Venkatesh Peddi

Mr. Venkatesh Peddi serves as Managing Director at Chiratae Ventures India Advisors. He serves as Board Member at GetVantage and Hevo. Mr. Peddi served as Board Observer at Zivame and InfiSecure. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at Heckyl Technologies, MyNoticePeriod.com, Lenskart.com & Pyxis. He served as Board Member at Unbxd. Mr. Peddi has over 12 years of industry experience including 6 years of venture experience. Prior to IDG Ventures, he was Deputy Vice President at Reliance Venture Asset Management - the corporate venture capital arm of Reliance ADA Group. Mr. Peddi was involved in executing multiple end-to-end investments and was a board member at Gradatim IT Ventures and a board observer at Suvidhaa Infoserve and Pelago Inc. He was also an Account Manager in the Investment Banking division of Adventity, a leading KPO player, where he advised deal teams of leading investment banks at various deal stages. Mr. Peddi later moved to Adventity Inc., New York, to take up roles involving close client interaction, while being promoted on a fast track basis from an Analyst to Manager within 10 months. Prior to Adventity, as Assistant Manager at Blue Star Infotech, he helped in structuring deals and M&A. He is an active CFA charter holder from the CFA Institute, USA. He served as Board Observer at iProf.