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Siri Srinivas
Principal at Draper Associates
Siri Srinivas is a Partner at Gradient Ventures, which is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on artificial intelligence and related technologies. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she joined Gradient Ventures in early 2024 after serving as a Principal at Draper Associates for over six years, where she specialized in investments in AI companies such as Standard AI and Webflow.24
Education and Early Career
Srinivas holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation from R. V. College of Engineering in Bangalore and a Master of Arts from Columbia University, where she studied urban policy and sociology among other subjects.13 Before her venture capital career, she worked as a venture analyst at FundersClub and as a reporter for The Guardian, focusing on economic issues.12
Investment Focus
At Gradient Ventures, Srinivas is involved in investing across various sectors, including enterprise software, SaaS, and emerging technologies. She has a particular interest in applications of AI in traditional industries and is known for her broad investment approach, which encompasses a variety of sectors and stages.34
Highlights
When this is all over, I hope people here in the tech industry can do some soul searching about how wrong our institutions’ ideas of neutrality are; and how this renunciation of accountability is failing democratic ideals.
If Bari Weiss can go around pontificating about journalistic talent, I should prepare to lecture on quantum physics
