Entrepreneur of the Year
Lokesh Sikaria
Founding Member
Moneta Ventures
Back to 130th Annual Dinner & Business Awards
Sacramentan of the Year
Angelo Tsakopoulos
AKT Investments, Inc.
Businessman of the Year
Michael Ault
Downtown Sacramento Partnership
Businesswoman of the Year
Matina Kolokotronis
Sacramento Kings
Entrepreneur of the Year
Lokesh Sikaria
Moneta Ventures
Al Geiger Memorial Award
Chairman Jesus Tarango
Wilton Rancheria
Small Business of the Year
Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates
Business Hall of Fame
PRIDE Industries
MetroEDGE Young Professional of the Year
Joaquin Razo
Blue Zones, LLC
Volunteer of the Year
Chelsea Carbahal
The Raley’s Companies
Volunteer of the Year
Dion Dwyer
MMS Strategies
Lokesh Sikaria is the Founder and Managing Director at Moneta Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Folsom, CA that invests in technology companies.
Since 2014, Moneta Ventures has invested in over 45 companies. In 2018, Lokesh was named as one of the top national influencers in Finance from The Business Journals.
Prior to starting Moneta Ventures, Lokesh was the Founder and CEO of Sparta Consulting, a global IT consulting firm. Sparta grew to over $125 million in revenue in just five years and was acquired by KPIT Cummins.
Prior to this, Lokesh served as the Chief Operating Officer at Rapidigm, Inc. managing more than $250 million in annual revenue. Lokesh began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Francisco after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science.