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Rishaad Currimjee

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General Partner at Golden Sparrow
📍 Mauritius

Rishaad Currimjee is the General Partner at Golden Sparrow, a $20M fund focused on early-stage Deep Tech and AI startups led by global Indian founders. His two-decade career includes experience on Wall Street, with Indian startups like Bharti Airtel, and as CEO for a family business in Mauritius. He holds an MBA from INSEAD.

He is passionate about the founders journey and sees his venture capital role as a long-term commitment. Rishaads career reflects a deep interest in bridging the gap between large, established conglomerates and the agility of early-stage startups, drawing from his diverse personal and professional background across multiple continents.

Unique fact: Before becoming a venture capitalist, he co-founded a biotech clinical research startup and successfully exited the company.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
General Partner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Mauritius
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Priorities

Topics Rishaad cares about

Deep Tech Investing
His fund has a stated focus on sectors including robotics, biotech, spacetech, quantum, Physical AI, and semiconductors, often as the first institutional investor.
Global Indian Founders
He actively spots, seeds, and supports exceptional founders from the Indian diaspora globally, providing them with their initial institutional capital.
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Career

Work history

4-2023
General Partner
Golden Sparrow
8-2014 - 3-2023
CEO - Commercial
Currimjee Jeewanjee
2009 - 2014
Co-Founder and CEO
CIDP - Centre International de Développement Pharmaceutique
2006 - 2008
Chief Financial Officer
Startup - IMIL
2004 - 2006
Head of Mergers and Acquisitions
Bharti Airtel Limited
In the press

Media appearances

Golden Sparrow launches India-focused VC fund. Featured in YourStory
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Education
9-2013 - 12-2014
Global Executive MBA (distinction / top 10%)
INSEAD
1997 - 2001
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Williams College
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