Amit Sridharan is a director of US venture investments and partnerships at Mahindra Partners Ventures, a subsidiary of diversified conglomerate Mahindra Group.
Sridharan joined the firm in September 2018 and his primary role is to establish the venture efforts of the Mahindra Group in the San Francisco Bay area and in the US at large.
Parag Shah, managing partner at Mahindra Group, said: “Amit brings in a rich blend of experience, having worked for a traditional venture capital firm and a large corporate.
“In a short timeframe, Amit has actively networked within the different business units and established relationships with key stakeholders. Mahindra Group has diverse business interests and Amit has managed to identify some of the key focus areas by capturing the stakeholder needs effectively.”
Before joining Mahindra Partners Ventures, Sridharan had 15 years of experience in both traditional venture and corporate venture realms, including US-based early-stage VC firm Pear Venture Capital, and as an India-based senior corporate venturer at diversified conglomerate Tata Group.
Sridharan said: “Doing a deal in Silicon Valley is not that hard. What is harder is to be able to create strategic value for the organisation. In this regard, efforts like GCV go a long way in building the thinking around the industry. It is time that the industry joined forces to give a strong voice.”
Before his appointment at Pear, Sridharan completed a master’s degree in management at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
