Partner
Sitar Teli
Managing Partner, Connect Ventures
- Firm
- Connect Ventures
- Title
- Managing Partner
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
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Record updated 18 September 2026
About
Sitar has been a VC since 2008, focusing on early-stage investments in consumer and B2B2C enablement in marketplaces, market networks and networked SaaS. Prior to Connect, she was with Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures, where she led their Series A round in SoundCloud. Sitar’s expertise is in products with network effects or community-led growth. Her investments include ai-coustics, Hopkins and Deepstash. Outside of work, she likes cooking, eating what she cooks and travelling (to places with great food). Sitar has a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Duke University.
Background
- Expertise
- early-stage investments in consumer and B2B2C enablement in marketplaces, market networks and networked SaaS; products with network effects or community-led growth
- Education
- Sitar has a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Duke University.Source (opens in a new tab)
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