Neetu Puranikmath

Neetu Puranikmath is the Senior Investment Officer of Venture at Cooper Family Office in New York City, where she leads venture capital and Asian private market investments. In this role, she manages fund manager selection and due diligence for direct investments across sectors such as cybersecurity, climate tech, financial technology, SaaS, and PropTech. Before joining Cooper Family Office, Puranikmath worked as a generalist investor at Alumni Venture Group's Basecamp Fund and began her career handling operations at Google and YouTube. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UC Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Oxford. Her current investment focus centers on backing emerging global managers raising their first through third funds, with a particular emphasis on directing capital toward underestimated startup founders and economically empowering women.