Fund Manager Profile
Rajiv Vaishnav
Founder, Managing Partner - Cornerstone Ventures
Rajiv Vaishnav is a Co-founder and Managing Partner at Cornerstone Ventures, an Indian Enterprise SaaS fund. The firm invests in early-stage B2B SaaS companies in the Consumer and Enterprise areas. Rajiv is leading the creation of Fund-II, a $200 million project to push Next Generation Enterprise Technologies. Cornerstone Ventures has $300 million in assets throughout two funds, with Fund-I ($50 million) backing 21 successful SaaS investments.
Rajiv has over 40 years of experience building brands, leading teams, and growing businesses. He promotes enterprise tech through investments and partnerships.
Rajiv is involved with the Maharashtra State Innovation Society (MSInS) and is a Board Member at Lumina Datamatics Limited. He also works with STPI FinGlobe CoE, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, the SME Chamber of India, Bhagwan Mahavir University, and the Hope Foundation and Research Centre.
Previously, Rajiv led partnerships at Reliance Industries' GenNext Venture Fund and Jio-GenNext Innovation Hub. At NASSCOM, he worked on cyber safety, SME support, ISO product quality and BPO standards, Animation & Gaming, and the 10K Startups program.
Rajiv co-founded TiE Mumbai to encourage entrepreneurship in India. In 2000, he attended the U.S. Government's International Visitors program on global trade.
