Avantika Sahay
Avantika brings nearly two decades across enterprise operations, sales leadership and the startup ecosystem, with roles spanning UnitedHealth Group, Tech Mahindra, Kony and T-Hub in Hyderabad. She co-founded Karekeba Ventures, backing founders in Bihar. She leads business development at C3aLabs and owns the company’s client relationships end to end.
“She has worked across enterprise operations, sales leadership and the startup ecosystem for nearly two decades.”
Avantika began in operations at UnitedHealth Group, moving from project management into strategic sourcing, before joining Tech Mahindra.
She rose to senior director of enterprise sales at Kony IT Services, then moved into the startup ecosystem as a senior director at T-Hub in Hyderabad, running the programmes that decide which companies receive support.
She co-founded Karekeba Ventures, a platform pairing mentorship and capital with rural and agricultural technology founders in Bihar, and advised Q City Hyderabad.
She now leads business development at C3aLabs, where she owns the company’s client relationships end to end.
- Nearly two decades spanning enterprise operations, sales leadership and the startup ecosystem, on both the buying and selling side of the table.
- A founder’s perspective, and a network built across India’s startup ecosystem.
At this stage the business development lead is the go-to-market, and hers has been built over nearly twenty years.