Rishi Taparia

Rishi Taparia is the co-founder and General Partner at Garuda Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm most often leading a founder’s initial round of financing as their first true believer. Some companies he has backed include Canva, Airbase, ConductorOne, and Arena.

Before starting Garuda, Rishi spent almost a decade building in fintech and AI at Poynt and Legion. He is also an alumnus of Matrix Partners, Scale Venture Partners, and Merrill Lynch.

Having grown up as an expat in Jakarta, Indonesia, Rishi now lives in Orinda, CA, with his wife Nisha and their two children.