Dallas Venture Partners

Ravish Ailinani has extensive experience in corporate strategy, finance and venture capital investments. He has over $70B of announced transaction experience including M&A, IPOs, growth stage investing, equity and debt capital market transactions and capital raises. Prior to DVC, he lead Corporate Development at Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas and was a Vice President at Evercore, the leading M&A-focused investment bank in New York City where he advised C-Suite executives and Board of Directors of Fortune 500 companies, top private equity firms, and sovereign wealth funds. Ravish holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras.

Gokul Dixit brings two decades' experience in North American, European and Asian capital markets, including bond & equity issuances, leveraged loans, private equity buyouts, venture capital investments, financial restructuring, asset-backed structured finance, cash, commodities and currency risk management. As a treasury analyst and investment manager, Gokul has led investments in start-up ventures. As a corporate turnaround specialist, he brought operational improvements and strategic alliances for his portfolio. He has also managed investments in multiple asset-cycles, asset classes and geographies.

Shyam Penumaka brings more than two and half decades of experience in Investment Banking and Information Technology. As a founding managing partner of an advisory firm, Shyam has advised multiple startups across technology and solar sectors to raise equity capital and in M & A transactions. A seasoned information technology professional with a global outlook Shyam has domain expertise in telecom, benefit administration and banking industries across North America and India. Shyam had led EDCs (Extended Delivery Centers) in India for large telecom operators in North America, UK and Europe. Shyam managed the engineering organization for a Silicon Valley startup that built multi tenet employee retirement self-care and employer contribution portals. Shyam volunteers for non-profit organizations and was the Hyderabad Chapter President of "Youth For Seva", where he led multiple projects in green and health sectors in partnership with CSR divisions of large MNCs. Shyam holds an MBA from the prestigious Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad.

Kiran Kalluri is a Fund Partner at Dallas Venture Capital, where he is involved with all aspects of the India Fund. Kiran works closely with the Advantage Growth and the Operations Teams. Kiran has more than two decades of professional experience across diverse functions with global organisations which defined the spaces they operate in including Google, Dell, The Economic Times, and Onida. A continuous learner, he has handled complex processes and led large global teams acquiring expertise through hands-on experience across functional domains including outsourced & offshored BPM Operations, Global Field operations, HR, Finance, Industry Research, Sales & Marketing. His experience spans across Geo Spatial, digital marketing, technical support, media, and consumer durables sectors. A quintessential problem solver, he successfully executed enterprise level strategic projects which involved challenging tax, legal and public policy related issues and has delivered transformational outcomes. Well-travelled globally, his primary expertise lies in leading scaled operations where he has led large scale multi-site operations apart from field operations in 25 countries spread across 6 continents. He has achieved all this while building and nurturing culturally diverse and talented teams spread across the world which thrived on execution. He also championed global diversity initiatives for his teams. A people's person and a consummate relationship builder, Kiran's wide network with industry leaders, policy makers, investors and academia equips him with unique perspectives and access to resources which he leverages to enable technology startups scale and succeed. He is a member of many angel networks and a charter member of TiE Hyderabad through which he supports, mentors, and engages with the startup community. Actively involved with many social and policy advocacy forums, he is a well-respected community leader having addressed many challenging issues leveraging his leadership skills. Kiran completed his MBA from one of India's top business schools, IIM Calcutta, and has an undergraduate degree in Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from Osmania University College of Engineering. He has also completed his Level 1 CFA. Kiran is based out of Hyderabad, India where lives with his parents, wife and two teenage sons. Beyond his engagement with DVC, whenever possible, he travels across the country for archery tournaments along with his sons who are both budding archers competing at the National level.