Vaibhav Nadgauda is Managing Partner at Moneta Ventures and simultaneously serves as CEO of AI-focused enterprise software company App Orchid, giving him an active operator perspective while investing in similar spaces. He co-founded and scaled Sparta Consulting to over $125 million in revenue before exiting to KPIT, and is one of the few institutional venture investors based in the Sacramento/Folsom region.
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Moneta Ventures
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SaaS, AI, Enterprise, Health, Fintech
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Seed - Series A
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$1M - $5M
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Moneta Ventures is a Sacramento-rooted fund with dual headquarters in Sacramento and Austin that positions itself as the flagship VC for underserved West Coast and Texas tech corridors rather than chasing coastal mega-hubs. The fund emphasizes a builder-focused approach where operators back operators, with over 10 portfolio founders personally investing in their third fund and partners who lean into product and operational execution rather than purely financial oversight.
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