Arise Ventures
Ankita Vashistha is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor with extensive experience in venture capital and a strong commitment to empowering women in business. As the Founder and Managing Partner of Arise Ventures since July 2020, Ankita leads a global venture capital platform focusing on early-stage founders across various sectors, including Enterprise, Climate, and Consumer. Additionally, Ankita founded StrongHer, the first global platform dedicated to women entrepreneurs. With a background as Founder and CEO of the Saha Fund, which invests in women entrepreneurship and technology, as well as serving as a Board Member for Tholons Capital and VELMENI, Ankita actively engages in advancing women's empowerment and innovation. Ankita also holds leadership roles in multiple organizations, including Chief Dreamer at MyStepUp Entrepreneurship and Innovation Foundation and Senior Financial Advisor for All Broad Sports. Educational accomplishments include a Venture Capital degree from Stanford University, an MBA in Finance and Management from Cranfield School of Management, and a B.Eng in Electronics and Communication from Ramaiah Institute of Technology.
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Arise Ventures
Arise Ventures is the leading global early stage tech fund. Arise is the third global fund launched following the success of Saha Fund and Tholons Capital. Saha Fund was the first global gender lens women entrepreneurship venture capital fund, investing in women led/focused technology companies. We are taking our legacy forward and building the largest platform for early stage tech companies via our fund, accelerator and community. We are building an amazing community and ecosystem of women founders as well with our platform for women entrepreneurs at StrongHer. We understand the importance of operational know how to scale early stage companies and bring our strong network and investment expertise to catalyze that. Our portfolio has a focused and curated pipeline of deals built with expert advisors who bring relevant leadership industry expertise and deep relationships with the innovation ecosystem. With over 50+ startup investments across three funds with unicorns like Licious, Uniphore, Fitternity CultFit, Phenom. We are investing across Enterprise SaaS, Gen AI, Consumer Brands and Consumer Tech. Write to us at hello@ariseventures.vc