# Sri Batchu

> Growth & Operations Leader. Investor.

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sribatchu

Growth and Operations leader with significant experience with hyper growth tech companies (Ramp, Instacart, Opendoor). Background in investing both public and private (large cap private equity to seed stage and angel) companies as well as management consulting.  Alum of Dartmouth and HBS.

## Work Experience
### Founder & General Partner @ NewMont Ventures
Jan 2026 – Present
Solo GP.  Focus on AI Apps, Marketplaces and Fintech.  Invest $100K to $250K typically in the first round of capital raising.

### Partner @ 20Growth
Jan 2023 – Present
Led investments in Clay, Zamp, Butter and Aviator

### Investor and Advisor at Various Start-Ups @ Self Employed
Jan 2018 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Earliest investor in a variety of companies like SurgeAI, Cartesia AI, Chalk AI, Kindred, Loft, Unify, Moment, Summation, Polar and 50+ others

### Chief Marketing Officer @ The RealReal
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
TRR is the leading authenticated luxury resale platform in the US.  NASDAQ: $REAL.  FY2024 reported GMV: $1.83B and reported revenue: $600M.

TRR went from -9% YoY Growth in Q4'23 to +20% YoY Growth in Q3'25.  Marketcap increased >7x during this time.

### Head of Growth @ Ramp
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
Led paid marketing, Field marketing, life cycle/CRM, automated outbounding, SEO, CSM and growth product including self-close.  Managed channels drive the majority of company pipeline. Team size of ~30 (~40 including engineers). Ramp run-rate revenue grew ~4x during my time. Continue to serve as a growth advisor to the company.

### Scout @ Sequoia Capital
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023

### Member Board of Directors @ Selina
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Member of board and audit committee of Prop-tech SPAC. Original ticker NYSE: BOAS.  Resigned as part of the acquisition/merger.  Current company/symbol post reverse merger: SLNA.

### Head of Growth (Strategy & Operations) @ Instacart
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Lead strategy and business operations for the primary Revenue driving functions of Instacart including ICApp/Website, Growth and Marketing, BD/partnerships, International expansion and Advertising.   Final team size: ~45.

### Head of Advertising (Strategy & Operations) @ Instacart
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the business functions of Instacart's emerging advertising revenue line.  Jointly accountable the Advertising P&L results with Sales and Product leadership. Supported during a >3x growth of the business off a >$100M base.

### Vice President Operations (Head of Pricing Operations) @ Opendoor
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led one of the three operating verticals of our core business: Pricing Operations. ~150 person nationwide team of local pricing experts that support development of our model/algorithms and engage on our toughest pricing decisions to deliver an accurate and consistent customer experience. Role also involves leading the requisite product operations and strategy/analytics/biz ops team as well as working closely with the Product team to deliver tools and insights for pricing operators. Promoted to VP in July ‘19.

### Head of Business Operations (Strategy & Analytics) @ Opendoor
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco
Internal centralized Strategy and Analytics team supporting our executives, functional leaders and City General Mangers on cross-functional business problems

### Head of Sales @ Opendoor
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Designed, hired and managed Opendoor's Agent Sales team.  Agent channel drives >80% of Opendoor revenue.  Also managed sales analytics, agent PR, and transaction closing with a total organization size of ~40 people.

### Director of Finance and Business Operations @ Opendoor
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
Managed a team focused on the cross-functional, business critical metric of inventory holding period for Opendoor with a reduction of ~50 days during this time.  Key initiatives included redesign of listing and transaction closing processes, changes to renovation strategy, and improved fee and resale pricing frameworks. Led corporate finance for ~3months supporting series C close, 409A and annual planning in 2015

### Investor - Public Equities @ Invus Group
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area
Focused on US Listed Large Cap Tech/Media Companies.  Investments were ~$300M (30% of total book).  Long names included AMZN, GOOG, FB and LNKD

### Associate Director @ Universal Music Group
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Greater Los Angeles Area
Seed Stage Investor in Media and Technology ventures.  Supported M&A and strategic priorities at corporate level.

### Senior Investment Associate Intern @ Bridgewater Associates
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Westport, CT

### Private Equity Associate @ Bain Capital
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011

### Business Analyst @ McKinsey & Company
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009


## Education
### MBA
Harvard Business School

### AB in Economics
Dartmouth College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sribatchu

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Last updated: 2026-04-07