Schema Ventures: Aarthi Ramamurthy’s New Venture Capital Firm
Schema Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by Aarthi Ramamurthy, featuring a $20 million fund dedicated to supporting early-stage startups. Through her posts on LinkedIn and X, it has been revealed that the fund will prioritise “exceptional outsider founders.” With her background of building two startups, Ramamurthy brings valuable insights to her investment strategy.
Focus Areas of Schema Ventures
Schema Ventures will concentrate on the foundational stages of businesses spanning various sectors. Key areas of focus include:
- Industrial software
- Robotics and intelligence for factories
- Construction and logistics
- Workflow intelligence
- Developer tools
Aarthi Ramamurthy’s Expertise
Having held leadership roles in product and technology at major companies such as Microsoft, Netflix, and Meta, Ramamurthy is well-prepared to guide emerging businesses. She emphasised that the fund seeks to support founders who draw on their personal experiences rather than those with merely strong backgrounds or connections.
Collaborations and Media Presence
In 2020, Aarthi Ramamurthy launched a popular Clubhouse show alongside her husband, Sriram Krishnan, a former general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a senior AI policy advisor at the White House. The show, known as The Good Time Show, featured engaging discussions on startups, venture capital, and cryptocurrencies, hosting prominent guests like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
The show later evolved into The Aarthi and Sriram Show on YouTube, securing a podcast agreement with iHeartMedia and achieving over one million downloads by early 2023.