Hi, I’m Kunal.

I invest in early and growth stage companies, but honestly, I just love talking to founders. The best part of my week is hearing someone explain why the world is about to change. Most recently I’ve done growth equity at Radian Capital and early-stage venture at Third Prime.

I’m interested in all things tech, but I spend most of my time thinking about physical AI, fintech, and prediction and trading markets. I share my raw thoughts on tech and venture daily on X.

Before that, I was at Vector Capital, working on special situations tech private equity and growth buyouts. I started out in venture at H Venture Partners, investing in early-stage consumer, health, and biotech companies.

Before investing, I built things. In high school I did competitive robotics, and separately researched telehealth drones and co-authored a paper on a sliding-arm quadcopter. In college I kept working on drones at Penn’s GRASP Lab, on navigation without GPS. I also co-founded Fahrenheit Finance, a stablecoin yield startup. We helped everyday savers earn higher yields on their savings through crypto stablecoins and micro-lending.

I came to Penn thinking I only wanted to be a builder, and fell in love with the art of investing along the way. I studied finance at Wharton and computer science at Penn Engineering through the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, Penn’s dual-degree program in business and engineering.

I’ve lived in Singapore, Thailand, India, and the US, and spent most of the last ten years growing up in Cincinnati. These days I split my time between Philadelphia and New York. I love traveling (30+ countries so far) and hiking, and have played guitar for over 15 years. I’m a huge foodie and an even bigger Cincinnati Bengals fan.

I’ve been talking to a lot of founders recently, and I’m opening it up to more people. Happy to chat tech, venture, startups, life, and everything in between, and to introduce you to founders, builders, students, and VCs in my network. The best way to reach me is to grab time on my calendar or DM me on X. You can also email me: kunalr@wharton.upenn.edu.