Lokesh Sikaria

Lokesh is the Managing Director at Moneta Ventures, a Sacramento, CA-based venture capital firm investing in early stage technology and healthcare businesses. Prior to starting Moneta Ventures, Lokesh was the Founder and CEO of Sparta Consulting, a global IT consulting firm focused on providing SAP technology solutions and services for corporations specializing in automotive, high tech, manufacturing and energy & utilities. Sparta grew to over $100M in revenue in just five short years and was acquired by KPIT Cummins.

Prior to starting Sparta, Lokesh served as the Chief Operating Officer at Rapidigm, Inc. and managed more than $250M in annual revenue. While at Rapidigm, Lokesh was responsible for cultivating their SAP business into one of the ten largest SAP consulting practices in the nation. Rapidigm was acquired by Fujitsu in 2006. Lokesh began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Francisco after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science.