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Rama Bethmangalkar

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Sr. Director at Qualcomm Ventures
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Rama Bethmangalkar is the Managing Director for Qualcomm Ventures India, focusing on transforming tech ideas into successful businesses. An experienced venture capitalist with a background in R&D and product management at Sun Microsystems, he holds an MBA from Cornell University. Colleagues appreciate his "can-do" attitude and work ethic.

Outside of his professional life, Ramas interests include yoga, history, and classical music. He is an avid sports enthusiast and occasionally enjoys a game of golf. He is passionate about how technology, particularly in areas like AI and electric vehicles, is shaping the future.

Unique fact: Rama holds a U. S. Patent for a highly optimized data repository for 3G wireless systems from his time as an engineer.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Sr. Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Deep Tech Investing
He believes Indian entrepreneurship is maturing from consumer-driven businesses to more engineering and science-driven ones like semiconductors and quantum computing.
On-Device AI
Actively promotes the development of AI applications for edge cases, viewing AI PCs as the inevitable future, similar to the evolution of smartphones.
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Career

Work history

12-2017
Sr. Director
Qualcomm Ventures
1-2017 - 11-2017
Consultant & Board Advisor
Self-Employed
9-2007 - 12-2016
Principal
Ventureast
1-2005 - 5-2006
Sr. Product Manager
Sun Microsystems
9-1999 - 12-2004
Engineer
Sun Microsystems
In the press

Media appearances

Rama Bethmangalkar (Director, Qualcomm Ventures) – The Desi VC Podcast (Episode E8). Featured in The Desi VC Podcast
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Education
2006 - 2007
MBA
Cornell University
2006 - 2007
MBA
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management
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