Pratyush Buddiga is a partner at Susa Ventures, where he has led investments in Antares, Shinkei, Hanover Park, and Rivet. He previously served as chief of staff at Volley and played professional poker after graduating from Duke.

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Pratyush Buddiga is a partner at Susa Ventures, where he has led investments in Antares, Shinkei, Hanover Park, and Rivet. He previously served as chief of staff at Volley and played professional poker after graduating from Duke.

Career

Pratyush Buddiga studied at Duke University (B.A. in Economics (2011)).

Partner at Susa Ventures until PresentEarly-stage investing across software and frontier industries.

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Nicholas AbouzeidCo-founder of Rivet
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@SusaVentures - @pratyushbuddiga @chadbyers & Shannon have been deeply helpful across sales, referrals, recruiting, and ops
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What Do You Invest In?

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Pratyush Buddiga Joins Us to Talk Super High Roller Bowl and More!

In this 2017 conversation with Doug Polk, Buddiga breaks down high-stakes poker decisions, competitive focus and the lessons from tournament losses.

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Compounding Competitive Advantage, Part II: Scale Economies Shared

Buddiga argues that AI services companies may build durable advantages by returning cost savings to customers, drawing on Amazon and Costco.

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The Techbio Thesis

His 2025 investment framework examines how proprietary biological data, laboratory feedback, and drug development could compound into enduring companies.

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