Manu Rekhi
Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners
Manu Rekhi
Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners
Burlingame, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director
2011 - Current
General Partner. Board member and advisor to founders at Flam, Artist on Go, Poshmark, Out of the Blue, Talview, Credit Sesame, Farfaria, Activity Hero, Vivu, Genwi, Dhingana, Schmooze, Dresma and more. We’ve been the first investors in scores of successful startups, including 7 Unicorns, two of which had multi-Unicorn IPOs in 2021. We invest early, and with high conviction, providing as much as $3 million in Seed capital to finance the runway and resources required to attract a meaningful Series A and rapidly scale. We are coaches and collaborators, not referees. We’ve all been successful entrepreneurs with blue chip operating careers in leading Silicon Valley companies. And we have a network of 100s of Global 5000 CXOs with express interest in being customers and partners of new companies that solve the hard problems their companies and colleagues are facing. Come work with us, and we’ll work for you.
Partner
2021
Silicon Valley Quad (SVQ) is a syndicate of investors that provides seed capital to US incorporated first-time technology entrepreneurs. SVQ provides ample capital for 18 to 24 months to reach a meaningful milestone, setting companies up to attract venture capital from Series A investors. SVQ invests in both B2B and B2C startups. Collectively, the partners have been involved with over two hundred successful startups creating tens of billions of market value and hundreds of thousands of jobs. SVQ has assembled a syndicate of passive investors who provide supplemental capital which enables it to lead seed rounds and engage deeply with entrepreneurs. It has also partnered with Inventus Capital Partners (www.inventuscap.com) to co-invest in all deals—this unique model allows SVQ to make $3-3.5 million investments so companies can get back to growing business instead of chasing more angel capital. SVQ seeks to build a very diverse portfolio and invests in approximately 8 deals a year.
Member Board Of Directors
2021
Social metaverse company. Enjoying spending time with the founders on growth hacking, hiring and building a great company.
Board Of Directors
2019
instahiring.
Board Observer & Angel Investor
2010
The easiest (and free) way for consumer to manage their credit and build wealth.
Investor
2015
Next Force Technology is building an on-demand service for businesses, focused on a large and critical area that is untapped.
Chief Evangelist
2016 - 2023
Excelerate connects Startup’s to Global 5000 Corporations for scaling revenue. Excelerate was created to bridge the gap between innovators looking to scale and enterprises looking for game changing innovation. Excelerate selects the most promising scale ready start ups and helps them prepare for and access global markets and strategic partnerships. Through a worldwide network of corporate leaders, advisors and mentors, Excelerate facilitates highly curated connections to accelerate revenue, strategic partnerships and scale. The results from the first 45 startups in the program resulted in 100s of millions in value creation. www.excelerate.it for more details on how to get involved.
Investor
2016 - 2021
ACQ by CultureAmp. Disco makes it easy and fun to celebrate great work when and where it happens.
Board Director
2013 - 2021
ACQ by Teaching Strategies. Farfaria is an app for the iPad that offers unlimited reading for children.
Board Observer & Angel Investor
2011 - 2016
ACQ by Persistent Systems. Genwi makes it possible to deliver engaging publications for mobile with creative freedom and live content, adaptable in real time.