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

426 CONNECTIONS

Robyn Frankel Network

330 CONNECTIONS

Newcastle Dive Center Network

141 CONNECTIONS

University of Mumbai Network

34 CONNECTIONS

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business Network

33 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

venturerock Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$750K

Investments On Record

Apoorva Ruparel is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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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), Jahed Momand (Cerulean Ventures), Arjun Sethi (Kraken Digital Asset Exchange)
Armorblox	Series UnknownSep 2022	$64M
Co-investors: Steve Herrod (General Catalyst), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Dave Barrett (Polaris Partners), TJ Rylander (Next47), DJ Patil (‎GreatPoint Ventures), Oliver Friedrichs (CrowdStrike), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), Ramu Arunachalam (A Capital), Rob Salvagno (Cisco Investments), Gerhard Eschelbeck
Seashell	SeedJan 2022$6M	$12M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Brett Calhoun (Redbud VC), Mark Cuban (PKF The Consulting House, Dubai - UAE), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Bernardt Vogel (VU Venture Partners), Do Kwon
Rain	SeedAug 2019$4M	$590M
Co-investors: Adam Nelson (FirstMark Capital), Justin Overdorff (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jai Das (Sapphire Ventures), Casey Caruso (Paradigm), Amber Atherton (Patron), Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Nigel Morris (QED Investors), Julian Roeoes (Picus Capital), Musaab Hakami (BECO Capital), Kumar Dandapani (Cadenza Ventures), Parker Barrile (Norwest Venture Partners), Amr Abdelaziz (A'Z Angels), Russell Cook (HC9 Ventures), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Alex Macdonald (sequel), Balaji Srinivasan, Ansaf Kareem
Miles	SeedJul 2018$4M	$17M
Co-investors: Chenxi Wang (Rain Capital), Gabe Klein (Fontinalis Partners), Tak Miyata (Scrum Ventures), Harris Barton, Ashish Toshniwal
Rain Neuromorphics	Funding RoundN/A
Co-investors: Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Brian Bell (Team Ignite Ventures), Mary Lin

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

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