Entrepreneurs
Sarita Raichura, Vice President and Platform Acceleration and Strategic Initiatives of Blume Ventures
Sarita Raichura is the Vice President of Blume Ventures’, an early-stage business fund called Blume supports startups by providing both support and hands-on coaching. They often make investments in tech-focused firms with big market impacts and entrepreneurs who are fixated on finding complex solutions. Platform Acceleration & Strategic Initiatives fall under Sarita’s purview. She works on many different fronts, such as developing a “Founder Advisor Network” to assist the entrepreneurs in gaining a deeper understanding of the larger ecosystem more quickly.
Sarita Raichura is a Bengaluru-based angel investor who specializes in Fin-Tech, AI and ML, and she has backed firms including The Money Club. Thunderbird School of Management within the US is where Sarita earned her master’s degree in international management. Sarita previously held the position of Regional Head at Indian Angel Network, where she collaborated with many startup business owners and angel investors. She previously worked for Intel Technologies’ global marketing division.
Sarita is dedicated to empowering women. She may be a member of an organization called “Women circling Women,” where successful women collaborate to support rural women’s economic independence.
A well-known seed-stage venture fund with a focus on India is Blume Ventures. Since its establishment, Blume has funded quite 60 businesses, making it one among the most active pre Series A VCs. Without having met the founder, Blume Ventures will never invest in a startup. She collaborates closely with a specific group of Bangalore-based Blume portfolio firms. Additionally, she maintains Blume’s connections with important university accelerators and pipeline programmes from all around Southern India while interacting with important startup leaders from the Bangalore ecosystem.