Mahesh Ramakrishnan
Mahesh Ramakrishnan is co-founder and Managing Partner of Escape Velocity Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage internet infrastructure and decentralized networks. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Apollo Global Management, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Harvard College.
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Escape Velocity writes $500K to $3M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.
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- Goldman Sachs · investment banking
- Apollo Global Management · private equity
- Escape Velocity Ventures (EV3) · Co-founder & Managing PartnerNow
- Goldman Sachs
- Apollo Global Management
- Escape Velocity Ventures · Co-founder & Managing PartnerNow
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Who is Mahesh Ramakrishnan?
Mahesh Ramakrishnan is co-founder and Managing Partner of Escape Velocity Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage internet infrastructure and decentralized networks. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Apollo Global Management, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Harvard College.
How much does Mahesh Ramakrishnan invest?
Mahesh Ramakrishnan invests through Escape Velocity, which writes checks of $500K to $3M at pre-seed, seed.
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What did Mahesh Ramakrishnan do before Escape Velocity?
investment banking at Goldman Sachs; private equity at Apollo Global Management; Goldman Sachs; Apollo Global Management.
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