Venturi Partners announces top-level elevations across its India & South-East Asia offices

Venturi Partners, a Singapore-based investment platform that empowers audacious brands in India and Southeast Asia and recently announced its $175M final close, today announced the elevation of Rishika Chandan and Sarvesh Nevatia to the roles of Managing Director and Executive Director respectively.

The name Venturi Partners comes from the physics term “Venturi”: a force of nature that results in an acceleration of speed with a corresponding reduction in pressure. That is what the team aspires to be for its ecosystem. In order to accomplish that, it was imperative to build a team that was centred on the core values of entrepreneurship, collaboration, trust and transparency.

Both Rishika and Sarvesh bring strong entrepreneurial and operating experience to Venturi and have been very instrumental in setting the foundations of the overall ethos and culture at the firm.

Having been an entrepreneur and investor herself, Rishika has witnessed, first-hand, the journey of a founder and the peaks and troughs that come with it. That experience has not only taught her to respect those with audacious ambitions, but to also understand and empathise with the process it takes to get there. It is these core values that have enabled her access, invest and be part of incredible companies such as PristynCare, Cure.fit etc. In her new role as Managing Director, she will continue to work closely with investors, founders and partners across India and South-East Asia and scale the Venturi Partners platform.

Sharing her thoughts on the promotion, Rishika said, “I am deeply grateful to Nick and the Venturi team for not only giving me the opportunity to be part of the team, but also for recognizing & rewarding our efforts. Our team is built around operational experience which I firmly believe is a critical skillset to have. In order to add value to our founders, it’s important for us to have walked in their shoes before. We must be empathetic towards differing opinions and be positive sparring partners. Long term partnerships are never a straight line, but alignment on values and vision can be.”

Sarvesh Nevatia, who has also spent time both on the operating as well as investing side prior to joining Venturi, came on-board even before the founding stones were officially set. He has since then, been instrumental in laying down frameworks of Venturi’s investment process and methodology. He brings a strong data-driven approach and ability to dissect complexity, along with the determination and hustle to support founders and their teams to scale businesses. In his new role as Executive Director, Sarvesh will lead investments in South-East Asia and continue to also work closely with all the stakeholders to drive the Fund’s growth in the region.

Commenting on the elevation, Sarvesh said, “I am thankful to the Venturi team and deeply excited for what’s in store for us. The opportunity is South East Asia is huge and we look forward to partnering with market defining brands & its founders. I remain committed to building our platform in the region.”

Commenting on Venturi’s growth & what the future holds, Nicholas Cator, Managing Partner said, “I am extremely proud to be able to announce the promotions of Rishika and Sarvesh. Their motivation, drive and alignment with Venturi’s core values have been instrumental in reaching our final close and in closing our second and third deals. Venturi’s team is built on the core values of entrepreneurship, collaboration, trust and transparency, and both Rishika and Sarvesh fully embody this. They are part of the foundations on which Venturi is built and will play a key role I am sure in the long term success of Venturi.”