Sailesh Sigatapu
Sailesh Sigatapu is a partner at Anthill Ventures, a speed scaling platform for early growth stage start-ups in Urban Lifestyle. Over the last seven years, Anthill Ventures has scaled by 11.6x with a globally-built portfolio of 75 companies, one unicorn, one SPAC and one IPO across India, US, Europe, Israel and SE Asia. Sailesh currently manages fundraising and investor relations at the venture scaler firm. He also oversees Anthill Venture’s Urban Tech vertical and its accelerator programmes. With almost 2 decades of experience across a spectrum of industries and an extensive work portfolio across two countries, Sailesh lends his expertise in sustainability and green building technology to condition relations with investors and expand their business footprint. He commenced his career with Boston Telecom in the US, before shifting to Sparc Technologies, an IT consulting firm. In 2009 he moved back to India to work as a key members of the leadership team at IntelliDecs, a Hyderabad-based EPC services company that focused on infrastructure projects. Sailesh has employed his specialisation to drive Anthill’s efforts in establishing entrepreneurs in Urban Tech and Urban Lifestyle. A passionate poker player – he owns Delhi Czars, who finished up second in this year’s PSL finale - Sailesh is a strong believer in the power of giving back. A partner for Sacred-Paths, an NGO that delves into grassroots wellbeing for all, he also actively supports other organisations such as WE (Welfare & Education) that supports underprivileged children, and SACH (Save a Child’s Heart).