# Sridhar Chityala

> Sridhar Chityala is a startup investor at Elevate Innovation Partners (New York). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Elevate Innovation Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevate-innovation-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sridharchityala/

Sridhar Chityala is an advisor and consultant to various firms that focus on product innovation, and to private equity and venture capital firms making strategic investments on emerging technologies. Sridhar was executive vice president and chief eCommerce officer at Wachovia, where he was responsible for all internet, intranet and mobile strategicdirection, execution, customer experience integration and online brand articulation. Prior to that he was the Executive VP and Head of Telecom sector at Citi Corp in the Credit Card group. From 1999 to 2005 he was Executive vice president and eBusiness executive in Chase Financial Services and was responsible for the e-commerce, online marketing, payments and e-business initiatives of Chase’s diverse Consumer and Middle Market business streams. Prior to joining Chase he was Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of the Financial Industry Foundation/Lafferty Councils, responsible for strategic consulting and advisory services to major banks and financial institutions in the United States, Europe and Asia regarding marketing, distribution, retail services, e-commerce, cards, and payments issues. Sridhar spent three years managing the National Australia Bank Group’s strategy, policy, operations, procedures and strategic projects for Global Payments, Cards, Marketing, Distribution and e-commerce. He is a Co-founder of the Global Payments Council, a board member of various payment bodies and associations and is recognized as an industry expert on retail distribution, payments and e-commerce through published articles and appearances at industry conferences.Sridhar holds a Graduate Management Qualification from the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Advanced Management Program from Stanford Business School and a MS in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has also attended management programs at MIT and the Senior Executive Leadership Management Class at JP Morgan Chase.

## About Elevate Innovation Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Elevate Innovation Partners (“EIP”) is a leading Early-Stage Venture Capital Fund that is uniquely positioned to provide access to the most promising companies in New York, South East US, California as well as promising fintech companies in Europe and India.EIP is an active fund that closely monitors its investments by working with managementand company boards. We believe that the most successful funds take active roles to help guide its portfolio companies to a successful future and investors to effective exits. Our team consists of experienced industry experts that can provide our companies with unprecedented access to know-how and connections that will create value for both investments and investors. Through our global network, we have access to proprietary deal flow, allowing us to select the best deals verified by our rigorous due diligence process.

5 contacts available at Elevate Innovation Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Greg Brown | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-brown-9 |
| Shreyas Slater Chityala | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shreyas-slater-chityala |
| Sridhar Chityala | Chairman and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sridhar-chityala |
| Greg Brown | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-brown-5 |
| Thomas Rudy | Co-Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-rudy-2 |

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