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VestedVC

The People

Meet the team behind VestedVC.

The investors, operators, and engineers partnering with founders building the future of AI — from pre-seed to Series A.

Who we are

Partners who've built it before.

VestedVC is an early-stage venture firm backing exceptional founders building with AI. Our team blends investors who have written first cheques into category-defining companies with operators and engineers who have shipped AI products at scale. We partner early, stay hands-on, and back our founders for the long run.

Leadership

The minds behind our success.

A team of investors, operators, and engineers backing exceptional founders.

Sabrina Albert

Sabrina Albert

Founding Partner

Sabrina focuses on sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities from Seed through Series A across VestedVC's investment themes. She also supports the growth and strategy of current portfolio companies. Sabrina is particularly interested in intelligent applications, enterprise software, and agentic systems.

Anna Baird

Anna Baird

Founding Partner

Anna is an operating partner who leverages her deep go-to-market, finance, and operating expertise to advise fast-growing and acceleration-stage companies in the VestedVC portfolio. Anna also has a deep understanding of sales technology, having worked as an executive at one of the companies pioneering the category.

Isha Mehra

Isha Mehra

Founding Partner

Isha is a Founding Partner at VestedVC, backing founders from pre-seed to Series A. She works closely with portfolio companies on strategy, fundraising, and scaling, with a particular interest in AI-native products and infrastructure.

Katie Chiupka

Katie Chiupka

Partnerships

Katie is responsible for developing and implementing strategic business and technology programs across VestedVC and its portfolio. She has built a reputation as a trusted adviser by understanding each client's individual business needs, communicating effectively, and delivering results.

Roxy Hoffman

Roxy Hoffman

Talent

Roxy specializes in VP and C-level placements across consumer and enterprise businesses, with a focus on high-growth, AI-enabled healthcare platforms. She works closely with founders and CEOs to build executive teams across go-to-market and operations functions, partnering with companies including Hims & Hers, Slingshot AI, Talkiatry, and Function Health.

Manish Kapoor

Manish Kapoor

Founding Partner

Manish is a Founding Partner at VestedVC. He partners with founders from the earliest stages — helping them sharpen their thesis, build teams, and reach product–market fit across AI and enterprise software.

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Tanya Souza

Principal

Tanya leads investments across AI and SaaS, sourcing and evaluating early-stage opportunities and supporting founders through their first scaling milestones.

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Shalini Roy

Investment Associate

Shalini supports the investment team on diligence, market research, and portfolio operations, with a focus on emerging AI and developer-tools companies.

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Ritika Arora

Principal

Ritika works with founders from pre-seed to Series A, focusing on data infrastructure and applied AI, and helps portfolio companies with go-to-market and growth strategy.

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Megha Jain

Head of Platform

Megha leads VestedVC's platform team, building the programs, perks, and community that help portfolio founders hire, grow, and scale faster.

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Aditya Sen

Associate

Aditya works across sourcing and diligence, partnering with early-stage founders building in AI, fintech, and enterprise software.

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Arjun Shah

Investor

Arjun invests in early-stage AI and SaaS companies, working closely with founders from first cheque through their growth rounds.

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Neha Kapoor

Talent Partner

Neha leads talent at VestedVC, helping portfolio companies hire exceptional teams and connecting founders with operators across the network.

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Dev Verma

Analyst

Dev supports the investment team with market mapping, diligence, and research across VestedVC's core AI themes.

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Rahul Vaidya

Head of Finance

Rahul oversees finance and fund operations at VestedVC, and supports portfolio companies on financial strategy and reporting.

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Jayant Iyer

Operations Lead

Jayant runs operations at VestedVC, keeping the firm and its programs running smoothly for founders and the investment team.

What drives us

Our vision & mission.

Our Vision

The defining companies of the next decade will be built on AI — and great founders deserve partners who understand the technology as deeply as the business.

Our Mission

To back exceptional founders early, with capital, conviction, and a network that compounds — and to stay in their corner for the long run.

Our Approach

We partner early and stay hands-on — pairing first-cheque conviction with operators and engineers who have shipped AI at scale.

Milestones & Achievements

The numbers behind a decade of backing founders.

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