Venkat Bussa

Founder , CEO & General Partner

2023 - Current

Aurum Equity Partners is private equity firm of $250M global fund, invest in real estate asset class (Data Centers) and Growth Equity. the global fund will expand its investments in the United States, MENA, and India.

Founder & Managing Partner

2023

Aurum Venture Partners is venture capital firm of $50M global fund, invest in early start up companies in Fintech, Enterprise and Deeptech.

General Partner

2022 - 2023

VU Capital Partners is a global, technology-focused investment firm pursuing the most promising companies and ideas. Our firm makes venture-capital and private equity investments from offices in Hong Kong, Silicon Valley and UK. We work hard, but humbly, and are guided by data-driven processes. We seek out extraordinary businesses and leaders who operate the same way. At VU Capital Partners , I am responsible of $50M Diversified Fund-1 investments which deployed across different Asset Classes ( Real Estate, Buyouts, Growth Equity). Investor in few of the following Companies: Crypto / Metaverse / NFT / Web 3.0 1. BlockDemon https://blockdaemon.com 2. NFT Pro https://nftpro.com 3. Ripple Labs https://ripple.com 4. Keiretsu Capital - Blockchain fund-2 5. 10xAR ( Stealth Mode) https://10xAR.com 6. Kayne Anderson BDC https://kaynecapital.com Smart Enterprise 1. Macrometa http://www.macrometa.com/ 2. Monetago https://www.monetago.com/ 3. Mux https://mux.com/ 4. Jerry https://getjerry.com 5. Intelage https://www.intelage.com/ 6. ICW https://icw.io/ 7. ROOM http://room.com/ 8. Acrocharge https://justt.ai/ 9. EarthSense https://www.earthsense.co/ Frontier Technologies 1. Natilus https://natilus.co/ 2. Reagent https://www.regentcraft.com 3. Hardt http://www.hardt.global/ Alternative Food 1. Finless: http://finlessfoods.com/ 2. NovaMeat https://www.novameat.com 3. Just Egg https://www.ju.st

Partner

2020 - 2022

A multi-stage venture capital fund focused on Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, FrontierTech, HealthTech, and PropTech ▪ Sourced investment opportunities using a structured approach to increasing deal flow velocity in both quantity and quality by doing weekly sprints using multiple deal flow channels. ▪ Developed investment theses around various industry verticals, reviewed pitch decks, met with startups and investors, and presented top investment opportunities at weekly Partners Meetings and Investment Committees ▪ Conducted quantitative and qualitative deep due diligence including: − Market sizing, team’s ability to execute, go-to-market strategy, key risks, business model, key metrics, financial modeling, competitive landscape, customer and investor interviews, cap table and waterfall analysis, term sheets and investment documents ▪ Built a large network across accelerators, VC / PE funds, strategics, and startup founders, and have access to VU's investor and strategic network

Partner

2020 - 2022

Founder & CEO

2016 - 2022

Passionate about startup entrepreneurship about new business models and the opportunity for new technologies to transform industry. 1. Sibly Inc - Business Analytics Platform June 2014 - July 2015 2. Cloud Trident - Multi-cloud Orchestrator and Provisioning Platform - (Stealth Company) Jan 2018 - Till Date 3. Mun3 Inc - AI Platform for Precision Agriculture March 2018 - Till date 4. Centerra Solutions Inc - Professional and Managed Services provider June 2016 - Till date 5. Investor in Home IoT and Collaboration Platform - Stealth companies

Thought Leadership: Marketing, Software Engineering, Customer Experience

2000 - 2013

Product Management

1997 - 1998