Vaas Bhaskar
Vaas is a Principal at Elevation and focuses on early stage investments in Web 3.0 and fin-tech. Before Elevation, Vaas worked with Bain & Co., where he focused on consumer technology businesses. Vaas completed his MBA from IIM Calcutta and is an Institute Gold Medal holder, and graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering from National University of Singapore (NUS).
High trust, and alignment on playing the long game are, I believe, the foundation of a successful investor-founder partnership
"Shaping the future is tough. But there are a few who embark on that journey with unshakeable belief and persistence; and few places match the energy and possibilities in India today. I feel privileged to partner with these change-makers in India.
I believe that the most successful founders stand-out because of their unceasing customer-empathy. The surest sign of this in an early stage founder is their unique insight or perspective on the status quo - earned through having spent time on the problem statement, connecting unrelated dots, or by putting themselves into unique information flows.
High trust, and alignment on playing the long game are, I believe, the foundation of a successful investor-founder partnership. My truest commitment to a founder comes from the little things: listening with a true intent to listen, asking the right questions and adopting the role that will be most helpful to founders at any given time."
Portfolio
- Revolutionising learning for next-gen creators and entrepreneursVaibhav Raj GuptaVidet JaiswalPulkit PujaraSeed
Airblack
Seed - On a mission to redefine how Indians invest and grow their wealthSandeep Jethwani, Vaibhav Porwal, Sahil Contractor Seed
Dezerv.
Seed - India's first neo-bank for teenagersSambhav JainKush TanejaSeries A
FamPay
Series A - Powerful invoicing and accounting for the Indian SMB ownerRahul RajRakesh YadavAditya NaikSeries A
FloBiz
Series A - Dating for the next billion usersHardik BansalHarshvardhan ChhanganiBhanu Pratap Singh TanwarSeed
Frnd
Seed - Reinventing the way Indians learn about and pursue their passionsMikhil RajShubhadit SharmaIshaan Preet SinghSeed
FrontRow
Seed - Reimagining social networking in Web 3Scott LewisSupriyo RoySeed
Hyy.pe
Seed - Simplifying investments in Web 3 EconomyArindam RoyKartik MishraRajath KMSeed
Pillow
Seed - Enabling mass adoption of EthereumJaynti KananiSandeep NailwalMihailo BjelicAnurag ArjunGrowth
Polygon
Growth - Democratising investments in Commercial Real EstateSudarshan LodhaPriyanka RathoreSeed
Strata
Seed - Re-imagining gaming CommunitiesPooja DubeyAditya SharmaSeed
Turnip
Seed - Building feature and experience-rich consumer credit for IndiaNitin Gupta, Laxmikant Vyas, Prateek JindalSeries A
Uni
Series A