A maverick investor with solid operational skills and passion to build profitable businesses. Sunny has made 15 investments, enjoyed profitable exits and served as an advisor to multiple investment groups. His broad experience includes CEO, division and product line leadership positions for startups and Fortune 500 companies, including Sprint and Canon.
Investing Experience
- Built Linus Capital to control assets worth one billion rupees ($25 million) within four years of formation
- Holds controlling stakes in three companies, including a social venture
- Generated five times (5x) of invested capital in three years by profitable exits
- Served as an Executive Partner to Private Equity groups GI Partners ($525MM fund) and Rigel Associates
- Executed an MOU with the Government of Andhra Pradesh (India) to invest in a social venture to create jobs in an under developed area
- Invited to be a speaker on the panel "YOUNG GUNS: THE NEXT GENERATION OF GPs" at Buyout West
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Brings hands-on approach to the growth of Sixer Sports and Prontto
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Served as CEO of ZATRA, an Internet Solution Provider for shopping centers
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Served as the General Manager at VitalLink, a start-up funded by Crosspoint Ventures
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Part of senior management team at the time of SAVVIS IPO
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Served as Product Manager at Sprint as part of Executive Development Program
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Served as Software Engineer and managed Imaging Lab at Canon
Sunny was awarded an MBA from the University of Chicago, holds an MS Computer Science from University of Nebraska and B.Tech Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Warangal (India).
Sunny is a Charter Member of TiE and member of Indian Angel Network
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