Investing in tech founders with limitless aspirations
Capria Ventures is a Global South specialist venture capital firm investing in Applied AI, connecting founders into a uniquely collaborative network. Capria Ventures provides capital and global collaboration to tech companies in the Global South building scalable, profitable businesses that improve the lives of hundreds of millions. Capria Ventures favors investing in businesses applying AI in the following sectors: fintech, healthtech, jobtech, agtech, deeptech and SaaS.
Eric Savage
Co-Founder & CEO, Unitus Capital / Co-Founder, UC Impower
Eric Savage co-founded Unitus Capital in 2007 and built it into India's leading impact investment group, raising over USD 5 billion for impact businesses. He previously ran Citigroup's Asian investment banking franchise (power and infrastructure) and was based in NYC and Hong Kong for 14 years. He co-founded UC Impower as Unitus's PE fund vehicle. A Duke University (cum laude) and Harvard Kennedy School graduate (Lucius N. Littauer Fellow), Eric has received the Indira Gandhi Sadbhawana Award and was named Indian Expat Entrepreneur of the Year (2014). He is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute's Finance Leaders Fellowship.
Srikrishna Ramamoorthy
Venture Partner
B.E. Computer Science (RV College of Engineering)
Srikrishna (or Sri as the office fondly calls him) focuses on sourcing exceptional entrepreneurs with compelling business ideas to invest in. Sri has held positions at the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation as a Grant Officer and was part of the founding team at Ujjivan, India's leading urban microfinance bank. He holds a B.E. in Computer Science from RV College of Engineering.
Abhijit Ray
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Unitus Capital
Abhijit Ray co-founded Unitus Capital and has nearly 20 years of experience in development finance, commercial banking, and microfinance. Previously an AGM at SIDBI overseeing microfinance in Andhra Pradesh, he started his career at the State Bank of India. He holds a degree from Kolkata University and has completed the Harvard Business School Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance.
Investments in securities markets are subject to market risks. Read all the related documents carefully before investing. Past performance is not indicative of future returns.
Surya Mantha
Managing Partner
PhD (University of Utah); MBA (University of Rochester); B.Tech Computer Science (IIT Kanpur)
Surya Mantha is a Managing Partner for Capria Ventures. Guiding startups and investment firms with finesse, he is the driving force behind investment operations in India. Before joining Capria's India operations (formerly Unitus Ventures), Surya held prominent leadership positions at Sify, RealNetworks, Peepul Capital and Omidyar Network India Advisors (ONIA). As a founding member of ONIA, he led investments in e-commerce, digital media, education and government transparency sectors. Surya also served as the CEO of Web18, a Network 18 Group Company, and as the CEO/MD of Saregama. He earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur and a PhD from the University of Utah. He also has an MBA from the University of Rochester, NY. He currently lives in Bangalore, India, with his family.
Kylie Charlton
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Unitus Capital
Kylie Charlton co-founded Unitus Capital in 2008 after leading capital markets work at Unitus Labs. She has 25+ years of experience at the intersection of mainstream capital markets, impact investment, and philanthropy, and was formerly VP at Citigroup's Project and Structured Finance Group. An Oxford MBA (Saïd Business School), she is CIO of Australian Impact Investments and a Venture Partner to the Giant Leap Fund.
Will Poole
Managing Partner
Bachelor's in Computer Science, Brown University
Will Poole is a serial entrepreneur and three-decade participant in the global VC ecosystem. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Capria Ventures where he also serves as the firm's Chief AI Evangelist. He has been directly investing in startups since 1997 and developed wisdom beyond his years as he navigated the downturns of 2000 and 2008. His first institutional venture fund was raised for Capria's predecessor Unitus Ventures, in 2012. He and his partners together manage over USD 200M AUM in companies spanning the Global South, from Sao Paulo to Nairobi to Bangalore to Jakarta. Their latest fund, Capria India Fund III, launched in Q2 2025 with a target size of USD 100M. In his big tech career, Will was a Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, leading several business lines, including the $13 billion Windows client business. He received a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Brown University in 1983.
Ann Short
Chief Operating Officer, Unitus Capital
Ann Short has 25+ years in financial services including as COO of Global Corporate & Investment Banking at Bank of America Securities and EVP at NASD (now FINRA). She spent 18 years at Morgan Stanley, rising to Managing Director, and has an MS from MIT Sloan and BA from Wellesley College.
Vikas Sarda
CFO, Unitus Capital / SEBI Contact Person
Vikas Sarda is the CFO of Unitus Capital and the SEBI-registered contact person for Capria Ventures India Fund III. A Chartered Accountant with Honours in Commerce from Delhi University, he joined Unitus in 2009 and leads finance, accounting, investor reporting, and cash management. He has over two decades of experience managing alternative funds. Previously at Max New York Life Insurance and WNS.
Susana Garcia-Robles
Managing Partner
Master's in Philosophy and Education (Universidad Catolica of Argentina); Master's in International Relations (Columbia University)
Susana Garcia-Robles is a recognized expert on entrepreneurship, high-impact investment, building diversified VC ecosystems, and an investor in applied GenAI startups and VC funds. She is a Managing Partner at Capria Ventures, responsible for the Middle East, Africa, and LATAM regions. She recently led the final close of the firm's second fund for the Global South and is now researching strategies built on Capria's deep global south capabilities for the firm's next funds for Latin America and Africa. Before joining Capria, she served as Chief Investment Officer and Gender Initiatives Coordinator at the Inter-American Development Bank. She is also a Senior Advisor, a member of the Women's Council and a former Board member of the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA). In 2012, she co-founded Wexchange, the first networking platform and pitch competition for LAC women STEMpreneurs. In 2019, she co-founded WeInvest Latam, a platform for women investors with LATAM as the central focus region. Susana has master's degrees in Philosophy and Education from the Universidad Catolica of Argentina, and in International Relations from Columbia University.
Sandhya Thukaram
COO
MBA (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees)
Sandhya's primary focus is leading investor relations at Capria Ventures and nurturing global relationships to support fundraising for all active funds across different geographies. Strategic marketing is intrinsic to her role, along with leading organization-wide goal setting with OKRs. Previously, Sandhya worked as the COO for Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship and AM, as well as Principal and Branch Head at The PRactice. She has an MBA from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees.
Mobola Da-Silva
Partner
Sanjiv Rangrass
Venture Partner
© 2026 Wisefolio. Legal and disclaimers