About us
Founded in 2020, Sutra Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund led by Girish Kumar Arora and Anoop Patel, and is based in San Diego, California.
As a team, we have served as founders, CTOs, fund managers, and product/engineering leads.
We invest, partner with, mentor and help Rockstar founders grow their companies through a combination of technical/strategic support, investment, and tactically leveraging our network.
Partners
Girish leverages an extensive background and network in technology leadership in established and emerging technology companies. He has served as advisor, mentor, and CTO while taking high growth startups to the next level.
At Sutra, Girish is the main point of engagement with founders and investment prospects - and supports companies post investment through technical guidance and strategy. Girish also leverages his network to both source exclusive and exciting prospects as well as provide support through further fundraising efforts and contacts to larger VC firms
Anoop has broad startup, product and design experience in both tech and private equity oriented companies - and brings a background in hybrid fund management.
At Sutra, Anoop provides underpinnings as a macro and theme oriented analyst, leads fundraising, management & investor relations, and engages early with founders and investment prospects