Sujatha Ramanujan
Chief investment Officer and Managing Director Luminate
Rochester, New York Metropolitan Area
Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$2,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,000,000.00
Skills
Education
- Uo
Lists including Sujatha
Investments
Custom Surgical
Total Funding: $620K
Lightspeed Photonics
Total Funding: $100K
Lidrotec
Total Funding: $1M
QD Solar
Total Funding: $100K
Stratio, Inc.
Total Funding: $100K
Scout Space
Total Funding: $100K
MEETOPTICS
Total Funding: $100K
EMGenisys
Total Funding: $100K
Quantopticon
Total Funding: $100K
OWL Autonomous Imaging
Total Funding: $15M
Mesodyne
Total Funding: $2M
Infrascreen
Total Funding: $100K
Qunnect
Total Funding: $8.9M
Nordetect
Total Funding: $2.3M
Rubitection
Total Funding: $300K
SaNoor
Total Funding: $100K
Neurescence
Total Funding: $100K
Opalux
Total Funding: $100K
DoubleHelix
Total Funding: $1M
Tarsier Optics
Total Funding: $1M
LighTopTech
Total Funding: $100K
Work Experience
2024
Chief Investment Officer
2024
Managing Director
2017
Created Luminate, a $5M per year, internationally recognized accelerator for optics, photonics and imaging tech-enabled start-ups, with participation from 30+ countries worldwide. Teams compete for one of ten available slots in each cohort, guaranteeing them a minimum investment of $100,000, and potentially as much as $1M. Direct recruitment, marketing and selection of candidate companies. Negotiated and invested in 65 companies to date (Several good exits, with 90% of the cohort companies still in business. Over 2x return anticipated on investments.) Used long term professional relationships to recruit, retain and engage industry experts to coach CEOs of cohort companies and serve on Luminate’s Advisory Board. Built a team over 6 years with near zero attrition.
2017
President
2017
Uttara provides device design and Launch support for Optics Photonics and Imaging
2020
Member Board of Directors
2020
2019
Board of Directors, Optics Companies
2019
2019
Member Board of Directors
2019
2018
Member Board of Directors
2018
2011 - 2017
Chief Operating Officer and Vice President
2011 - 2017
Established US operations, led business development and venture capital fund raising.
2007 - 2008
CTO CAD Business
2007 - 2008
2005 - 2006
Director External Alliances
2005 - 2006