Venkat Tadanki

Venkat Tadanki is the Managing Partner at Anvaya Ventures and a Managing Member at TiE SoCal Angels Fund, based in Irvine, California. Before transitioning to venture capital, he served as an Executive Vice President on the South Asia Management Committee for PepsiCo and managed the Wills brand at ITC. As a serial entrepreneur, Tadanki successfully founded and exited three startups operating across the fast moving consumer goods, information technology enabled services, and SaaS sectors. His angel investment portfolio includes early-stage backing for companies such as Innovaccer, Capillary Technologies, and Spyne, alongside limited partner commitments to Accel India and Filter Capital. Holding an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Kolkata and an economics degree from Saint Stephen's College, he currently focuses on mentoring early-stage founders and scaling seed-stage startups to secure top-tier venture capital funding.