Gokul Venkatesh Nambiar

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Principal at Sandstone Growth | ex-HCLTech

Sandstone Growth
Hyderabad, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
5+ years experience
IIM Ahmedabad
English, Hindi, Telugu
Investing
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Overview

5 years around startups; now investing in consumer. Previously an operator for 6 years before investing. Previously at HCLTech. Most at home with marketplaces and brands. Gardening and composting evangelist.

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  • Founders building in consumer
  • Working sessions on marketplaces
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  • Unpaid work or spec projects

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Skills
venture capitalmarketplacesbrands
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $500k cheques into pre-seed consumer in North America

Cheque size
$500k
Stages
Pre-seed, Seed
Sectors
Consumer
Geographies
Global
Lead or follow
Lead
Decision time
One meeting and a partner call
How I help
Hiring the first ten people

Happy to follow a strong lead. Decisions within 2 weeks.

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Experience

  1. Principal
    Jan 2023 - Present
    Sandstone Growth · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Backed 37 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 5 boards.
    • Led or co-led 19 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later.
  2. Senior Consultant
    Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
    HCLTech · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Designed the operating model for a 16 thousand-person transformation.

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Education

  1. IIM Ahmedabad
    MBA, Business Administration
    2020 - 2022
  2. BITS Pilani
    B.E., Finance
    2016 - 2020

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