Shaurya Rastogi
Investor at Arc180
Menlo Park, California
Overview
Work Experience
Technology Investor
2022 - Current
Day 0 founding team / Primary focus: Software/Internet and Health/Bio. Initially modeled as Trinity Fund XIII, later spun out of Trinity Ventures (AUM $2.4 billion); Next generation investment platform combining capital with global operating expertise and networks. Founded by Shailesh Rao (Former TPG Asia Head; First MD/CEO, Google India/Asia) and Schwark Satyavolu (GP, Trinity Ventures; Founder Yodlee (NASDAQ: YDLE)). The team has a track record of backing global innovators early: HighRadius, Moglix, Nykaa (NSE: NYKAA), Livspace, Spinny, Omaze, Iterative Health, Auth0, Baton, Squire, amongst others.
Backing immigrant founders, particularly those of Indian origin, to help them conquer the US market with their bold ideas
Chief of Staff to CEO
2019 - 2022
Backed by Accel, Omidyar, IDG, and UCalifornia Endowment; Series B; Novel biomaterials platform for surgical and advanced wound care in partnership with Harvard Med; Presence in 50+ countries (as Axio Bio) across US, EU, LATAM, Middle East, Africa, and SEA across top-tier providers.
Advamedica Inc. is a deep science medtech company focused on biomaterial based medical devices.
Fellow, Climate Finance
2018 - 2019
Climate think-tank backed by Gates Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and Bloomberg Philanthropies
Corporate Development, Office of the CEO
2018 - 2018
Backed by Fidelity, TPG, and IFC
Research Assistant to Professor Donald C. Hambrick
2017 - 2018
CEO-Top Management Teams / Corporate Governance research under Prof. Donald C. Hambrick (Evan Pugh Professor; Bronfman Professor Emeritus, Columbia Business School)
Summer Analyst / Investment Analyst
2014 - 2016
Early-stage VC firm (founded by James Pallotta), Summer 2016 Fidelity Investments, Summer 2015 Family office ($Bn+), Summer 2014