Yasho Singh is an Investor at Catalyst by Wellstar, the venture firm and innovation company of Wellstar, one of the largest health systems in the Southeastern U.S. He focuses on pre-seed to Series A investments in deep tech, AI, sustainability, healthcare, and supply chain, and is also involved in launching new startups through Catalyst’s venture studio initiatives. Previously, Yasho helped build autonomous vehicles at Nuro, a robotics startup valued at six billion dollars, and gained early-stage investing experience as a enterprise B2B-focused investor at Tech Square Ventures. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech. Outside of work, he is a lifelong student of history and world cultures and enjoys adventure sports and traveling to less explored parts of the world.

Could you explain more about what you do in your roles at EVCA?

In my roles at EVCA, I serve as the Atlanta Chapter Lead, where I focus on building community among early-stage investors across the Southeast. That includes hosting small-group dinners and sector-focused salons, welcoming new members, and making warm introductions between investors, founders, and operators who might not otherwise meet. I also collaborate with other chapter and vertical leads to bring EVCA programming to underrepresented ecosystems like Atlanta, especially around deep tech, AI, and healthcare. A lot of my time goes into listening to what local investors are struggling with, such as deal flow, theses, or career transitions, and then designing events or peer circles that make those problems smaller.

What made you interested in taking a leadership role at EVCA?

 EVCA was one of the first places where I felt genuinely understood as an emerging investor, surrounded by peers who were ambitious but not performative. Taking on a leadership role felt like a natural way to give that experience back to others, especially in a market like Atlanta that does not always get the spotlight. I wanted local investors, operators, and aspiring VCs to have a community they could text on a random Tuesday about a deal, a tough career decision, or a new thesis. I also really enjoy building from zero to one, and helping stand up the Atlanta chapter has been a fun way to blend my operator mindset with my investing career.

What is your most contrarian view on an existing or emerging technology trend? (5+ sentences)

My most contrarian view is that the defining AI companies of the next decade will not be “AI companies” in the way most people use the term today. They will look like industrial, climate, and supply chain businesses that quietly build world class applied machine learning into their operations and products. I think investors are overestimating how much value will be captured by foundation models and horizontal AI tools, and underestimating how quickly those layers will feel crowded and commoditized. The real moats will be in messy, regulated, asset-heavy environments such as hospitals, grids, factories, and logistics networks, where you need deep domain expertise, tight integration with physical systems, and the patience to survive multi-year sales and deployment cycles. In those contexts, AI is less about replacing humans and more about rewiring how experts make decisions, how capital is allocated, and how risk is priced. So while a lot of attention is on AI-native productivity software, I am most excited about vertical AI and deep tech companies that make the real economy, especially energy, healthcare, and infrastructure, meaningfully more robust.