The heart of the matter is that while the VC investment firm pretends to be a partnership, it actually behaves like a single-founder fund.
Orios Venture Partners has seen a number of unsettling developments lately.
Last month, two managing partners, Anup Jain and Rajeev Suri, quit the early-stage venture capital firm. This leaves Orios with a single managing partner—Rehan Yar Khan, who is also a co-founder and now leads a team of nine. Before them, Vinit Bhansali, senior vice president at the firm, had left in June. Three people we spoke with, all of whom requested anonymity, say the exits are because of how Orios structures its compensation for partners, along with frequent infighting among the top management over the fund’s performance and future …
Anuj covered all things startups and venture capital at The Morning Context. Previously, he worked at VCCircle, where he covered healthcare and private equity. Anuj studied mass communication at the Manipal Institute of Communication and before journalism, he operated a bar in Udupi.
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