Nishant Rao

Founding Partner, Avataar Venture Partners
Nishant Rao leverages his rare hands-on operating experience—scaling Freshworks from about $20M to roughly $130–140M—to help later-stage B2B SaaS startups grow into large, global companies.
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About Nishant Rao

Nishant Rao joined Freshworks as COO when it was around $20M in revenue and helped grow it to roughly $130-140M before moving into venture investing, giving him a hands-on operating background that's rare among VCs. At Avataar, he focuses on helping later-stage B2B SaaS startups solve the specific challenge of scaling into large, global companies, drawing directly on that firsthand experience.

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Avataar Venture Partners

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Avataar Venture Partners focuses on enterprise B2B/SaaS companies scaling from roughly $5–10M revenue to $100M+ ARR, using specific stage-based ARR, margin, and retention thresholds and limiting itself to about 10–15 investments per fund so its operator-led team—led by former Freshworks executive Nishant Rao—can work closely with founders on IPO readiness. The firm has also backed frontier deep-tech companies such as QpiAI in quantum computing alongside India's National Quantum Mission, and runs a podcast featuring conversations with institutional investors and capital allocators rather than founders.

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