Vanishree Rao, Angel Investor

Vanishree Rao is an angel investor with a portfolio that includes Interstate and GAIB. She participated in Interstate’s seed round, which raised $1.5 million. Interstate is a blockchain startup focused on protocol development and ecosystem growth to improve transaction speed and efficiency for decentralized applications. She also invested in GAIB’s pre-seed round, which raised $5 million. GAIB develops AI-driven solutions for global agricultural intelligence and resource optimization. Vanishree is the founder of Fermah, a proof generation marketplace optimized for fast and reliable zero-knowledge proofs, and previously served as head of applied cryptography at Input Output (IOHK). Her career reflects deep expertise in cryptography and investment in emerging AI and blockchain ventures.