Vikram Chadha

Current

Managing Director at Enterprise Corp

Past

Entrepreneur-in-Residence at bCatalyst
Consultant (Sr. Systems Analyst) at GE Consumer and Industrial Systems
Graduate Co-op Software Engineer at Electronet Information Systems

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Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Manipal Institute of Technology
St. Xaviers College

Cathedral and John Connon School

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Recommended

3 people have recommended Vikram

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

Vikram Chadha’s Summary

Vik is the Managing Director at the Enterprise Corp (www.enterprisecorp.com) and the Director of the Louisville Innovation and Commercialization Center.

He has helped 70 clients secure over $75 Million in financing, and 8 of his clients have sold their companies for an aggregate of over $150 Million.

Prior to joining the Enterprise Corp, Vik worked as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at bCatalyst where he had the opportunity to assist in the process of identifying, evaluating, and funding innovative early-stage high-tech startups.

Vik serves as director of the Venture Club of Louisville. He was a member of the executive committee and the chairman of the presentations committee from 2005 to 2007.

He is the co-founder of Passion4Art (www.passion4art.com), one of the largest online communities of visual artists in the world, with over 2,000 registered artists from 65 countries.

Vikram Chadha’s Specialties:

Internet, Software, Distribution Channels, Go-to-market Strategy, Business Model Analysis, Financial Modeling, Valuation, Capitalization, Venture Capital, Private Equity

Vikram Chadha’s Experience

Managing Director

Enterprise Corp

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

October 2001 — Present (7 years 10 months)

Vik is the Managing Director at the Enterprise Corp (the division of Greater Louisville Inc. that specializes in developing the region's fast-growth entrepreneurial sector.)

He has helped 70 clients secure over $75 Million in financing, and 8 of his clients have sold their companies for an aggregate of over $150 Million.

He serves on the board of directors of the Venture Club of Louisville, Metromojo and TIH.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence

bCatalyst

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

December 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 1 month)

Identified, evaluated, and help fund 3 high-tech startup companies in Louisville. Worked with the founders of these companies in preparing their business plans and getting them ready for the next round of funding. Performed due diligence on dozens of companies on a day-to-day basis.
Consultant (Sr. Systems Analyst)

GE Consumer and Industrial Systems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Industrial Automation industry)

March 1995 — January 2000 (4 years 11 months)

Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence
• Led a design and development team to create a state-of-the-art browser-based Query Wizard for the Information Warehousing group.
• Piloted a “natural language” product for data warehouses to search structured databases by generating SQL from English.

E-Commerce Initiatives
• Founder-member of the "Avalanche" team at GE, which was formed to create the long-term strategic direction of GE Appliances’ E-Business initiatives in B2B E-commerce.
• Piloted a B2C program in 1998 to sell microwave ovens and mini-refrigerators over the Internet, the first in the industry.

Internet Technologies
• Evaluated cutting-edge technologies in the areas of Internet telephony, video conferencing and web-based collaboration tools for the Sales organization.
Graduate Co-op Software Engineer

Electronet Information Systems

(Computer Software industry)

1992 — 1993 (1 year)

Vikram Chadha’s Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

MS , Electrical Engineering (major in Computer Engineering) , 1991 — 1994
Manipal Institute of Technology

B.E. , Electronics and Communications Engineering , 1986 — 1990
St. Xaviers College

H.S.C. , Science , 1984 — 1986
Cathedral and John Connon School

1981 — 1984

Additional Information

Vikram Chadha’s Websites:

Vikram Chadha’s Interests:

Launching new ventures, Internet marketing, Psychology, Pricing, Distribution Channels, Advertising, Go-to-market Strategy

Vikram Chadha’s Groups:

Venture Club of Louisville Board Member (2004-2006),
TeN Wireless Committee Member (2004-2006),
GLIDE 2006 - Economic Gardening Subcommittee member
Top TeN Awards Selection Committee member (2005)
SBIR/STTR Conference Planning Committee Member (SWIFT V)
Intel ISEF Grand Awards Judge in the Computer Science Category (2002)
IEEE, New York Academy of Sciences