Mr. Venkatesh Peddi is Executive Director at IDG Ventures India Advisors.   Venkatesh currently serves on the Board of Directors at Heckyl Technologies, Valyoo Technologies (Lenskart.com), Hiree.com and UNBXD, and as a Board Observer at Actoserba Technologies (Zivame.com), and iProf Learning Solutions. He has over 12 years of industry experience, including 6 years of venture experience.
Prior to IDG Ventures, Venkatesh was Deputy Vice President at Reliance Venture Asset Management - the corporate venture capital arm of Reliance ADA Group. He was involved in executing multiple end-to-end investments and was a board member at Gradatim IT Ventures and a board observer at Suvidhaa Infoserve and Pelago Inc. Venkatesh was earlier an Account Manager in Investment Banking division of Adventity, a leading KPO player, where he advised deal teams of leading investment banks at various deal stages. He later moved to Adventity Inc., New York, to take up roles involving close client interaction, while being promoted on a fast track basis from an Analyst to Manager within 10 months. Prior to Adventity, as Assistant Manager at Blue Star Infotech, Venkatesh helped in structuring deals and M&A.
Venkatesh is an active CFA charterholder from the CFA institute, USA and holds a Bachelors degree in engineering from VJTI, Mumbai and a Masters degree in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS).