Rishi Taparia
General Partner at Garuda Ventures
Orinda, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder and General Partner
2018 - Current
We invest up to $1M behind founders getting started on their journeys. Check out our full portfolio at garuda.vc
Board Observer
2021
Evergrow is a climate fintech company that aims to be the first dedicated carbon offtake company.
Raised $14,000,000.00 from First Round Capital, XYZ Venture Capital, Garuda Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Zachary Perret, Skyview Ventures, Max Mullen, Peter Reinhardt, Garuda Ventures and MCJ.
Strategic Advisor
2021 - 2021
SVP, Strategy and Business Operations
2019 - 2021
Legion is on a mission to turn hourly jobs into good jobs. We have built a workforce management platform for businesses that employ hourly workers. Using machine learning and artificial intelligence, we’re forecast what needs to get done, which employees are best suited to complete the tasks, and automagically match employees to the work. The platform provides flexible, efficient ways for employers and employees to engage with one another, and does so in a fair, compliant, and efficient manner to boot. We work with customers that employ between 500 to 500,000 people. We're backed by investors including Norwest, First Round Capital, XYZ Ventures and Webb Investment Network.
Legion Technologies offers an intelligent workforce management platform designed to enhance labor efficiency and employee engagement.
Raised $135,500,000.00 from XYZ Venture Capital, Webb Investment Network, Riverwood Capital, Norwest Venture Partners and Stripes.
Vice President, Business Operations and Strategy
2014 - 2019
Acquired by GoDaddy. Joined as the company's 7th employee and first non-technical hire, responsible for scaling Poynt’s business and operations globally. Have worn many hats while the company has shipped product to customers on three continents, signed deals with global financial institutions, raised over $150m in financing, and built a team of 140+ across four countries.
Poynt is a technology company that builds hardware and software tools for businesses.
Raised $133,000,000.00 from Kevin Milden.
Senior Associate
2012 - 2014
Responsible for identifying and evaluating early-stage investments and helping portfolio companies scale operations. Companies included Canva, ApartmentList and Bugsnag.
Matrix is an early-stage venture capital firm, investing from idea through Series A.
Associate
2010 - 2012
Investment associate at Scale, focused on investments across the technology portfolio including internet, mobile, and enterprise software.
Scale is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.
Analyst
2008 - 2010
Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group in New York and Senior Analyst in the Technology Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Merrill Lynch in Palo Alto.
The Rand Group is a San Francisco-based wealth management team led by Managing Director Daniella Rand.
Higher Education Marketing
2006 - 2008
Strategically marketed and promoted the Apple brand at to colleges and universities across the Midwest at the grassroots level to students, parents and institutions.
Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
Raised $1,170,230,000.00 from KB Securities, Berkshire Hathaway and Microsoft.