Varadh

Investing

I like to be an early person to believer in people and their ideas.

Small investor in:

Help: I try to:

  1. Narrative: Help tell your story
  2. GTM: Introduce you to your first few customers
  3. First-call: Build a trusting relationship
  4. Fundraising: Navigate capital markets

I’ve done these. for

  • Varadh was one of the first people I met as I started thinking about starting a company and he was one of our first believers and investors. We’ were lucky to have him involved from say day one – Soham Ganatra (Composio)
  • Met Varadh and Ramsey at a critical juncture of the company, and we made it through with their timely help – Andrew McLeod (Certn)
  • It is hard to stress how crucial Varadh was in raising our seed round. I consider an angel to be helpful if they make an intro or two. Varadh’s intros basically helped us put the entire round together.
    Not only that, he was willing to roll up his sleeves and actually do the work to get us those commitments in the first place. From doing calls at 2am to literally helping to draft the right email responses Varadh was always there to support us, at a time when it was arguably not rational to do so. Even when things came together in a way that was beyond expectations, Varadh always put the companies interests above his and we couldn’t be more grateful.
    This is a dude who is always willing to help and any founder would be lucky to work with him. I can guarantee that on a help/ dollar basis, he will be the highest value add on the cap table. He has an incredible network and just as importantly, will actually leverage it to help you. – Mayank Banerjee ( Even Healthcare)
  • Varadh is one of the brightest, ambitious guys I’ve had the pleasure to work with. His unique product & strategic insight helped shaped many important decisions we made early on at Polymail! – Brandon Foo (Co-founder, Paragon & Polymail)
  • Varadh has been an incredible help to us in the short time we’ve known each other. A majority of our investors have come from introductions that Varadh made, and his advice + support has really helped us navigate the early stage that we’re at. – Taimur Abdaal (Co-founder, Causal)
  • We love co-investing with Varadh. He has a strong eye for promising, early stage companies and a global network to source from. As a founder, I’d want him on my cap table. His check size to value-add ratio is high. 🙂 – Ryan Hoover (Co-founder Product Hunt, GP Weekend Fund)

References at: angel.co/varadh

I’ve been a founder, worked at scaled startups, built energy projects, and more.

Most recently, I worked on Broadcast (post-mortem). Before that, an email client, Polymail (YC 16, exited), then scaled Opendoor (here, IPO: $open), and built solar farms. I did math at ucla and built communities of builders through hackathons and student orgs. While in college I also worked at a venture fund