Kavitha Ramaswamy

Kavitha Ramaswamy is a founding team member and Principal, Investments
at Mercurius Media Capital (MMC), where she also serves as Chief of Staff to the
President. She helped launch MMC’s $130M media-for-equity venture fund, investing
in high-growth companies where media drives market expansion. In its first year, she
spearheaded nine investments and now leads Mercurius Bridge, the fund’s founder-
first platform for cross-border scale.

Her earlier roles include driving Silicon Valley investments for Brand Capital
International, the corporate venture arm of the Times of India Group in North
America, where she managed a $41M portfolio; managing finance and operations
for Tesla’s $400M Energy Products business; building and scaling a $25M healthcare
venture in India for family office of Harsh Mariwala (Sharrp Ventures, Marico); and
advising global clients at Deloitte.

Outside of venture capital, Kavitha is creator at heart. Passionate about expanding
access to entrepreneurship, she also serves as Chair of CAStartups, a nonprofit
supporting finance and accounting professionals on their path to becoming
founders. Her ongoing research explores capital models that broaden access to scale