Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, December 2024 – Z47, a leading venture capital firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Rupali Sharma as Director – Human Capital. In her new role, Rupali will partner with early and growth-stage founders across Z47’s diverse portfolio, focusing on building early-stage teams and establishing foundational cultural practices as a Human Capital Business Partner.
Rupali brings over a decade of experience in human resources, talent acquisition, and strategic leadership. Prior to joining Z47, she served as Director – Human Capital at Matrix Partners India for more than five years. During her tenure, she collaborated closely with founders across various domains, assisting in building teams and shaping organizational culture. She played a pivotal role in supporting investments in companies such as StableMoney (Fintech), Foxtale (Consumer Product), ZippMat (B2B), Park+ (Mobility), Captain Fresh (B2B), and several others.
Before her stint at Matrix Partners, Rupali was associated with redBus for nearly four years. As an Associate Director – Human Resources, she led talent acquisition for both domestic and international expansions, covering skills across technology, product, sales, design, marketing, and customer relationship management. Rupali was instrumental in hiring talent to support redBus’s global expansion into countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Peru, and Colombia. She also served as a Business HR Partner for international locations and oversaw the project management and scrum teams.
Earlier in her career, Rupali worked at IQVIA (formerly Quintiles) as a Manager – Staffing, where she built and led a team responsible for hiring over 1,200 professionals annually across multiple business units in India. Her leadership contributed significantly to the organization’s talent acquisition strategies and workforce planning.
Rupali began her HR journey at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), spending four years as a Manager – Human Resources. At TCS, she served as an HR Business Partner for various divisions, managing the entire employee lifecycle from onboarding to exit. She collaborated with business leaders to design and implement HR interventions that complemented business growth.
Her early professional experience includes projects and internships at HCL Technologies, GE Money Bank, and a role in quality back-office operations at Citi India through Convergys.
About Z47
Founded in 2006, Z47 invests in technology companies targeting the Indian consumer and global enterprise markets at the seed, early, and early growth stages. Z47 has invested in several market-leading companies such as Ola (mobility), Razorpay (payments), OfBusiness (B2B commerce, fintech), Dailyhunt (mobile local language platform), Five Star Business Finance (SME lending), Ola Electric (electric vehicles), OneCard (mobile-first credit card), Country Delight (D2C dairy and fresh foods brand), MoEngage (intelligent marketing cloud platform), Jupiter (consumer neobank), Stanza Living (tech-enabled student housing platform), and GoKwik (e-commerce enablement platform). Following a “foundersfirst!” philosophy, the firm invests across sectors and is committed to helping build world-changing companies.
Z47 has advisory offices in Bangalore, Delhi, and Mumbai in India. Further information is available at Z47.com. To learn more about their investment philosophy, check out the Z47 podcast series.
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