Dr. Vinay Subramanian is Assistant Professor in the Management Department at ESSEC Business School. 

His research explores technology entrepreneurship, scaling strategy, and commercialization of novel innovation. His dissertation examines how deep-tech ventures explore and learn under conditions of high technological and commercial uncertainty. A second interconnected stream studies how alternate forms of financing and investor identity (corporate venture capital) affect entrepreneurial strategy and innovation. 

His academic career is informed by his extensive, global career in VC/PE, finance and operating roles across US, Europe and Asia. Prior to academia, he was a Managing Director at multiple VC/PE funds. Before that, he was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs (New York), Director of Corp. Development at Flipkart and Product Engineer at Schlumberger. He has also been a long-time mentor of the IIT Madras Deep-tech Incubation Cell and other venture studios/startup vehicles.

He has degrees from the Wharton school (University of Pennsylvania), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan School), University of Maryland and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.