Former Microsoft Corporate Vice President Joins Tola Capital to Guide Portfolio Company Growth
Tola Capital today announced that Vahé Torossian has joined the firm as Venture Partner, bringing decades of technology and go-to-market leadership experience to support the firm’s portfolio companies.
Torossian is an agile, internationally recognized and accomplished leader who most recently served as Deputy CEO of Builder.ai and previously served as Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. Over 31 years at Microsoft, he drove global expansion, forged strategic partnerships, and led the development of AI-forward applications. He led several global organizations such as Microsoft Business Applications group and Microsoft Small, Mid-market, Corporate Accounts and Partner group (SMS&P). He was also CEO of Microsoft Western Europe, Microsoft France and Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe, three large multi-faceted geographies. He cares deeply about his people and customers, carrying contagious positive energy day in and day out.
“Vahé occupies a place of honor on my ‘Just-Say-Yes‘ roster of exceptional colleagues,” said Sheila Gulati, Founder and Managing Director at Tola Capital. “He combines deep strategic insight with a gracious, inspiring and collaborative leadership style—all driven by a relentless commitment to execution, value creation and success.”
At Tola Capital, Torossian will work directly with portfolio company CEOs to accelerate growth and strategic initiatives. His appointment reinforces the firm’s commitment to providing hands-on operational support to its investments.
“Joining Tola Capital represents a unique opportunity to draw on my global executive experience and most recent start-up chapter. I have seen firsthand the immense potential for early-stage ventures to power the enterprise AI landscape, and I am excited to take part in the Agentic revolution alongside bold, visionary CEOs,” said Torossian.