About
Samir became an early-stage institutional venture investor in India in 2001 following a 15 year operating career with high growth Indian companies. Industry Executive - For ten years from 1988 to 1999, Samir was part of the early team at Wipro (NYSE: WIT), one of India’s largest and most highly valued IT companies. Samir was a founding member of Wipro’s joint venture with Acer Computer in Taiwan to design, build and sell computers for the Indian market. Venture Investor - Samir became a venture capitalist in India when he joined Acer Technology Ventures in 2001- a $260 million institutional venture fund investing in technology and services companies in India, the U.S. and the Asia Pacific region. Samir led the firm's early-stage India venture practice in Banglaore, financing a number of Indian and U.S.-India companies. Samir was active on the Boards of the ATV India portfolio companies, resulting in several profitable exits to date including RelQ and Indecomm Global Services. At Inve
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 9 investors hold the Managing Director & General Partner role in VCSift. Samir Kumar is one of them.
- • 679 investors are based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Bangalore, India
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