Sahith Aula
Writer at Katha Investor
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner, Fintech Investor
2024 - Current
Katha VC invests in transformational fintech startups across Asia, Africa, and LatAm.
Investor
2002 - 2024
I’ve been an equities and currencies investor for 20+ years. I became an angel investor in startups back in 2015 and made 20+ early stage investments across primaries and secondaries around the world before launching Katha VC.
Founder
2021 - 2023
A private secondaries marketplace in India that connected ESOP holders and investors. Over the course of 1.5 years, executed on major milestones, made key first hires, built a beta, secured a customer base, and raised capital.
Founder
2020 - 2021
A revenue-based financing and venture debt firm investing in Indian startups. Raised $500k in operating capital.
Head of Operations (US)
2017 - 2018
An emerging Investment Manager specialising in Artificial Intelligence innovation using Machine Learning techniques. Uniquely, Savernake's Risk Management, Portfolio Construction, Real-time Analytics Portal have all been built in-house and are entirely proprietary.
Head of Operations, Strategic Initiatives, and Partnerships
2016 - 2017
Systematic global macro hedge fund startup led by an ex-Bridgewater PM.
Vice President of Operations
2015 - 2016
$1B AUM systematic Investment Manager.