Gaurav Bhogale, Mantis VC Investor on Infra, AI & Early Tech Bets
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Gaurav Bhogale is a Principal at Mantis Venture Capital. Mantis VC, the venture capital firm co-founded by Alex Pall and Drew Taggart of the electronic DJ group The Chainsmokers, has raised $100 million in commitments for its third fund. Mantis VC is an early stage technology investment firm supporting the most innovative companies across enterprise software, AI / ML, cloud and data infrastructure, healthtech, cybersecurity, gaming and other emerging technologies. Prior to that he was a VP at Galaxy Interactive and Managing partner of Chakra Capital. Notable Private Investments at Chakra Capital including Shield AI (Series F), Machina Labs (Series B), Saronic (Series A), Anthropic (Series B), Modern Intelligence (Series A), Bastille Networks (Series B), Uniswap Labs (Series B), D-Graph Labs (Seed), Qunnect (Seed), Anduin (Series B), and Humanly (Seed).Topics:
- Backing the Builders of AI, Infra, and Cyber from Day Zero
- Betting on the Infrastructure Behind the AI Revolution
- From Gaming to Generative AI: Lessons from Galaxy to Mantis