About
Aakash Shah is a Partner at Peak Sustainability Ventures where he leads the investment team, deals, partnerships, sourcing and business development, with domain expertise across new energy, food systems, water, alternative materials and climate tech. He previously ran the VC arm of Sattva Capital, co-led the Asia portfolio at Accion Venture Lab, worked at Contrarian Partners and Aksia, and co-founded and led NeonVest (acquired by AI Turbo in 2024).
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Invests in
CleantechClimate TechEnergyFoodTechNew Materials
Experience
- Peak Sustainability VenturesPartnercurrent2019 — presentMumbai, Maharashtra, India
- NeonVestCo-Foundercurrent2018 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Sattva CapitalPrincipal2018 — 2019Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- AccionInvestor2017 — 2018Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- AksiaInvestment Research Analyst2014 — 2016New York, New York
Skills & more
Microsoft Excel7Microsoft Office6PowerPoint3Microsoft Word3HTML1Photoshop1Access1Financial Analysis5Teamwork2Research3Accounting1Analysis2
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Financial ModelingPublic SpeakingValuationMarket ResearchInvestmentsEquity ValuationFinanceCorporate FinanceData AnalysisLanguages English
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Investments
Board seats
BrisilChlorohempDisperseBioSustLabs
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Peak Sustainability Ventures
Aadil Chitalwala
Vice President at Peak Sustainability Ventures
Aditya Khator
Analyst at Peak Sustainability Ventures
Ahana Advani
Associate at Peak Sustainability Ventures
Amay Shah
Investor at Peak Sustainability Ventures
Avishi Patodia
Analyst at Peak Sustainability Ventures
Dhaval Savla
Operations & Finance Manager at Peak Sustainability Ventures
Dhruv Makwana
Senior Analyst at Peak Sustainability Ventures
Erik Solheim
Advisory Board at Peak Sustainability Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aakash Shah?
- Aakash Shah is a Partner at Peak Sustainability Ventures where he leads the investment team, deals, partnerships, sourcing and business development, with domain expertise across new energy, food systems, water, alternative materials and climate tech. He previously ran the VC arm of Sattva Capital, co-led the Asia portfolio at Accion Venture Lab, worked at Contrarian Partners and Aksia, and co-founded and led NeonVest (acquired by AI Turbo in 2024).
- Where does Aakash Shah work?
- Aakash Shah is Partner at Peak Sustainability Ventures.
- What does Aakash Shah invest in?
- Aakash Shah invests in Cleantech, Climate Tech, Energy, FoodTech, New Materials.
- What boards does Aakash Shah sit on?
- Aakash Shah holds tracked board seats at Brisil, Chlorohemp, DisperseBio, SustLabs.
- Where did Aakash Shah go to school?
- Aakash Shah studied at NYU Stern School of Business (Bachelor of Science, Finance and International Business).
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Same school
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Shared employers
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