Rushabh Vatsal Kelkar

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Principal at Mapleleaf Capital · hardware, venture capital

Mapleleaf Capital
Mumbai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
7+ years experience
Srishti Manipal Institute
English, Hindi, Marathi
Investing
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Overview

Principal at Mapleleaf Capital, backing climate companies. Sit on 5 boards. Collector of fountain pens.

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Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
energyhardwareventure capitalproduct
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $500k cheques into Series A climate in North America

Cheque size
$500k
Stages
Series A
Sectors
Climate, climate
Geographies
US and Europe
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Co-lead
Decision time
Within a month
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Typically lead or co-lead. Decisions within 1 weeks.

Mumbai, India · remote OKventure capitalenergyhardware
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Experience

  1. Principal
    Apr 2023 - Present
    Mapleleaf Capital · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Led or co-led 15 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Sit on 5 boards.
  2. Finance Director
    Jun 2021 - Apr 2023
    Oracle · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $132 million raise.
  3. Financial Analyst
    Oct 2019 - Jun 2021
    Boston Consulting Group · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 6 straight quarters.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $219 million raise.

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Education

  1. Srishti Manipal Institute
    B.Des, Finance
    2015 - 2019

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