Arvind Purushotham

Arvind is the Global Head of Citi Ventures. He leads the team’s efforts to catalyze innovation and accelerate growth across Citi by bringing the outside in, building and incubating new capabilities, and delivering thought leadership throughout both the bank and the finance and tech ecosystems. Arvind also serves as Citi Ventures’ Global Head of Venture Investing, overseeing all the group’s venture investing activities and partnering with both Citi colleagues and leading startups. Prior to Citi, Arvind spent nearly a decade as a Managing Director at Menlo Ventures, where he was an investor and Board member at companies including Kazeon Systems, Cavium Networks, Solidcore, nCircle Network Security, and Intelligent Results, and Vhayu Technologies. Previously, Arvind was a design engineer and a Program Manager at Intel Corporation. Arvind obtained his BSEE from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, an MSEE from Case Western Reserve University, and an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.