EscapeVelocity is an early-stage technology investor that partners with Indian entrepreneurs building transformational businesses for the world.
Our platform combines capital with access to scaled global operating expertise and global networks. We roll up our sleeves and go to work everyday with the goal of ensuring our partner entrepreneurs realize their ambitions. Whether it’s finding your first customer, hiring your first sales leader, or localizing your product, we will help you navigate the many dimensions of building a hyper growth business that reaches every continent. EscapeVelocity was founded in 2022 by Shailesh Rao and Madhav Tandan. Madhav has spent close to a decade in venture capital primarily with global investment platform Omidyar Network. Shailesh was a senior executive at the forefront of key innovations across many of the most essential and well known digital services today helping lead the launch of Google Maps, Google Earth, YouTube, and Twitter around the world. He has spent the past decade working with dozens of entrepreneurs as an investor and advisor and spent two years as a partner at TPG running their Growth and social impact fund "The Rise Fund" across India and Southeast Asia. EscapeVelocity has presence in San Francisco, Dubai, Bengaluru, and New Delhi.
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