Where does Akshay Bhushan work?

Akshay Bhushan is Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.

What check size does Akshay Bhushan write?

Akshay Bhushan typically writes checks of $25K – $20M.

Akshay Bhushan

Investor

Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Writes $25K – $20M checks · typically $50K

About

Akshay Bhushan, former Flipkart corporate development founding member who opened his firm's Singapore office, invests early in small-business infrastructure across a unified India–Southeast Asia market, prioritizing ROI and global teams.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtech

Experience

ACM HoldingsManaging Partnercurrent2023 — presentDubai, United Arab Emirates
TracxnBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
CRE Venture CapitalAdvisorcurrent2019 — present
Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartner2015 — 2022Singapore
Flipkart.comInvestments / M&A2014 — 2015Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
WhalelogixCo-Founder2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
Accel PartnersInvestment Professional2010 — 2011Greater Bengaluru Area
Bain & CompanySenior Associate Consultant2007 — 2010
MicrosoftProgram Manager Intern2006
MicrosoftProgram Manager Intern2005
Citi GroupIntern2004
OracleIntern2003

Education

The Wharton SchoolMBA, Entrepreneurial Management
Georgia Institute of TechnologyBS, Computer Science
VNS
National Public School Indiranagar

Skills & more

Strategy17Management9Emerging Technologies12CRM6Analytics19Business Intelligence17Information Technology6Venture Capital8Partnerships3Entrepreneurship19Start-ups18Financial Modeling4

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Product ManagementMarket EntryCompetitive AnalysisBusiness StrategyInfrastructureManagement ConsultingCloud ComputingConsultingCorporate DevelopmentPrivate EquityBusiness DevelopmentCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)

Languages English · German · Hindi

From Akshay's professional profile.

Colleagues at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Aaron Batalion

General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Adam Goldberg

Investments at Standard Crypto

Aditya Sharma

Partner, Growth Equity - India & Asia - Pacific at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Alexander Schmitt

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Antoine Moyroud

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Arif Janmohamed

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Arsham Memarzadeh

Partner at Meritech Capital Partners

Network7

Vinod KhoslaScout

Founder of Khosla Ventures

Adrian LiScout

Founder and Managing Partner at AC Ventures

Stanley TangScout

Investor at DoorDash

Bejul Somaia

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Rajinder Balaraman

Managing Director at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)

Travis Scher

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at NIV

Investors connected to Akshay in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Akshay Bhushan work?: Akshay Bhushan is Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
What does Akshay Bhushan invest in?: Akshay Bhushan invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech.
What check size does Akshay Bhushan write?: Akshay Bhushan typically writes checks of $25K – $20M.

Same school

Also attended The Wharton School1,481

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of Conviction Josh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round Capital Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Katie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis Ventures Trevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst

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Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology329

Brando De CourtenData Engineer at P101 Ventures Wouter Van de PutteInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture Partners Will McGinnisEntrepreneur and data science executive working at the intersection of AI/ML, technology, and business strategy Jaya GuptaInvestor at Foundation Capital James WangGeneral Partner at Creative Ventures Raymond WangInvestor at Notable Capital

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Also attended National Public School Indiranagar2

Prashanth BalasubramanianFounder/CTO at Striga Advaith SridharFounder at Discovered Materials

Shared employers

Also worked at Whalelogix1

Vishy VenugopalanSenior Associate at Citi Ventures

Also worked at Accel Partners122

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital Luciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia Capital Theresia GouwFounding Partner at Acrew Capital Adam ValkinInvestment Team at General Catalyst Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire Ventures Tyler SosinBoard Partner at Menlo Ventures

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Also worked at Bain & Company717

Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future Ventures Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG Theresia GouwFounding Partner at Acrew Capital Julie YangVice President at Investcorp Zach PoleyPartner and Chief Technology Officer at Clear Ventures Ian MarshInvestor at DN Capital

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Also worked at Microsoft1,064

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis Ventures Viviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures Wesley ChanInvestor at Felicis Ventures

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