Rishabh Pudhota

Rishabh Pudhota serves as an Associate at Commerce Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm where he identifies new investment opportunities and supports the existing portfolio. Before joining Commerce Ventures, he spent two years at Hercules Capital, a specialty finance firm providing venture debt and growth equity to venture-backed companies. His foundational experience in the investment sector began during his academic studies at Northeastern University. While there, Pudhota was actively involved with NUImpact, the university's impact investment program, which shaped his perspective on evaluating purpose-driven enterprises and sustainable market opportunities. He now leverages this diverse financial background to analyze early-stage startups and assist founders in navigating the broader venture ecosystem. Pudhota's current professional focus remains centered on bridging traditional venture capital, structured debt financing, and impact investing to support scalable, early-stage growth companies.