Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Advanced Technology
Advanced Technology
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Real Estate
Where intelligent capital meets enduring value
Where intelligent capital meets enduring value
Where intelligent capital meets enduring value
We invest at the intersection of breakthrough technology and real-world assets—backing the ideas and infrastructure shaping tomorrow.
Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionize industries and enhance human experiences.
Creating lasting value for businesses, communities, and economies
Creating lasting value for businesses, communities, and economies
We believe the next generation of impact will not come from digital innovation or physical infrastructure alone, but from the convergence of both.
Our vision is to build a future where transformative technology and resilient real-world assets grow in tandem—creating lasting value for businesses, communities, and economies.
Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionize industries and enhance human experiences.
Value, with values
Our investment thesis is anchored in three core principles
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Backing Transformational Innovation
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Real Assets
Bridging Digital and Physical Worlds
Our Team
A collective of investors, operators, and builders driven by action and long-term thinking. We combine deep expertise with an entrepreneurial mindset—actively partnering, challenging, and building alongside founders.
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Dhruv Sehrraa
Co founder and Partner
Dhruv Sehrraa is a builder at heart, operating a dynamic Venture Builder that actively incubates and scales high-impact innovations at the intersection of Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Real Estate. By combining operational expertise with deep market insights, he accelerates transformative ventures that are reshaping the world. His approach moves beyond passive allocation, focusing instead on hands-on value creation to build the next generation of industry-defining companies.
Complementing his venture building, Dhruv runs a Multi-Family Office DE Growth Capitals that acts as a strategic capital vehicle across developed and emerging markets. His investment thesis spans Tech, Consumer, Real Estate, and Emerging Markets, deploying capital across the US, the Middle East, and Asia.
This dual engine of venture building and direct investment allows him to bridge the gap between early-stage innovation and institutional-grade scale, positioning him as a key player in cross-border capital flows.
Dhruv Sehrraa founded 256 Network in 2018, an exclusive global innovation ecosystem and invite-only community of capital allocators managing over $3.9 trillion USD. Operating under the Chatham House Rule, 256 Network fosters confidential dialogue among CEOs, family office leaders, and influential business figures to shape the future of finance, innovation, and philanthropy.
Ezhilan Aribaskar
Co founder and Partner
Ezhilan Aribaskar (Eli) is an operator at heart and an investor driving sustainable growth across artificial intelligence, advanced technology, and real estate. He currently serves as Co-Founder and Partner at DE Growth Capitals Pte. Ltd., a private investment firm dedicated to accelerating high-growth innovations and deploying capital into transformative enterprises. Additionally, Ezhilan is a Partner at 256 Network, an exclusive global community actively redefining how capital flows and influence shape the 21st century.
He is the Founder and CEO of Elevate Ecosystem Private Ltd., a strategic Go-To-Market (GTM) partner that helps Tech and AI brands build deep inroads and scale rapidly across the US, APJ, and India. He also co-founded VultonAI, which pioneers "physical AI" to fundamentally transform traditional industries, and is the co-founder of Emerging Heights, an ultra-exclusive global real estate firm developing bespoke assets for the global capital allocator community.
Prior to his current ventures, Ezhilan spent over a decade as Vice President of Sales and Business Operations at YourStory Media, where he collaborated closely with leading founders, investors, and corporate ecosystems globally. His deep entrepreneurial roots trace back to Redwood City, California, where he was a founding team member of Smart Voicemail Inc. (GoToPal), an AI-based telecommunications service that secured major licensing deals in the US before its successful acquisition.
Dhruv Sehrraa is a builder at heart, operating a dynamic Venture Builder that actively incubates and scales high-impact innovations at the intersection of Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Real Estate. By combining operational expertise with deep market insights, he accelerates transformative ventures that are reshaping the world. His approach moves beyond passive allocation, focusing instead on hands-on value creation to build the next generation of industry-defining companies.
Complementing his venture building, Dhruv runs a Multi-Family Office DE Growth Capitals that acts as a strategic capital vehicle across developed and emerging markets. His investment thesis spans Tech, Consumer, Real Estate, and Emerging Markets, deploying capital across the US, the Middle East, and Asia.
This dual engine of venture building and direct investment allows him to bridge the gap between early-stage innovation and institutional-grade scale, positioning him as a key player in cross-border capital flows.
Dhruv Sehrraa founded 256 Network in 2018, an exclusive global innovation ecosystem and invite-only community of capital allocators managing over $3.9 trillion USD. Operating under the Chatham House Rule, 256 Network fosters confidential dialogue among CEOs, family office leaders, and influential business figures to shape the future of finance, innovation, and philanthropy.
Dhruv Sehrraa
Co founder and Partner
Dhruv Sehrraa is a builder at heart, operating a dynamic Venture Builder that actively incubates and scales high-impact innovations at the intersection of Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Real Estate. By combining operational expertise with deep market insights, he accelerates transformative ventures that are reshaping the world. His approach moves beyond passive allocation, focusing instead on hands-on value creation to build the next generation of industry-defining companies.
Complementing his venture building, Dhruv runs a Multi-Family Office DE Growth Capitals that acts as a strategic capital vehicle across developed and emerging markets. His investment thesis spans Tech, Consumer, Real Estate, and Emerging Markets, deploying capital across the US, the Middle East, and Asia.
This dual engine of venture building and direct investment allows him to bridge the gap between early-stage innovation and institutional-grade scale, positioning him as a key player in cross-border capital flows.
Dhruv Sehrraa founded 256 Network in 2018, an exclusive global innovation ecosystem and invite-only community of capital allocators managing over $3.9 trillion USD. Operating under the Chatham House Rule, 256 Network fosters confidential dialogue among CEOs, family office leaders, and influential business figures to shape the future of finance, innovation, and philanthropy.
Ezhilan Aribaskar
Co founder and Partner
Ezhilan Aribaskar (Eli) is an operator at heart and an investor driving sustainable growth across artificial intelligence, advanced technology, and real estate. He currently serves as Co-Founder and Partner at DE Growth Capitals Pte. Ltd., a private investment firm dedicated to accelerating high-growth innovations and deploying capital into transformative enterprises. Additionally, Ezhilan is a Partner at 256 Network, an exclusive global community actively redefining how capital flows and influence shape the 21st century.
He is the Founder and CEO of Elevate Ecosystem Private Ltd., a strategic Go-To-Market (GTM) partner that helps Tech and AI brands build deep inroads and scale rapidly across the US, APJ, and India. He also co-founded VultonAI, which pioneers "physical AI" to fundamentally transform traditional industries, and is the co-founder of Emerging Heights, an ultra-exclusive global real estate firm developing bespoke assets for the global capital allocator community.
Prior to his current ventures, Ezhilan spent over a decade as Vice President of Sales and Business Operations at YourStory Media, where he collaborated closely with leading founders, investors, and corporate ecosystems globally. His deep entrepreneurial roots trace back to Redwood City, California, where he was a founding team member of Smart Voicemail Inc. (GoToPal), an AI-based telecommunications service that secured major licensing deals in the US before its successful acquisition.
Dhruv Sehrraa is a builder at heart, operating a dynamic Venture Builder that actively incubates and scales high-impact innovations at the intersection of Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Real Estate. By combining operational expertise with deep market insights, he accelerates transformative ventures that are reshaping the world. His approach moves beyond passive allocation, focusing instead on hands-on value creation to build the next generation of industry-defining companies.
Complementing his venture building, Dhruv runs a Multi-Family Office DE Growth Capitals that acts as a strategic capital vehicle across developed and emerging markets. His investment thesis spans Tech, Consumer, Real Estate, and Emerging Markets, deploying capital across the US, the Middle East, and Asia.
This dual engine of venture building and direct investment allows him to bridge the gap between early-stage innovation and institutional-grade scale, positioning him as a key player in cross-border capital flows.
Dhruv Sehrraa founded 256 Network in 2018, an exclusive global innovation ecosystem and invite-only community of capital allocators managing over $3.9 trillion USD. Operating under the Chatham House Rule, 256 Network fosters confidential dialogue among CEOs, family office leaders, and influential business figures to shape the future of finance, innovation, and philanthropy.
Further Reading
Insights, perspectives, and points of view from the intersection of capital and innovation.
Explore our thinking on AI, emerging technologies, market shifts, and real asset strategies—grounded in experience and shaped by what we’re seeing on the ground.
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The False Choice Between Bytes and Bricks
For much of the past decade, capital has behaved as though it must choose between the speed of technology and the solidity of real assets. It is a false dichotomy—one that markets are now quietly correcting.
Artificial intelligence may be weightless in theory, but in practice it is profoundly physical. Data centres, energy infrastructure, logistics networks, and urban density are no longer peripheral—they are prerequisites. The “cloud” is, increasingly, a very expensive piece of land with a power connection.
At the same time, real estate is undergoing a subtle reinvention. Buildings are no longer static stores of value; they are becoming programmable environments. Sensors, automation, and AI-driven optimisation are turning physical assets into dynamic, data-generating systems. The distinction between a technology company and a property owner is beginning to blur.
The implications for capital allocation are significant. Pure-play strategies—whether venture-only exuberance or defensive real estate conservatism—risk missing the compounding effect created at the intersection. The more durable opportunities lie where digital intelligence enhances physical assets, and where physical infrastructure underpins digital scale.
In other words, the future does not belong to those who choose between bytes and bricks, but to those who understand how the two reinforce each other.
The New Geography of Capital
Global capital flows are often described in terms of scale. Increasingly, they are better understood in terms of direction.
For decades, investment followed a relatively predictable path: innovation originated in a handful of developed markets, and capital radiated outward in search of growth. That model is now under strain. Talent, ambition, and technological capability have diffused far more widely than capital has been willing to acknowledge.
Emerging markets are no longer merely recipients of capital; they are becoming generators of both demand and innovation. At the same time, developed markets—while still dominant—are grappling with slower growth, regulatory complexity, and ageing infrastructure.
This has given rise to a more nuanced pattern: capital is no longer simply moving from West to East, but circulating across a multi-polar landscape. The United States remains a centre of technological gravity; the Middle East is asserting itself as a capital powerhouse; Asia continues to blend scale with speed.
For investors, the challenge is less about access and more about interpretation. Cross-border capital today requires more than geographic diversification—it demands cultural fluency, regulatory navigation, and a willingness to operate across asymmetries.
Those who treat global markets as a single continuum will struggle. Those who understand their fragmentation—and the opportunities within it—will define the next phase of capital deployment.
From Valuation to Value
Bull markets have a way of distorting language. “Value creation” often comes to mean “valuation expansion”—a subtle but consequential shift.
In recent years, abundant liquidity allowed many businesses to prioritise growth over durability. Scale was pursued aggressively, often ahead of profitability, on the assumption that capital would remain cheap and plentiful. That assumption is no longer safe.
A more disciplined environment is emerging. Investors are rediscovering familiar, if unfashionable, metrics: cash flow, margin quality, capital efficiency. This is not a retreat from innovation, but a recalibration of expectations.
Artificial intelligence complicates this picture. It promises extraordinary productivity gains, but it also demands substantial upfront investment—in talent, infrastructure, and compute. The winners will not simply be those who adopt AI earliest, but those who integrate it most economically.
In this environment, the distinction between valuation and value becomes critical. The former can fluctuate with sentiment; the latter must be built, patiently and deliberately.
The firms that endure will be those that treat capital not as fuel to be consumed, but as a resource to be compounded. In the long run, markets have a habit of rewarding that discipline—quietly, but decisively.
Dhruv Sehrraa is a builder at heart, operating a dynamic Venture Builder that actively incubates and scales high-impact innovations at the intersection of Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Real Estate. By combining operational expertise with deep market insights, he accelerates transformative ventures that are reshaping the world. His approach moves beyond passive allocation, focusing instead on hands-on value creation to build the next generation of industry-defining companies.
Complementing his venture building, Dhruv runs a Multi-Family Office DE Growth Capitals that acts as a strategic capital vehicle across developed and emerging markets. His investment thesis spans Tech, Consumer, Real Estate, and Emerging Markets, deploying capital across the US, the Middle East, and Asia.
This dual engine of venture building and direct investment allows him to bridge the gap between early-stage innovation and institutional-grade scale, positioning him as a key player in cross-border capital flows.
Dhruv Sehrraa founded 256 Network in 2018, an exclusive global innovation ecosystem and invite-only community of capital allocators managing over $3.9 trillion USD. Operating under the Chatham House Rule, 256 Network fosters confidential dialogue among CEOs, family office leaders, and influential business figures to shape the future of finance, innovation, and philanthropy.
The False Choice Between Bytes and Bricks
For much of the past decade, capital has behaved as though it must choose between the speed of technology and the solidity of real assets. It is a false dichotomy—one that markets are now quietly correcting.
Artificial intelligence may be weightless in theory, but in practice it is profoundly physical. Data centres, energy infrastructure, logistics networks, and urban density are no longer peripheral—they are prerequisites. The “cloud” is, increasingly, a very expensive piece of land with a power connection.
At the same time, real estate is undergoing a subtle reinvention. Buildings are no longer static stores of value; they are becoming programmable environments. Sensors, automation, and AI-driven optimisation are turning physical assets into dynamic, data-generating systems. The distinction between a technology company and a property owner is beginning to blur.
The implications for capital allocation are significant. Pure-play strategies—whether venture-only exuberance or defensive real estate conservatism—risk missing the compounding effect created at the intersection. The more durable opportunities lie where digital intelligence enhances physical assets, and where physical infrastructure underpins digital scale.
In other words, the future does not belong to those who choose between bytes and bricks, but to those who understand how the two reinforce each other.
The New Geography of Capital
Global capital flows are often described in terms of scale. Increasingly, they are better understood in terms of direction.
For decades, investment followed a relatively predictable path: innovation originated in a handful of developed markets, and capital radiated outward in search of growth. That model is now under strain. Talent, ambition, and technological capability have diffused far more widely than capital has been willing to acknowledge.
Emerging markets are no longer merely recipients of capital; they are becoming generators of both demand and innovation. At the same time, developed markets—while still dominant—are grappling with slower growth, regulatory complexity, and ageing infrastructure.
This has given rise to a more nuanced pattern: capital is no longer simply moving from West to East, but circulating across a multi-polar landscape. The United States remains a centre of technological gravity; the Middle East is asserting itself as a capital powerhouse; Asia continues to blend scale with speed.
For investors, the challenge is less about access and more about interpretation. Cross-border capital today requires more than geographic diversification—it demands cultural fluency, regulatory navigation, and a willingness to operate across asymmetries.
Those who treat global markets as a single continuum will struggle. Those who understand their fragmentation—and the opportunities within it—will define the next phase of capital deployment.
From Valuation to Value
Bull markets have a way of distorting language. “Value creation” often comes to mean “valuation expansion”—a subtle but consequential shift.
In recent years, abundant liquidity allowed many businesses to prioritise growth over durability. Scale was pursued aggressively, often ahead of profitability, on the assumption that capital would remain cheap and plentiful. That assumption is no longer safe.
A more disciplined environment is emerging. Investors are rediscovering familiar, if unfashionable, metrics: cash flow, margin quality, capital efficiency. This is not a retreat from innovation, but a recalibration of expectations.
Artificial intelligence complicates this picture. It promises extraordinary productivity gains, but it also demands substantial upfront investment—in talent, infrastructure, and compute. The winners will not simply be those who adopt AI earliest, but those who integrate it most economically.
In this environment, the distinction between valuation and value becomes critical. The former can fluctuate with sentiment; the latter must be built, patiently and deliberately.
The firms that endure will be those that treat capital not as fuel to be consumed, but as a resource to be compounded. In the long run, markets have a habit of rewarding that discipline—quietly, but decisively.
Dhruv Sehrraa is a builder at heart, operating a dynamic Venture Builder that actively incubates and scales high-impact innovations at the intersection of Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Real Estate. By combining operational expertise with deep market insights, he accelerates transformative ventures that are reshaping the world. His approach moves beyond passive allocation, focusing instead on hands-on value creation to build the next generation of industry-defining companies.
Complementing his venture building, Dhruv runs a Multi-Family Office DE Growth Capitals that acts as a strategic capital vehicle across developed and emerging markets. His investment thesis spans Tech, Consumer, Real Estate, and Emerging Markets, deploying capital across the US, the Middle East, and Asia.
This dual engine of venture building and direct investment allows him to bridge the gap between early-stage innovation and institutional-grade scale, positioning him as a key player in cross-border capital flows.
Dhruv Sehrraa founded 256 Network in 2018, an exclusive global innovation ecosystem and invite-only community of capital allocators managing over $3.9 trillion USD. Operating under the Chatham House Rule, 256 Network fosters confidential dialogue among CEOs, family office leaders, and influential business figures to shape the future of finance, innovation, and philanthropy.
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