Vikas Raj

Vikas Raj is a co-founder and general partner at ResilienceVC since 2021 and serves as the chair of the investment committee at Catalyst Fund. In academia, Vikas holds positions as an adjunct associate professor at Columbia Business School, teaching investing in social ventures, and as an adjunct lecturer at The Johns Hopkins University SAIS, focusing on financial inclusion. Additionally, Vikas contributes to Forbes as a writer on fintech and resilience. Previously, Vikas held significant roles at Accion from 2013 to 2022, including managing director of Accion Venture Lab, a global early-stage impact investment fund. Vikas has also served on the boards of several companies, including SMEcorner, TiendaPago, and StreetShares, and was a board observer for Self Financial, Inc. Vikas holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.