Nitin Rai
Nitin Rai is the founder and managing partner of Elevate Capital, an AI software entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. He founded First Insight Corporation in 1994 before launching Elevate Capital in 2016.
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Elevate Capital writes $25K to $3M checks, larger than 1% of firms in the atlas.
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- First Insight Corporation · founder1994
- Elevate Capital · Founder & Managing PartnerNow
- TiE Oregon · President2014-null
- Elevate Capital · Founder and Managing PartnerNow
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Who is Nitin Rai?
Nitin Rai is the founder and managing partner of Elevate Capital, an AI software entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. He founded First Insight Corporation in 1994 before launching Elevate Capital in 2016.
How much does Nitin Rai invest?
Nitin Rai invests through Elevate Capital, which writes checks of $25K to $3M at pre-seed, seed, series a.
How do I pitch Nitin Rai?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Nitin in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Elevate Capital backed works better.
What did Nitin Rai do before Elevate Capital?
founder at First Insight Corporation; President at TiE Oregon.
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