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Samir Kumar

Go-getter · DISC type d
Member - Advisory Council at Innovation Centre, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Samir Kumar is a General Partner at Athera Venture Partners with a venture capital career spanning since 2001, following 15 years in the IT industry. An alumnus of IIT Bombay and IIM Bangalore, he focuses on early-stage technology companies and serves on the boards of several successful startups.

He is passionate about nurturing the entrepreneurial ecosystem, maintaining long-term relationships with founders beyond formal exits. Samir actively supports innovation at the academic level, holding governing roles at technology incubators at IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderabad, and IIIT Bangalore, reflecting a deep commitment to mentoring new talent.

During his MBA at IIM Bangalore, he was distinguished as the "Best All-Round Outgoing student".

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Experience
38 Years
Current Role
Member - Advisory Council
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Samir shows up

Decisive
Self-Confident
Fast-Paced

They respond well to confident salespeople. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles.

Priorities

Topics Samir cares about

Deep Tech Startups
He actively invests in and champions companies solving exceptionally difficult problems, as seen with his recent funding and posts about robotics company CynLr.
Founder Relationships
He emphasizes the value of building "precious relationships" with founders that extend beyond the investment period, meeting informally with current, past, and prospective entrepreneurs.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Member - Advisory Council
Innovation Centre, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
1-2021
Member - Hub Governing Body (HGB)
Technology Incubation Hub, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore
6-2020
Member - Hub Governing Body (HGB)
Technology Incubation Hub, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad
11-2018 - 6-2021
Member - Advisory Council
Center for Corporate Governance and Citizenship, IIM Bangalore
5-2017 - 11-2021
Member - Advisory Board
FabCI (Fabless Seminconductor Incubator @ IIT Hyderabad)
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Media appearances

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Education
1979 - 1984
Bachelor’s Degree
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
1984 - 1986
MBA
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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