# Rakesh Jha

> Rakesh Jha is a Series A investor at ICICI Bank backing Machine Learning. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ICICI Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icici-bank)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakesh-jha-3a5b57

Rakesh Jha is a Series A investor at ICICI Bank focused on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Rakesh Jha is the Wholetime Director of ICICI Bank. Jha is an engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology at Delhi and a post-graduate in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. He joined ICICI Limited in 1996 in the Planning & Treasury Department. With around 25 years of experience at ICICI, Jha hasworked across various functions including financial planning and analysis, accounting, treasury, strategy, and investor relations, and has deep knowledge of the banking business. At present, Jha is the Group Chief Financial Officer of the bank and heads the Performance Information and Value Management Group, (responsible for bank-wide planning & performance analysis, management information systems, capital planning and optimization, strategic assignments, and analyst & investor relations), Financial Accounting & Reporting group and Asset Liability Management Group.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SatSure | SatSure is an innovative decision analytics company that leverages advances in satellites, machine learning, and big data analytics to help solve problems at the nexus of sustainability of food, water, and energy security. |  | Series A | Feb 06, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Anicut Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anicut-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Artha Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artha-india-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HDFC Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hdfc-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kotak Mahindra Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kotak-mahindra-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Upsparks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/upsparks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shastra VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/veda-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ICICI Bank

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

ICICI Bank operates as a private sector bank. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialized subsidiaries in the areas of investment banking, life and non-life insurance, venture capital, and asset management.

5 contacts available at ICICI Bank.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chanda Kochhar | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chanda-kochhar |
| Rakesh Jha | Wholetime Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rakesh-jha-55e5 |
| Sandeep Batra | President - Corporate Centre | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandeep-batra |
| Anirudh Kamani | Head of Rural and Inclusive Banking | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anirudh-kamani |
| Anup Bagchi | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anup-bagchi |

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## FAQ

### What does Rakesh Jha invest in?

Rakesh Jha invests primarily in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Rakesh Jha last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rakesh Jha closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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