Praveen Paranjothi

Webit Speaker, Venture Capital Investor, European Investment Fund (EIF)

Praveen Paranjothi is a venture capital investor at the European Investment Fund (“EIF”). EIF is the largest and most influential investor in European Venture Capital with over EUR 4bn committed in more than 300 funds.  Praveen is a senior member of the VC team, leading investments in funds focused on different sectors and stages across Europe; he also manages a portfolio of VC funds with active Board roles and involved in different mandate initiatives including the Luxembourg Future Fund, Istanbul Venture Capital Initiative/Turkish Growth and Innovation Fund, and the Baltic Innovation Fund. 

Praveen previously worked at Siemens Venture Capital, and Nokia/Nokia Siemens Networks in Germany. He holds a MBA from HEC Paris, France completed with an exchange at the Haas School at UC Berkeley, USA. He also holds a Master and Bachelor in Engineering from UAS Darmstadt, Germany and University of Madras, India, respectively.