Poorvi Vijay

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Principal at Elevation Capital

United States

Overview

Poorvi Vijay is a Principal at Elevation Capital, focusing on early-stage investments in Enterprise Software and AI. An alumna of Harvard Business School and IIT Guwahati, she has prior experience in product management at Adobe and Amazon. Key investments include Murf. ai, SuperOps AI, and Composio.

She demonstrates a strong interest in nurturing the next generation of tech enthusiasts, highlighted by her encouragement of a high school students participation in an exclusive AI founder event. She is actively involved in the Indian AI community, participating in summits and dialogues.

Unique fact: During her academic years, she co-authored research papers on tangible user interfaces, including a design for a tangible music programming puzzle tool.

Personality Overview

Judgemental

Hard To Convince

Demanding

They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.  They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles.

Topics They Care About

AI Investing
Actively invests in and partners with early-stage AI startups, with a focus on companies building for the future of enterprise software.
Enterprise SaaS
Her portfolio includes a range of B2B SaaS companies, from AI-powered solutions like Murf. ai to sales and developer tools like Everstage and Portkey.
Indian AI Ecosystem
Engages in discussions on capital flow, compute access, and enterprise readiness to support the growth of early-stage AI startups in India.

Media Appearances

Poorvi Vijay – Principal, Elevation Capital (Team Profile). Featured in Elevation Capital

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India's AI Opportunity – SummitUp Podcast (featuring Poorvi Vijay). Featured in Elevation Capital Perspectives

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Poorvi Vijay – Principal, Elevation Capital (Team Profile). Featured in Elevation Capital

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Work History

5-2025
Principal at Elevation Capital
9-2023 - 5-2025
Vice President at Elevation Capital
9-2021 - 9-2023
Associate Vice President at Elevation Capital
11-2020 - 6-2021
Member Of The Board Of Advisors at Battery Associates
5-2020 - 8-2020
Product Management and Strategy, Creative Cloud Enterprise at Adobe

Education

2019 - 2021
Master of Business Administration - MBA from Harvard Business School
Education details unavailable from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

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Insights For Selling To Poorvi

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Highlight the competitive differentiation of your product
  • Make sure that they have the necessary authority, they could present false stature sometimes
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending too much time on pleasantries

DONT's

  • Avoid repeating yourself or making generalizations
  • Don’t expect them to change their mind quickly if they say no once
  • Don't try too hard to get friendly, let it happen with time

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Poorvi is

  • Conviction in the product matters to them, followed by proof points and strong testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Poorvi

  • They may not be very forthcoming, but they will say no if needed.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Poorvi move?

  • They are neither the fastest decision makers nor the slowest.
  • Can Poorvi take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks but after weighing up the pros and cons.

You And Poorvi

Personality Compatibility


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