Sri Rao

Sri joined Silversmith Capital Partners in 2015 and focuses on investments in SaaS & Information Services. Sri is passionate about partnering with entrepreneurs and supporting them along the path to realizing their vision. Within the SaaS & Information Services segment, Sri is especially interested in software products that are democratizing technology and leveraging product leadership to drive growth. Sri is focused on products that help foster deeper customer relationships or enable creators, whether they are software developers or artists, to make and distribute their work.

Prior to Silversmith, Sri was a Senior Director at salesforce.com where he served in various roles to create and scale the Salesforce Marketing Cloud after joining Salesforce through its acquisition of Buddy Media. Prior to Buddy Media, Sri was an Associate at TA Associates and an Analyst with Jefferies in the Technology Investment Banking group.

Sri lives with his wife and three children in the Boston area. He is a musician and passionate Philly sports fan trying to figure out how to raise Eagles fans in Patriots country.

Education

BS from The Wharton School and BAS from the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania