Anand Venkatesh Thampi

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Angel Investor at Independent | ex-Mphasis

Independent
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
13+ years experience
Anna University
English, Hindi, Kannada
Investing
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Overview

20 years around startups; now investing in healthcare. Backed 28 founders at pre-seed and seed. Most at home with venture capital and healthtech. Chess on lunch breaks.

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  • Founders building in healthcare
  • Second opinions on biotech decisions
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
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Skills
healthtechregulationdue diligenceventure capitalbiotech
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $1M cheques into pre-seed healthcare in India and SEA

Cheque size
$1M
Stages
Series A
Sectors
Healthcare, fintech
Geographies
US and Europe
Lead or follow
Follow
Decision time
10 business days
How I help
First enterprise customers and pricing

Happy to follow a strong lead. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

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Experience

  1. Angel Investor
    Jun 2025 - Present
    Independent · 1 yr 4 mo · Contract · Bengaluru, India
    • Led or co-led 15 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Sit on 4 boards.
  2. Senior Financial Analyst
    Sep 2021 - Jun 2025
    Mphasis · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Ran diligence on 11 acquisitions.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 8 straight quarters.
  3. Finance Director
    Jan 2018 - Sep 2021
    Adobe · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Closed the books in 3 days, down from 12.
  4. Finance Manager
    Oct 2016 - Jan 2018
    Airtel · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Saved $7 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 4 straight quarters.
  5. Finance Manager
    Apr 2014 - Jun 2016
    Intuit · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 4 straight quarters.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $177 million raise.

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Education

  1. Anna University
    B.E., Finance
    2002 - 2006

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