NetMagic, Nutanix, Cohesity, Balbix, Ocarina, Yodlee and many others
Ajith Kamath
Business Advisor
Prashant Deshpande
Managing Director
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Aniketh MJ
Associate Vice President
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Arihant Patni
Venture Partner
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Madhavi Mallakuntla
Associate Finance Manager
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Arihant Patni
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Naganand Doraswamy
Managing Partner
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Naganand Doraswamy
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Naresh P
Finance Manager
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Sulesh Kumar
Associate
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Suryaprakash Konanuru
CTO
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Satrajit Neogy
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Suryaprakash Konanuru
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Mohandas Pai
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Sekhar Sarukkai
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Amit Patni
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Ravi Gururaj
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Sanjay Anandaram
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Sharad Sharma
Pro Bono
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BV Jagadeesh
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Dr. Ajith Kamat
