Sunny Burra

A technology executive turned investor has been investing proprietary capital for the last 16 years. Sunny has generated huge wins for Linus Capital, placing bets ranging from tech equities to Chinese equities to prop investments in the US and India to startups and seeding investment strategies.

Sunny has a knack for picking the right assets to invest in time and again. Sunny is not afraid to go against the grain and patiently waits for his investment strategy to play out. Sunny was able to exit multiple investments at 6x, 9x, 11x and foster one of his investments to a valuation multiple of 400x with his foresight to uncover and capitalize on overlooked gems. A $10k investment in Linus Capital seed pool at its launch is worth about $290,000 now.

Sunny is expanding his focus to create a new investment vehicle employing outside capital to manage alternative assets that capitalize on opportunities in technology, financial services, and real estate. Sunny served as an executive partner at private equity firms GI Partners and Rigel Associates. Sunny also had operating roles at Sprint, VitalLink, Canon, and Savvis where he was part of the management team during the IPO. Sunny recruited a prominent investor and board member of Google as an advisor to a Silicon Valley startup he was heading.

Sunny was the point man to institute the 'Max Sixer' award in IPL (Indian Premier League for Cricket). Sunny served as a Charter Member of TiE and a member of the Indian Angel Network. Sunny was awarded an MBA from the University of Chicago, holds an MS in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska, and a B.Tech from the National Institute of Technology (India).