Rishi Taparia
Rishi Taparia is a co-founder and general partner at Garuda Ventures with over 15 years in tech strategy, operations, and finance. He previously held senior roles at Legion, Poynt, and venture firms.
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Garuda Ventures writes $500K to $1M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.
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- Scale Venture Partners · investor
- Matrix Partners · investor
- Poynt · VP of Business Operations
- Legion · SVP of Strategy and Operations
- Merrill Lynch
- Matrix Partners
- Garuda Ventures · Co-founder and General PartnerNow
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Who is Rishi Taparia?
Rishi Taparia is a co-founder and general partner at Garuda Ventures with over 15 years in tech strategy, operations, and finance. He previously held senior roles at Legion, Poynt, and venture firms.
How much does Rishi Taparia invest?
Rishi Taparia invests through Garuda Ventures, which writes checks of $500K to $1M at pre-seed.
How do I pitch Rishi Taparia?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Rishi in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Garuda Ventures backed works better.
What did Rishi Taparia do before Garuda Ventures?
investor at Scale Venture Partners; investor at Matrix Partners; VP of Business Operations at Poynt; SVP of Strategy and Operations at Legion; Merrill Lynch; Matrix Partners.
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