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Gayatri Sarkar
Gayatri Sarkar is the Founder and CEO of Advaita Capital. Gayatri is also the Founder of She-VC, a media podcast platform dedicated to highlighting women and diverse investors. She's been recognized as a global leader under 40 for her efforts in promoting diversity in the investment industry. Previously she has worked at Hewlett Packard, later IBM and Goldman Sachs. She worked as a Federal Reserve Bank Manager- managing US Treasury’s projects for the US Military/ Navy, including big banks like JPM, PNC, G&D, and VISA. She started her career as a database architect and later founded a consulting firm and a tech startup at Harvard i-lab while studying at Harvard. She works closely alongside her team on climate tech startup selection for Prince William’s foundation created Earthshot Prize, where Advaita Capital is an official nominator. Gayatri is also a crown patron of Princess Grace Kelly Foundation run by HSH Prince Albert of Monaco. The foundation supports extraordinary emerging artists in theater, dance and film through career advancing grants. Gayatri is based primarily in Massachusetts with her family. Gayatri is also a part of the AI working group of National Venture Capital Association, where Advaita Capital is a member.Â
She is a Physics Honors graduate from University of Calcutta, India and did research on condensed matter of Physics. Later she graduated from Harvard University studying Economics, Finance and Game Theory. In 2023, she completed 6 years of term as a Board of Director at Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association.
Cameron DeWitt
Chief Financial Officer at Advaita Capital, is a seasoned finance and accounting professional with deep expertise in venture capital, private equity, private credit, real estate, and crypto fund administration. Over his career, he has provided comprehensive support to investment funds, general partners, and management companies, including the preparation of financial statements, capital calls, distributions, investor reporting, and performance metrics.
He previously serves as a Senior Manager at Standish Management, where he oversees the administration of a diverse portfolio of alternative investment funds. He has driven operational efficiencies and played a key role in implementing merger policies during a subsidiary acquisition. His work includes client negotiations, fee adjustments, and ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting for fund stakeholders. Previously, Cameron held several leadership roles at Cornerstone Fund Services, where he built a ten-person team and increased its revenue by 8x. He managed the administration of over 100 funds, led client onboarding, created employee training programs, and implemented waterfall calculations and cash flow forecasting tools. He also developed custom reports to support client fundraising and advised on the optimal timing of capital calls to enhance fund performance. Cameron began his career in public accounting, conducting audits of alternative investment funds at Richey May & Co. LLP and KPMG.
He holds a Master of Accountancy from Gonzaga University and a B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University–Idaho. Cameron is a Certified Public Accountant."
Felix Sosa, Phd
Felix is part of the investment team and is an integral part of due diligence in deep tech investments. Previously, worked as a Researcher at Google Deepmind.Â
Felix is also at Harvard NTT AI Research lab. His background is in computational cognitive science, and his recent research focuses on building new methods for evaluating, interpreting, and training neural models inspired by cognitive science and neuroscience. During his PhD while at Harvard and MIT, he worked on theories and models of human physical reasoning, and developing novel applications of theoretical computer science to model human thought.Â
Prior to his PhD, Felix worked on some of the earliest open-ended algorithms for growing neural networks similar to the way evolution grows brains.
Felix is a cognitive scientist and AI researcher, PhD in computational cognitive science at Harvard and MIT’s Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines as a Harvard Prize Fellow. He is a undergraduate in Computer Science from University of Florida. He did his Masters of Science in Computer Science from Harvard University, where he focused on the study of probabilistic computation, programming languages, program induction/synthesis, and computational theory. He lives in Boston.
Nichin S.
Nichin Sreekantaswamy works on due diligence, technical analysis, deal analysis in Advaita Capital. He also leads Advaita Capital’s effort in selecting startup nominee for Earthshot Prize, created by Prince William Foundation. He comes with an extensive hardware design background, having helped build iPhone Pro and Pro Max at Apple, Body Worn Cameras / Tasers at Axon and AgTech sensors at an early stage startup. Nichin has also worked on iPhone's Motherboard design, A-Series Bionic Chips, Camera and Display systems, High Speed Digital Interfaces, Battery charging and management chips, Wireless Charging, Power Electronics, Rigid and Flexible PCB design, Product Safety and EMC/RF certifications, High Voltage Taser design, Wearable Cameras and Police LMR Radio design, etc. Nichin lives in the Bay Area with his family.
Nichin holds degrees in Electrical Engineering from BITS Pilani and holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania.Â
Saup D., Phd
Saup is a Venture Partner with a focus on DeepTech and Hardware expertise. A prolific hardware design engineer with 15+ yrs industry experience., he designed battery chargers and chips for the early generations of Apple iPhones and iPad and also developed the sixth, seventh and eighth generations of automotive radars power chips. His Phd thesis was on magnetic machines and electronics for power micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) applications.
He completed Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering along with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2002. He completed his Phd in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2005.Â
Yuxi Huang is an integral part of Advaita Capital’s capital formation team and works closely with the CEO. She drives business development, conducts due diligence, and manages limited partners (LPs). She also oversees investor relations, fund operations, fund media management, and event coordination, working closely with Gayatri Sarkar and the broader partnership team.
Previously she worked for a $10B family offices focuss on tech and venture investing at New York. Her deep international expertise comes from nearly a decade of cross-border real estate transactions at JLL and Colliers in New York, where she headed the Asia Business Division. She originated and closed numerous off-market acquisitions, joint ventures, and refinancings for Asian institutional investors, ultra-HNWIs, and family offices
Yuxi has Masters from Columbia University major in Real Estate studies and studied Business Management at Harvard University. Yuxi lives in New York City.
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Ashish is an advisor to Advaita Capital in climate investing and emerging market investor relations. Previously, Ashish served in the role of Climate & Innovation Lead at the Shell Foundation (SF) – a UK charity independent but linked to the Shell Corporate – focused on a) funding Impact Fund Managers via blended finance (as a specialized LP), b) funding early-stage ClimateTech impact ventures (Directs), and c) funding and co-creating market-building ecosystem activities that cover inclusive energy transition, Gender Finance, FinTech etc. This is focused across several EM ClimateTech sectors, including renewables/energy access (SDG 7), AgriTech, E-Mobility, Circular Economy etc. Originated and closed a $100m MOU partnership between Nuveen/TIAA and Shell Foundation. Formerly at Dalberg Advisors. Ashish lives in London with family.
Ashish has Bachelors in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and holds a MBA from University of Oxford.
Anand Radhakrishnan
Anand Radhakrishnan is a Venture Partner at Advaita Capital and is involved in due diligence and managing deal operations in Advaita Capital. Anand spent nearly 21 years with Investcorp International, a global alternative asset manager with over $50 billion of AUM, where he remains a Senior Advisor. At Investcorp, he most recently was Head of Investcorp’s North American Technology Partnerships where he led Investcorp’s Joint Venture, UTA VC, with United Talent Agency. Previously, he was the COO of Investcorp’s North American Private Equity Group and also held numerous other roles including Head of Investcorp’s M&A and business development efforts and Principal investor with Investcorp’s Technology Partners team managing over $1 billion in technology investments in North America and Europe. Anand is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Unilog Corporation, an e-commerce software provider. Â
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Anand holds a SB degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with a Minor in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School.Â
Jun Ren, Phd
Jun Ren works closely with CEO and management team at Advaita Capital. He advises capital formation and investors relation. He previously served as the Chief Asia Representative for the Institute of International Finance, the world’s largest financial institution organization based in Washington, D.C., where he developed strong working relationships and trusted advisory roles with leading financial institutions. Before he spent 15 years on Wall Street, including serving as SVP at AllianceBernstein, where he managed strategic value, international value, and global diversified hedge funds. Jun Ren has led numerous private equity and venture capital investments across the U.S. and globally, with a focus on advanced medical technologies, healthcare, high-tech industries, and computer software and hardware. He has successfully guided multiple companies through the IPO process and established long-term strategic partnerships with major investment institutions, collaborating on numerous successful investments.Â
Jun Ren holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research and an M.S. in Finance, specializing in Investment and Banking, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jun lives in New York.