Roo Capital Expands Senior Leadership Team

Venture firm adds two investment principals to support founders in scaling their businesses

Published on Feb. 10, 2026

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Roo Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, has welcomed Varun Sridhar and Yuriy Dovzhansky as Principals, expanding its senior leadership team. This move follows a year of significant growth for Roo Capital, as the firm deepens its commitment to backing category-defining companies across Vertical SaaS, AI, Healthcare Tech, and Cybersecurity.

Why it matters

The addition of Sridhar and Dovzhansky to Roo Capital's leadership team underscores the firm's focus on providing founders with more than just investment capital. By integrating an in-house executive search capability and a dedicated value-creation team, Roo Capital aims to help early-stage companies build high-performing teams and scale their businesses efficiently.

The details

Varun Sridhar joins Roo Capital with nearly a decade of early-stage investing experience, while Yuriy Dovzhansky brings a decade of experience spanning early-stage investing and strategy consulting. The firm's investment approach combines deep conviction and analytical rigor with an integrated executive search capability, which it believes gives founders a structural edge in building industry-defining companies.

  • Roo Capital welcomed Sridhar and Dovzhansky as Principals in February 2026.

The players

Roo Capital

An early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders to transform early-stage traction into durable market leadership through a proprietary value creation engine.

Varun Sridhar

Joins Roo Capital as a Principal, bringing nearly a decade of early-stage investing experience.

Yuriy Dovzhansky

Joins Roo Capital as a Principal, with a decade of experience spanning early-stage investing and strategy consulting.

Nate DaPore

Founding and Managing Partner of Roo Capital, a three-time founder and experienced operator and investor.

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What they’re saying

“I've always believed the enduring advantage in venture comes from people. Institutional trust is built by the people doing the work day in and day out with conviction. Varun and Yuriy carry this forward through their collaborative partnerships with founders, adding depth to a platform built to move companies from their first milestones to long-term endurance.”

— Nate DaPore, Founding and Managing Partner, Roo Capital (prnewswire.com)

“Founders today are looking for more than a check; they need a partner who understands the high-level discipline required to build a company that endures. Roo's commitment to collaborating with founders on organizational scaling and building a best-in-class early team is exactly where I believe the most value is created in this market.”

— Varun Sridhar, Principal, Roo Capital (prnewswire.com)

“As AI strips away the technical barriers to company creation, human capital becomes the enduring advantage. Industry-defining companies are built on compounding talent from day one, and Roo's investing approach combines deep conviction and analytical rigor with an integrated executive search capability that gives founders a structural edge.”

— Yuriy Dovzhansky, Principal, Roo Capital (prnewswire.com)

What’s next

Roo Capital recently launched Discovery Fund II to lead high-conviction investments from Pre-Seed through Series A, building on the success of its portfolio companies.

The takeaway

Roo Capital's expansion of its senior leadership team with the addition of Varun Sridhar and Yuriy Dovzhansky as Principals underscores the firm's commitment to providing founders with more than just capital. By integrating an in-house executive search capability and a dedicated value-creation team, Roo Capital aims to help early-stage companies build high-performing teams and scale their businesses efficiently.