Vivek Rajkumar

Vivek Rajkumar
Residence Santa Monica
Education University of Washington (2005)

Vivek Rajkumar is a serial angel investor and former Indian American tournament poker player.

Early life

Rajkumar was born in India and grew up in Singapore and Seattle. He graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Washington in 2005, after which he worked at Microsoft as a Software Engineer.[1]

Career

Rajkumar has interests in social media, gaming, hard technology, and sports betting and invests heavily in these verticals. His angel investment firm, Fikir Ventures, invests in teams that are "obsessively motivated about what they're working on and mission driven." [2] His public investments include Metric Gaming,[3] Compose Labs,[4] and MSI.[5] The firm partners with entrepreneurs at the earliest stage, often when they are just at the idea stage.[2]

Rajkumar has also been involved in tournament poker. In 2008, he won the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Main Event, securing a cash prize of $1,424,500. He won two notable hands as a big underdog - once with pocket Tens versus pocket Aces before the flop (18% chance of winning), and the final hand with Ace Jack versus Ace Queen (26% chance of winning). The loss of either hand would have resulted in him being knocked out of the tournament. His last six figure cash in a tournament was in 2011.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Under the Needle: UW grad gives it all up for poker". seattlepi.com. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  2. 1 2 "Fikir Ventures". Fikir Ventures. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  3. ↑ "Metric Gaming". www.metricgaming.com. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  4. ↑ "Compose Labs".
  5. ↑ "Vivek Rajkumar". angel.co. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  6. ↑ "V R - Poker Player". www.cardplayer.com. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
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