Summary: <br> Venu Pemmaraju is Managing Partner at Wipro Ventures, a $100M fund out of Wipro Ltd. focused on early to mid-stage startups investments that leverage their Global 1000 clients to help startups grow and acquire enterprise-level customers. He also serves as a board observer for Avaamo, CloudGenix, Emailage, and ImanisData and prior to this was an Investment Director at Intel Capital.<br> Listen and Learn:<br> <br> * What it is like building a successful corporate venture arm<br> * What Venu learned living through two boom and bust cycles<br> * Why cybersecurity is always a safe bet for investments<br> * How startups should think about corporate VCs<br> * Are headed for another crash<br> * Why automation is a great trend to ride<br> * Why so many more enterprises are starting investment arms<br> <br> <br> <br> Venu’s Main Projects:<br> <a href="https://www.wipro.com/innovation/ventures/team/venu-pemmaraju/">Wipro Ventures</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/wipro">@wipro</a><br> Are you an accredited investor? <a href="https://thesyndicate.vc/ts-joinsyndicate">Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.</a><br> Venu Pemmaraju is Managing Partner at Wipro Ventures, a $100M fund out of Wipro Ltd. focused on early to mid-stage startups investments that leverage their Global 1000 clients to help startups grow and acquire enterprise-level customers. He also serves as a board observer for Avaamo, CloudGenix, Emailage, and ImanisData and prior to this was an Investment Director at Intel Capital.<br> Listen and Learn:<br> <br> * What it is like building a successful corporate venture arm<br> * What Venu learned living through two boom and bust cycles<br> * Why cybersecurity is always a safe bet for investments<br> * How startups should think about corporate VCs<br> * Are headed for another crash<br> * Why automation is a great trend to ride<br> * Why so many more enterprises are starting investment arms<br> <br> <br> <br> Venu’s Main Projects:<br> <a href="https://www.wipro.com/innovation/ventures/team/venu-pemmaraju/">Wipro Ventures</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/wipro">@wipro</a><br> Are you an accredited investor? <a href="https://thesyndicate.vc/ts-joinsyndicate">Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.</a><br>
