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Sri Purisai

Managing Director at Chakra Growth Fund

Saratoga, California

Overview 

Sri Purisai is a seasoned investor and advisor with a strong background in venture capital and semiconductor industry. Currently serving as the Managing Director at Chakra Growth Fund, he has successfully founded RiSo Capital and held various leadership roles at companies like Microsemi Corporation and Altera AB. Highlights of Sri Purisai's career include his role as Managing Director at Chakra Growth Fund and his success in founding RiSo Capital, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and investment strategies. Additionally, his experience as a Board Member at Beam Semiconductor and Chairman of the Board at infiniDome highlights his leadership and advisory skills within the semiconductor industry.

Work Experience 

CG

Chakra Growth Fund

  • Managing Director

    2023 - Current

    Investing in light asset technology companies worldwide to decarbonize energy, mobility, industrial and buildings with via electrification, digitization and Automation.

RC

RiSo Capital

  • Founder and Managing Director

    2019

Kyto Technology and Life Science Inc

  • Investor, Tech and Business Advisor

    2019

BS

Beam Semiconductor

  • Board Member

    2017

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infiniDome

  • Chairman Of The Board

    2018 - 2023

MC

Microsemi Corporation

  • Division Vice President and General Manager - Frequency and Time (Previously Symmetricom)

    2016 - 2017

    Transformed a full P&L, brought back profitability in less than 18 months Assembled a vision and led the team to develop vectors for long term strategic growth Delivered 3 successful innovative products Cultural transformation post acquisition

  • Business Unit Manager-Timing and Synchronization (Symmetricom)

    2014 - 2015

    Streamlined products and product management organization to deliver growth Revamped marketing organization to address telecom, government and industrial verticals Positioned the team to address adjacencies via organic and inorganic investment

  • Sr. Director Communications Business Segment

    2013 - 2014

    Instrumental in driving communications vertical growth strategy Due diligence of key acquisitions and investments Unified communications market and application penetration strategy Corporate messaging and positioning for investors and shareholders

Altera AB

  • Market Development Manager, Communications business, Europe

    2008 - 2012

    Grew regional market share & revenue for communication market across EU, China, and Israel Provided guidance, due-diligence, and valuation for technology and business acquisitions

  • Strategic Marketing Manager

    2006 - 2008

  • Sr. Strategic Marketing Engineer

    2005 - 2006

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Cypress Semiconductor

  • Staff Design Engineer and Program Manager

    2002 - 2005

Lara designs, develops and markets silicon solutions using its patent-pending Associative Processing Technology.

Raised $63,800,000.00 from Piper Sandler, Robertson Stephens Partners, TeleSoft Partners, InveStar Capital, Needham & Company LLC, Raza Venture Fund, Battery Ventures, U.S. Bancorp, Dain Rauscher Wessels and InveStar Capital.

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VS

Vitesse Semiconductors

  • Member of Technical Staff

    1999 - 2002

  • Staff engineer

    1999 - 2002

Vitesse is a supplier of ICs for ethernet-based carrier, enterprise, and IoT networks.

Raised $7,300,000.00 from New Enterprise Associates, Morgenthaler Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Aeneas Ventures.

vitesse.com

XaQti / Vitesse Semiconductor

  • Member of Technical Staff

    1999 - 2001

Education 

Investments 

Spintly

Seed

Total funding: $3.7M

Supplynote

Seed

Total funding: $3.6M

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