Varsha Rao - Executive Partner @ Flare Capital Partners

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Primary Job Title Executive Partner
Primary Organization
Flare Capital Partners

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Female

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Website www.varsharao.com
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Varsha Rao is an Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners, former Head of Global Operations at Airbnb, CEO of Nurx and COO at Clover Health. She was the Co-Founder of Eve.com. Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

She is an active angel investors with

successful investments in AI-Infra, Healthcare, Vertical AI, Consumer Tech and more.

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investments. Their latest investment was

Venture Round - TextQL

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TextQL

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	TextQL	—	Venture Round - TextQL	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Raindrop	—	Seed Round - Raindrop	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Alex AI	—	Series A - Alex AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Abby Care	—	Venture Round - Abby Care	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Diversion Company	—	Seed Round - Diversion Company	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Affiniti	—	Series A - Affiniti	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Voiceops	—	Seed Round - Voiceops	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Observo AI	—	Seed Round - Observo AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Qualified Health	—	Seed Round - Qualified Health	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	MatX	—	Series A - MatX	obfuscated obfuscation

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Printify

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Printify

Pinch

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Observo AI

Printify Printify is a platform that connects e-commerce merchants, marketplaces and print on demand dropshipping producers.
Pinch Pinch makes it easy to build its clients' credit history just by paying their rent.
Observo AI Observo AI is a data pipeline and security platform that offers AI-based observability pipeline services.
Nurx Nurx is a digital healthcare company offering 10 services across reproductive health, at-home testing, dermatology, migraine care, and more.
Identified Identified is a big data and analytics company, pioneers a technology transforming social data from Facebook into professional intelligence.
Deserve Inc. A mobile-first credit card platform that allows partners to offer superior personalized experiences for cardholders.
Custora Custora is the leader in advanced customer analytics for the retail industry.
Brightpearl Brightpearl is the omnichannel retail management system that puts your orders, inventory, financials, POS and CRM in one place.
Bandit Bandit is a new retail coffee brand for the next generation of consumers.
Athelas Athelas develops technology to monitor chronically ill patients in their homes.

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Varsha Rao

is the

Executive Partner

Flare Capital Partners

. Additionally,

Varsha Rao

has had

past jobs including

Chief Executive Officer

Nurx

Flare Capital Partners Executive PartnerOct 2022

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Nurx	Chief Executive Officer	Apr 2019	Aug 2022
Clover Health	COO	Sep 2017	Jan 2019
Airbnb	Head of Global Operations	Nov 2013	Dec 2016
LivingSocial	Senior Vice President, International	Jan 2011	Nov 2013
SingTel Digital Media	Chief Executive Officer	Aug 2008	Jan 2011
Gap	Vice President/GM of OldNavy.com	2004	2008
Eve.com	Founder & Co-CEO	1998	2000
McKinsey & Company	Engagement Manager	Aug 1995	Jul 1998

Board and Advisor Roles

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Varsha Rao

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board of directors

Viasat

Advisor

Chymera VR

, and

Board Member

Nurx

Viasat Board of directorsJul 12, 2017
Chymera VR Advisor
Nurx Board Member

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