Rekha Pai Kamath

Limited Partner at Capria Ventures

Los Altos, California

Overview 

Rekha Pai Kamath is an experienced tech investor specializing in emerging markets, ClimateTech, and gender equity, currently serving as an Investor-in-Residence/LP at Capria Ventures. With a background in product management and marketing, she has held leadership roles at organizations like Juniper Networks and Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs, contributing to her extensive expertise in business strategy and entrepreneurship. Highlights of her career include serving on the boards of organizations like Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2 and Fast Forward, as well as being an Adjunct Instructor at the MIT I-Corps program, showcasing her commitment to social impact and fostering innovation in the tech industry.

Work Experience 

CV

Capria Ventures

  • Investor-in-Residence/LP

    2023 - Current

    Capria Ventures is a leading global venture capital investment platform. We invest in early-growth (Series A/B) tech startups operating out of select entrepreneurial hubs of India, SE Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Capria Ventures is a Global South specialist venture capital firm investing in applied Generative AI.

capria.vc

MIT I-Corps program

  • Adjunct Instructor

    2020

SV

Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2

  • Partner

    2017

  • Board Member

    2020

I

Intelehealth

  • Board Member

    2019

Open-source mobile telemedicine platform for last mile health care delivery

Raised $250,500.00 from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation.

intelehealth.org
FF

Fast Forward

  • Member Board of Directors

    2015

    Working at the intersection of social impact and tech, Fast Forward runs several programs including a summer accelerator program designed exclusively for tech nonprofits in which selected organizations receive mentorship, training, and capital.

Fast Forward is an accelerator for social tech nonprofits.

Raised $8,950,000.00 from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.

ffwd.org

Stanford Angels and Entreprenuers

  • Vice President

    2017 - 2019

JN

Juniper Networks

  • New Business Incubation

    2010 - 2017

    Working on keeping an active pipeline of nascent technologies, identifying synergies between projects, companies and various business opportunities, and working with internal and external teams, Startups, and Universities.

Juniper Networks is a networking company that markets and develops networking products for enterprise companies.

Raised $43,004,920.00 from New Enterprise Associates.

juniper.net
AM

Applied Materials

  • Sr Marketing Manager, Office of CMO

    2008 - 2010

    Product messaging, Business Strategy, Market and Business Sizing, Program prioritization, Competitive Intelligence

Applied Materials is a semiconductor and display equipment company that offers materials engineering solutions.

Raised $101,528,814.00 from Stonnington Group.

appliedmaterials.com
SC

Symantec Corporation

  • Product Management

    2006 - 2006

    Development of Product Strategy, Competitive Analysis, New Product Planning, ownership and creation of Market Requirements Documents, Development of competitive intelligence

Email Filtering Company

Raised $35,000,000.00 from TCV, Crosslink Capital, NortonLifeLock, Critical Path, Accel, Opportunity Capital Partners, Esther Dyson, Bill Joy and Thomas Weisel Partners.

symantec.com
SM

Sun Microsystems

  • Engineering

    2002 - 2005

Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer software and hardware, and information technology services.

Raised $1,700,000.00 from Kleiner Perkins.

sun.com

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