Sujatha Ramanujan
Chief Investment Officer at NextCorps
Sujatha Ramanujan
Chief Investment Officer at NextCorps
Rochester, New York Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Investment Officer
2024 - Current
Managing Director
2017
Created Luminate, a $5M per year, internationally recognized accelerator for optics, photonics and imaging tech-enabled start-ups, with participation from 30+ countries worldwide. Teams compete for one of ten available slots in each cohort, guaranteeing them a minimum investment of $100,000, and potentially as much as $1M. Direct recruitment, marketing and selection of candidate companies. Negotiated and invested in 65 companies to date (Several good exits, with 90% of the cohort companies still in business. Over 2x return anticipated on investments.) Used long term professional relationships to recruit, retain and engage industry experts to coach CEOs of cohort companies and serve on Luminate’s Advisory Board. Built a team over 6 years with near zero attrition.
President
2017
Uttara provides device design and Launch support for Optics Photonics and Imaging
Member Board of Directors
2020
Board of Directors, Optics Companies
2019
Member Board of Directors
2019
Member Board of Directors
2018
Chief Operating Officer and Vice President
2011 - 2017
Established US operations, led business development and venture capital fund raising.
CTO CAD Business
2007 - 2008
Director External Alliances
2005 - 2006