# Amrit Rao

> Amrit Rao is a General Partner at Village Global, the early-stage venture firm backed by Reid Hoffman, Jeff Bezos and a network of luminary LPs. A Stanford-trained biologist turned Wall Street investor turned advanced-manufacturing founder, he writes pre-seed and seed checks across tech and consumer, drawing on a dozen years of public-market investing and the bruises he collected building a furniture startup.

- **Role:** General Partner at Village Global
- **Organizations:** Village Global, Made & Modern Furniture, Starboard Value, Tiger Management, T. Rowe Price, Golden Gate Capital, Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB)
- **From:** San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Biological Sciences, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Promoted to Partner at Village Global after 4.5 years with the firm, Co-authored research papers in computer graphics and computer-assisted surgery while at Stanford/NASA National Biocomputation Center, Advised Google on the YouTube acquisition as an M&A Analyst at CSFB Technology Group

## Career timeline

- **High school / undergrad** — Researcher at Stanford/NASA National Biocomputation Center, co-authored papers in computer graphics and computer-assisted surgery
- **Post-Stanford** — M&A Analyst, CSFB Technology Group - advised Google on the YouTube acquisition
- **12 years** — Investor at affiliates of Starboard Value, Tiger Management, T. Rowe Price, and Golden Gate Capital
- **Pre-2019** — Co-Founder & CEO of Made & Modern Furniture, an advanced-manufacturing startup
- **2019-2024** — Joined Village Global; involved with the firm for 4.5 years before becoming Partner
- **2024** — Promoted to Partner at Village Global

## Achievements

- Promoted to Partner at Village Global after 4.5 years with the firm
- Co-authored research papers in computer graphics and computer-assisted surgery while at Stanford/NASA National Biocomputation Center
- Advised Google on the YouTube acquisition as an M&A Analyst at CSFB Technology Group
- Founded and scaled Made & Modern Furniture, an advanced-manufacturing startup

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Promoted to Partner at Village Global

## Links

- Website: https://www.villageglobal.com/team/amrit-rao
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amrit-rao/

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Last updated: 2026-05-20