Samir Vig

Bringing together founder, operator, and investor experience, Samir strives for a well-balanced approach to fund management.
With an institutional investment background, he focuses on proven traditional methodologies combined with emerging learnings from an ever-changing venture capital landscape.
Samir aims to achieve both diversification and market-leading returns through Bare Ventures' unique hybrid approach to Venture Capital investing.
He is dedicated to those he partners with and believes investments should be more value-add than just the capital.
His promise is to support the emerging fund manager ecosystem and promote diversity through the fund's investment selection process.
Before founding Bare Ventures, Samir was part of the Venture Capital investment team at Schroders Capital, responsible for sourcing new fund of funds opportunities and leading investments into high-growth venture companies.
He helped launch a new fund mandate in Asia and helped build the VC fund's internal benchmarking framework.
Previously, he was a Venture Capital investor with Altpoint Ventures and program lead for the accelerator program, during which time he served as interim CEO for Vetter Banking prior to building out the team and the ultimate exit.
Samir started his career as a consultant with Ernst & Young then KPMG.
Samir holds an MBA from the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business and a BA in Finance from the University of Maryland, College Park.