Rishika advises high-growth startups at every stage of their lifecycle. Her practice centers on general corporate counseling, venture capital financings, and mergers and acquisitions. She partners closely with founders and executives to guide them through critical corporate governance issues, strategic business relationships, and transformative transactions. Rishika has significant experience advising companies across a range of industries, with a particular focus on the consumer products sector.

Before joining Gunderson Dettmer, Rishika represented innovative consumer products startups as an associate at Giannuzzi Lewendon. Earlier in her career, she was a litigation associate at Clifford Chance, where she contributed to the firm’s Environmental, Social, and Governance board and served on the Artificial Intelligence steering committee. These experiences deepened her understanding of emerging trends in rapidly evolving industries.