Sabari Raja

Sabari is Managing Partner at JFFVentures, an early stage impact fund that partners with entrepreneurs building solutions at the intersection of education, workforce development and human potential with a focus on economic mobility for workers in middle to low wage jobs. Earlier, she co-founded Nepris, an edtech company connecting students to industry experts to bring real world relevance and career exposure to all students. As an entrepreneur she raised investment capital from impact and venture investors and led the company through early growth and eventual acquisition by a private equity firm in 2021. Post-acquisition, she assisted the company with the leadership transition, merger, and rebranding (Pathful, Inc) and remained on the board for 2 years. She is also a mentor, advisor, board member and active angel investor and enjoys spending time with early stage entrepreneurs building impactful companies at scale. She was the 2020 EY Entrepreneur of the year winner for the southwest region. Her journey and story has been captured in publications such as “Innovate Hers – Why purpose driven entrepreneurial women rise to top” and “Who you know – Unlocking students social capital”. Sabari has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from India, Master’s in computer science and an Executive MBA from Cox School of Business, SMU. She lives in Austin, Texas and is also a busy mom with 2 boys, a high school senior and a college sophomore.