Investing Profile

Apoorva Ruparel

VCStrategy OperatorSales OperatorFounder

Partner at venturerock

vantagepoint.fundSan Francisco, California

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Networks Apoorva is a member of

The Wharton School Network

824 CONNECTIONS

Robyn Frankel Network

465 CONNECTIONS

Newcastle Dive Center Network

143 CONNECTIONS

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business Network

56 CONNECTIONS

University of Mumbai Network

55 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

venturerock Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$750K

Investments On Record

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Apoorva Ruparel's Investments On Record (6)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Nibiru Chain	SeedFeb 2024$12M	$21M
Co-investors: Brandon Gath (Kraken Ventures), Arjun Sethi (Tribe-V Venture Capital), Jahed Momand (Cerulean Ventures)
Armorblox	Series UnknownSep 2022	$64M
Co-investors: Dave Barrett (Polaris Partners), Ramu Arunachalam (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Ron Conway (Angel Investors LP Funds), Rob Salvagno (Cisco Investments), Steve Herrod (General Catalyst Partners), Oliver Friedrichs (Pangea Force), Gerhard Eschelbeck (SVCI - Silicon Valley CISO Investments), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), DJ Patil (‎GreatPoint Ventures), John Thompson (Moving Capital), TJ Rylander (Next47)
Seashell	SeedJan 2022$6M	$12M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Do Kwon (Terraform Labs), Brett Calhoun (Redbud VC), Mark Cuban (PKF The Consulting House, Dubai - UAE), Elad Gil (Gil Capital / Gil & Co), Bernardt Vogel (VU Venture Partners)
Rain	SeedAug 2019$4M	$590M
Co-investors: Balaji Srinivasan (Andreessen Horowitz), Jai Das (Sapphire Ventures), Amber Atherton (Patron), Casey Caruso (Paradigm), Nigel Morris (QED Investors), Musaab Hakami (VentureSouq), Kumar Dandapani (Cadenza Ventures), Parker Barrile (Norwest Venture Partners), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Amr Abdelaziz (A'Z Angels), Russell Cook (HC9 Ventures), Julian Roeoes (picus-capital), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Ansaf Kareem (Latitude Capital), Justin Overdorff (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Paul Veradittakit (Saison Capital / Bessemer Ventures (Intern) / Pantera Capital), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Adam Nelson (Social Capital LP), Alex Macdonald (Speedinvest)
Miles	SeedJul 2018$4M	$17M
Co-investors: Chenxi Wang (Rain Capital), Ashish Toshniwal (Robinhood), Gabe Klein (Fontinalis Partners), Tak Miyata (Scrum Ventures), Harris Barton
Rain Neuromorphics	Funding RoundN/A
Co-investors: Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Mary Lin (Various Companies), Brian Bell (Team Ignite Ventures)

most interested in

Interested in founders building Agentic Workflows to create autonomous org functions, which are measured with the metric of human intervention reduction units. We are also closely looking at investing in the Enablement Layer (tooling, routing, aggregation) of the Gen AI stack.

Apoorva Ruparel's Experience

Founding GTM Leader DaxaPresent

CoFounder & CEO Robyn FrankelPresent

Angel Investor DaxaPresent

Technology Consulting Accenture in IndiaPresent

Sales Manager Nortel Wireless NetworksPresent

Head-IT/ITES & Manufacturing Verticals Juniper NetworksPresent

Co-Founder & VP Growth Strategy AirMe, IncPresent

CoFounder & CEO Newcastle Dive CenterPresent

Lead Consulting IGATEPresent

Founder CEO Arraystorm (A brand of R R Kabel Limited)Present

Partner venturerockPresent

Investment Committee Advantage Point FundPresent

Founding CRO Lyzr AIPresent

GTM Faclon LabsPresent

Angel Investor Daxa, IncPresent

Faculty Lecturer University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessPresent

Co-Faculty at University of California Launch Accelerator LAUNCH: The University of California's Startup AcceleratorPresent

Co-Founder & VP Growth Strategy AirMe IncPresent

CoFounder & CEO Cleanray ( Acquired by WIPRO Lighting & Consumer Care)Present

Lead Consulting iGATE Global SolutionsPresent

Founder CEO Arraystorm Lighting Pvt Ltd ( RR Global Company)Present

Co-Founder & CEO SubtraPresent

Venture Investor Sapien StudioPresent

Partner venturerockPresent

Sales Manager NortelPresent

Apoorva Ruparel's Education

ITM Group of Institutions Masters part of Placement Cell, Music Band, Social & Management Events

ITM Group of Institutions Masters Computer Information Systems

The Wharton School Postgraduate Program Artificial Intelligence

Wharton Post Graduate Certification Artificial Intelligence Industrial Applications

University of New Hampshire Masters Computer Information Systems

University of Mumbai Bachelors Accounting and Commerce

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