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At Garuda, we are focused on supporting founders at the earliest stages. We are a B2B-focused, pre-seed, and seed fund led by Rishi TapariaArpan Punyani, and James Richards. As a team of operator-investors who have gone from inception through IPO at Silicon Valley technology companies including Okta, Poynt, Legion, and Evergrow, we're here to be an extension of the team and help companies go further, faster.

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We invest in four areas where we have unique operational and domain expertise: Apps + APIs, Fintech + Commerce, Security + Infrastructure, and Climate. Companies we have previously backed in these areas include Canva, Airbase, Noyo, AllStripes, and Leap.

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Co-founder and General Partner at Garuda Ventures. SF Bay Area resident via Jakarta, Chicago + NYC.
Co-Founder and General Partner at Garuda Ventures - B2B-focused pre-seed/seed-stage VC firm. Prev early @okta (8 yrs building M&A, BD, Venture), other things before that. Angel, scaling high-growth co's, helping founders