Vaas Bhaskar

Vaas is a Principal at Elevation and focuses on early-stage investments in Fintech and Financial Services. Before Elevation, Vaas worked with Bain & Co., where he focused on consumer and financial technology businesses. He has also spent time at Barclays Bank focusing on building internal products and tools for the bank. Vaas completed his MBA from IIM Calcutta and is an Institute Gold Medal holder, and graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering from National University of Singapore (NUS).

High trust, and alignment on playing the long game are, I believe, the foundation of a successful investor-founder partnership

"Shaping the future is tough. But there are a few who embark on that journey with unshakeable belief and persistence; and few places match the energy and possibilities in India today. I feel privileged to partner with these change-makers in India.

I believe that the most successful founders stand-out because of their unceasing customer-empathy. The surest sign of this in an early stage founder is their unique insight or perspective on the status quo - earned through having spent time on the problem statement, connecting unrelated dots, or by putting themselves into unique information flows.

High trust, and alignment on playing the long game are, I believe, the foundation of a successful investor-founder partnership. My truest commitment to a founder comes from the little things: listening with a true intent to listen, asking the right questions and adopting the role that will be most helpful to founders at any given time."