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Vic Kapur, Founder and Managing Member
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Engagement Henna | Rose Cultivation | Herb-Loaded Tea | Tree Climbing
College of Military Engineering (Elementary School) | Army Public School (Middle and High School) | Savitribai Phule Pune University (Undergraduate School) | Carnegie Mellon (Graduate School)
Work
Vic is a Pre-Seed to Pre-IPO startup investor with an operating background. He started in software and systems engineering. And transitioned to solutions consulting before moving to sales. He has sold products, intellectual property and services. A former engineering client jokes that his career moved from bright to dark to darker side!
He has been at startups with five exits and a high-growth public company. Startups exited at $19M, $55M, $190M, $450M and $1.2B. Acquirers were Capgemini (IGATE), Cisco Systems, Hitachi, Partners Group (Private Equity) and Qualcomm. He also worked at a high-growth public company as valuation grew from $25B to $100B+ in under seven years.
His first paying job was after his sophomore year in undergraduate engineering. He went door-to-door selling retail coupons to the local downtown merchants. He ended up earning the highest compensation among the field sales team. And grew it further by long-term investing in the equity market.
Education
Vic has a joint Master’s Degree from Carnegie Mellon. He studied Business, Computer Science, and Electrical & Computer Engineering (Information Networking). He completed his Bachelor's Degree from Savitribai Phule Pune University. He studied Computer Engineering and graduated with university honors.
He has deep involvement in both schools. He has multiple investments in alumni founder startups and the university region. He serves on the alumni leadership council for his graduate program. And leads the alumni outreach & recognition committee. He was the Technical Editor of the undergraduate college magazine. And wrote for the local newspapers.
Life
Vic grew up in an Armed Forces background and has lived across fifteen states in two countries. Both he and his younger brother are also married within Armed Forces backgrounds.
Thanks to surviving 9/11 he inculcated a high appreciation for financial prudence. A lower-cost one-hop flight from Newark to San Francisco booked by his employer saved his life.
He is a food and wilderness enthusiast. He is community-oriented and likes helping people adopt & train dogs. He played competitive sports in school and enjoys natural movements nowadays. Manual labor around the home & yard, occasional tree-climbing and foraging keep him fit.
Maker Lab
Learning and experimenting about the creation and adoption of solutions is routine. Technology. Longevity. Human Psychology. Animal Behavior. Design. Food and Beverages. Personal Care. Clothing. Materials. Buildings. Basics. Compounding. Productivity. Research topics in a never-ending list.
Well-crafted solutions with high usefulness that achieve significant adoption bring him happiness. A Maker Lab would be great!
Laughable
Leg-pulling at friends and family conversations revolve around his idiosyncrasies. Large personal care collection that has evolved to joint use with his wife. Taking longer than most people to get ready. Searching for colorful prints for men's shirts in wholesale garment shops for women. Carrying a large work backpack loaded with water and beverages. And friends and neighbors inviting him for training dogs and teaching kids.
Vic is a Pre-Seed to Pre-IPO startup investor with an operating background. He started in software and systems engineering. And transitioned to solutions consulting before moving to sales. He has sold products, intellectual property and services. A former engineering client jokes that his career moved from bright to dark to darker side!
He has been at startups with five exits and a high-growth public company. Startups exited at $19M, $55M, $190M, $450M and $1.2B. Acquirers were Capgemini (IGATE), Cisco Systems, Hitachi, Partners Group (Private Equity) and Qualcomm. He also worked at a high-growth public company as valuation grew from $25B to $100B+ in under seven years.
His first paying job was after his sophomore year in undergraduate engineering. He went door-to-door selling retail coupons to the local downtown merchants. He ended up earning the highest compensation among the field sales team. And grew it further by long-term investing in the equity market.
Education
Vic has a joint Master’s Degree from Carnegie Mellon. He studied Business, Computer Science, and Electrical & Computer Engineering (Information Networking). He completed his Bachelor's Degree from Savitribai Phule Pune University. He studied Computer Engineering and graduated with university honors.
He has deep involvement in both schools. He has multiple investments in alumni founder startups and the university region. He serves on the alumni leadership council for his graduate program. And leads the alumni outreach & recognition committee. He was the Technical Editor of the undergraduate college magazine. And wrote for the local newspapers.
Life
Vic grew up in an Armed Forces background and has lived across fifteen states in two countries. Both he and his younger brother are also married within Armed Forces backgrounds.
Thanks to surviving 9/11 he inculcated a high appreciation for financial prudence. A lower-cost one-hop flight from Newark to San Francisco booked by his employer saved his life.
He is a food and wilderness enthusiast. He is community-oriented and likes helping people adopt & train dogs. He played competitive sports in school and enjoys natural movements nowadays. Manual labor around the home & yard, occasional tree-climbing and foraging keep him fit.
Maker Lab
Learning and experimenting about the creation and adoption of solutions is routine. Technology. Longevity. Human Psychology. Animal Behavior. Design. Food and Beverages. Personal Care. Clothing. Materials. Buildings. Basics. Compounding. Productivity. Research topics in a never-ending list.
Well-crafted solutions with high usefulness that achieve significant adoption bring him happiness. A Maker Lab would be great!
Laughable
Leg-pulling at friends and family conversations revolve around his idiosyncrasies. Large personal care collection that has evolved to joint use with his wife. Taking longer than most people to get ready. Searching for colorful prints for men's shirts in wholesale garment shops for women. Carrying a large work backpack loaded with water and beverages. And friends and neighbors inviting him for training dogs and teaching kids.
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Clark, VisionPassage Mascot
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Adoption: Clark is a Jack Russell Terrier (JRT) with some Rat Terrier mix. Forever grateful for his adoption to the East Bay SPCA in Oakland. He is a rescue from the streets of East Oakland.
Life: Clark is a calm and friendly companion with a large vocabulary. He has high-endurance and enjoys challenges. He has completed a half-marathon, likes to climb over rocks and walks with ease over fences. On nice weather days, he greets neighbors and dogs at the front porch without running outside.
Clark transformed Vic's life and triggered lasting positive changes.
Vision: Clark sniffs around every place checking for dogs. His crazy vision is every home having a dog as a family member and all workplaces allowing dogs. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Dogs!
Life: Clark is a calm and friendly companion with a large vocabulary. He has high-endurance and enjoys challenges. He has completed a half-marathon, likes to climb over rocks and walks with ease over fences. On nice weather days, he greets neighbors and dogs at the front porch without running outside.
Clark transformed Vic's life and triggered lasting positive changes.
Vision: Clark sniffs around every place checking for dogs. His crazy vision is every home having a dog as a family member and all workplaces allowing dogs. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Dogs!