Startup investor and podcast host Aarthi Ramamurthy officially announced on Wednesday the launch of her $20 million venture fund called Schema Ventures. The fund will specifically focus on sectors such as industrial software, workflow intelligence, and developer tools and infrastructure.
In a LinkedIn post, Ramamurthy explained that she intends this strategic focus to address key areas of innovation and growth that the current venture landscape often overlooks. Therefore, her approach aims to fill these gaps and ultimately drive meaningful progress in the industry.
Notable investors, including former Google executive Gokul Rajaram, angel investor Elad Gil, Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz, and Y Combinator’s fund of funds, among others, actively back the fund.
“I grew up an outsider. I moved to San Francisco, built two startups, and shipped products at Microsoft, Netflix, and Meta. My story – figuring it out without a roadmap – is the blueprint for Schema,” Ramamurthy said in the post.
“Schema backs exceptional outsiders: early-stage founders building from lived experience, not from pedigree or proximity. Sometimes there’s no pitch deck yet, no co-founder, no capital — just conviction and technical insight. That’s where we come in,” she added in the post.
At Fortune’s Most Powerful Women International Summit in Riyadh, Aarthi Ramamurthy discussed the launch of her fund. Many in the VC community believe there are already too many funds; however, she emphasized that startup founders often highlight a gap in available support. As a result, Schema Ventures aims to bridge this divide by backing early-stage startups. Schema Ventures aims to address this disconnect by providing much-needed backing for early-stage companies.
With the launch of Schema Ventures, Aarthi Ramamurthy aims to bridge a critical gap in the venture capital landscape by specifically supporting early-stage startups in underserved tech segments.
Consequently, this initiative could foster greater innovation and growth within these areas. Moreover, high-profile investors back the $20 million fund, which further strengthens its potential to empower innovative founders working in industrial software, workflow intelligence, and developer infrastructure.
