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Rohini Chakravarthy

NewBuild Venture Capital

Managing Partner

Rohini Chakravarthy is Managing Partner at NewBuild Venture Capital, where she invests in early-stage enterprise and supply chain software companies. AI to improve core enterprise operations is an important enabling trend for her thematic firm. Prior to founding NewBuild Venture Capital, Rohini was a venture capitalist at NEA, Intel Capital, and Nokia’s NGP Capital for over 20 years. Over her career, she has invested through several enterprise architectural shifts including wireless networking, big data, cloud computing, and AI. Rohini has served on 15+ boards as an investor board member, and has shepherded many companies through exponential growth, successful acquisitions, and IPOs. Given her unique experiences as a corporate and institutional VC, Rohini spearheads corporate collaborations and LP relationships at NewBuild Venture Capital. Outside her work as a venture investor, Rohini is deeply involved in alumni engagement and giving, and actively supports women in technology. She was on board of the IIT Madras Foundation for six years, is a board member of the MIT Club of Northern California, and a member of Indiaspora, which is a community platform to shape successful US-India relations.