Gayatri Sarkar

Founder & CEO at Advaita Capital

Keynote

Gayatri Sarkar is the owner of Advaita Capital, one of the few/only growth VC fund in the US owned by a woman-POC. We are investing in generative AI, deep tech and decarbonization advancing the human race. Our checks are $10-50M+ and we have invested in top names like Stripe, Epic Games, Neuralink, Cohere, Tenstorrent and other top generative ai companies as well. Awarded Global Leader under 40 for championing $100B+ combined capital in gender advocacy through She-VC podcast. Former Federal Reserve Bank Manager- managed US Treasury’s assets for the US Military/ Navy, including managing big banks like JPM, PNC, G&D, and VISA. Founder of a consulting firm where US Treasury was first client. Founder of career networking tech startup, built at Harvard i-lab when Gayatri was a Harvard graduate student. Started her career as a data architect at HP, IBM, Goldman Sachs. Former GP of a TMT fund (acquired). Physics Honors, Math minor. Economics and Finance Major at Harvard. She completed 6years end of term as Board of Directors of Harvard Kennedy School NEA. She is also a crown patron of Princess Grace Foundation, USA, now Under The High Patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, Princess’s Grace’s son and ruling Prince of Monaco, is dedicated to the enduring legacy of his mother and the important mission of excellence in the arts. Advaita Capital is also official nominator of Earthshot Prize, created by Prince William Foundation, which grants 1M pounds to top 5 category climate tech startups through annual prize. Gayatri Sarkar is Bloomberg media trained and is a cohort of Bloomberg New Media voice in VC, AI, chips and other technology areas she is investing in. Gayatri Sarkar was also featured on the cover of Women and Wealth magazine Spring 2025 collection alongside powerful women CEOs like Christies’ CEO and few others, this magazine is issued by Brown Brothers Harriman. She was featured in Forbes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/hessiejones/2024/04/30/advaita-capitalsmission-to-ignite-diversity-and-ethical-investing-in-venture-capital/