Raj Shekhar Singh

Raj Shekhar Singh is the Founder and General Partner at z21 Ventures, a fund investing in the US-India technology corridor. He is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded International Battery Company and Hyperspec AI. Previously, he was part of the founding team at Innovaccer and a consultant at McKinsey & Co. Raj holds a PhD from UC Berkeley and a B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur. He is passionate about building scalable startups in DeepTech, SaaS, and ClimateTech.

Z21 Ventures is a community-driven venture capital fund that focuses on early-stage technology startups. The fund leverages a strong network of alumni from IITs and other premier institutions to identify and support high-potential founders. Z21 Ventures adopts an "operator-investor" model, where the limited partners (LPs) are often experienced industry executives who provide mentorship and strategic guidance to portfolio companies. The firm primarily invests in B2B SaaS and AI-driven enterprises.