Rashmi Gopinath has left her managing director role at M12, software producer Microsoft’s corporate venturing arm, and joined venture capital firm B Capital Group as a general partner.
Gopinath began her corporate venturing career at Intel Capital, chipmaker Intel’s investment vehicle. She spent two years there from 2011 focusing on cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity and enterprise software deals.
The nascent M12 (then known as Microsoft Ventures) brought Gopinath on board in 2016 and she was tasked with investing in companies in similar domains, such as cloud-based data platforms CloudLanes, Frame and Paxata, all of which were later acquired.
Global Corporate Venturing ranked Gopinath sixth in 2017’s Rising Stars list before she was promoted to managing director at M12. She partnered unit head Nagraj Kashyap in early 2019 to back India-based startups including healthcare data platform Innovaccer.
Gopinath ranked fifth in GCV’s inaugural Emerging Leaders cohort last month, and was hired by B Capital Group, which is sponsored by management consultancy Boston Consulting Group, soon afterwards.
Gopinath told GCV: “I am incredibly excited to join the B Capital team. B Capital provides a unique and differentiated global platform for our portfolio companies through access to BCG’s network and C-suite executives. I am also impressed with the unparalleled offerings to help our companies scale, including recruiting support, capital formation, and growth and strategic advisory services.
“I am looking forward to expanding our investing presence across multiple enterprise technology sectors ranging from IT and cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, DevOps and data, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning. Even though we have seen a lot of developments across each of these subsectors, I personally believe there is a great deal of white space for growth and innovation in the coming years.”
Photo of Rashmi Gopinath courtesy of B Capital Group.
