Abhi Mukherjee

Operating Partner at CerraCap Ventures

Speaker

Background: Across the spectrum of 25 years of his industry experience in senior business executive and technology leadership roles at Infosys (Rev: $20B), Wipro (Rev: $11B) and UST (Rev: $2B), Abhi has orchestrated and managed over $1.2 Billion in Enterprise Innovation and Digital Strategy engagements with Fortune 500 and G2K behemoths. He was also the founding member of UST's Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) team. In 2021, Abhi sold his B2B Enterprise AI startup, Nirveda Cognition, for an all-stock deal. This diverse experience makes Abhi an innovation evangelist focused on growth strategy. Abhi has been a featured speaker at several events and conferences.

Motivation: Abhi is on a mission to identify and foster avant-garde ideas rooted in ethos, pathos and logos to drive business success and community wellbeing. Abhi firmly believes the fabric of a resilient organization focuses on disruptive industry offerings and innovative digital solutions, while creating an impact that transforms lives by aligning - people, purpose and profit. Currently as an Operating Partner at CerraCap Ventures, he finds himself at the intersection of innovations and investments to support, advise and mentor category-defining entrepreneurs that are industrializing Purposeful Innovation and orchestrating Sustainable Value Creation.

Commitment to Innovation: Abhi has been serving the prestigious New Mexico LEEP's Strategic Leadership Council as their Advisor to drive collaboration between Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. Apart from this, Abhi has served as a Board Member at Predicta Med, GigaIO, Space Kinetic Corp, Gemelli Biotech, and TiE SoCal. Abhi has held advisory roles within Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, Forbes Business Council, Alliance for Southern California Innovation, Los Angeles Venture Association, and UC Irvine's DCE Board for Customer Experience Program. Abhi had served as the Founding Executive Underwriter to launch and support InspireCIO's Southern California chapter. His stint as an Advisor to the Former Mayor of the City of Irvine was instrumental in the foundation of the Irvine Innovation Council.

Education and Network: Abhi holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India, and has completed his Executive Education at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His sphere of influence ranges from enterprise businesses to startups and carries a distinct global footprint across five continents.