Srinivas Rao

Srinivas Rao

Investor atPhoenix Venture PartnersCalifornia

Srinivas Rao is an Operating Partner at Phoenix Venture Partners with a background in material science and technology leadership at Flextronics and Solectron.

What Srinivas can write

Writes checks of$100K to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BMostly follows a lead
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Phoenix Venture Partners writes $100K to $10M checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. RCA Laboratories · technology management and research positions
  2. Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories · technology management and research positions
  3. Raychem Corporation · Senior Scientist
  4. Solectron Corporation · Vice President of Technology
  5. Flextronics International, Ltd. · Vice President of Corporate Technology
  6. Phoenix Venture Partners · Investor
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Focus

next-gen manufacturingelectronicsmaterials

Education

Indian Institute of Technology MadrasStevens Institute of Technology, MS and PhD in Metallurgy and Materials Science

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Questions

Who is Srinivas Rao?

Srinivas Rao is an Operating Partner at Phoenix Venture Partners with a background in material science and technology leadership at Flextronics and Solectron.

How much does Srinivas Rao invest?

Srinivas Rao invests through Phoenix Venture Partners, which writes checks of $100K to $10M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Srinivas Rao?

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What did Srinivas Rao do before Phoenix Venture Partners?

technology management and research positions at RCA Laboratories; technology management and research positions at Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories; Senior Scientist at Raychem Corporation; Vice President of Technology at Solectron Corporation; Vice President of Corporate Technology at Flextronics International, Ltd..

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