About
Anshu Pandey is a member of the investment team at Athera Venture Partners, joining after more than five years across consulting, strategy, and product roles at Indian startups and VC firms. He previously held a strategy role at OYO, worked on ShareChat's product team (including the early team behind its short-video platform Moj), and worked in the CEO's Office at Navi reporting to Sachin Bansal. He completed internships at Bessemer Venture Partners and Hummingbird Ventures, and holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur.
Experience
- Athera Venture Partners (formerly Inventus India)AVP, Investmentscurrent2024 β present
- NaviCEO's Office, Product and Strategy2023 β 2024
- Hummingbird VenturesInvestments2022 β 2023
- Campus FundInvestments2022
- Bessemer Venture PartnersInvestments2022
- ShareChatProduct Lead, Engagement & Retention2020 β 2021
- OYOStrategy Analyst, Portfolio Supply2019 β 2020
- Indus InsightsManagement Consulting2018 β 2019
- PwCManagement Consulting2017
Education
- Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadMaster of Business Administration - MBA2021 β 2023
- Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurBachelor's, Mechanical Engineering2014 β 2018
- Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)Master of Business Administration - MBA
- FIITJEE Junior CollegeIntermediate, MPC2012 β 2014
- Navy Children School10th, Science2002 β 2012
Skills & more
Operational StrategyStakeholder ManagementBusiness StrategyVenture CapitalRelation ManagementCustomer RelationsProduct LaunchBusiness InsightsProduct StrategyBusiness ModelingCompetitive LandscapeIdentifying New Opportunities
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AnalyticsConsultingData AnalysisStatistical Data AnalysisManagement ConsultingProject ManagementPresentation SkillsCross-functional Team LeadershipDesign ThinkingTeamworkCommunicationAnalytical SkillsFrom Anshu's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad96
Kulpreet SinghOperating Advisor at OpenOceanPiyush KharbandaGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Kanika MayarPartner, Investment & ESG Officer at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Amrit RajPartner & Chief Marketing Officer at Jungle VenturesPranjal KhandelwalAnalyst, Investments at LightboxHarkesh MittalChairman, Startup India Seed Fund Committee at Seafund
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur62
HemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesAshish GuptaChairman and Partner at MFV PartnersVeenu ChoudharyDirector, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Shantanu NigamManaging Partner at SeedToBNakul MandanFounder & Partner at AudaciousJatin GargAI Lead at Audacious
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Also attended Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)74
Ane Tolnes HaugdalInvestor at InvestinorEgilInvestor at InvestinorJohanInvestor at InvestinorJohn-ArneInvestor at InvestinorJulie FormoInvestor at InvestinorLinaInvestor at Investinor
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Shared employers
Also worked at Hummingbird Ventures51
Carolina MonckInvestor, PhD at Episode1FiratManaging Partner at Hummingbird VenturesMarioPartner at Hummingbird VenturesLukasPartner at Hummingbird VenturesKobeFinance Director at Hummingbird VenturesLucas De FourLegal Manager at Hummingbird Ventures
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Also worked at Campus Fund3
Also worked at Bessemer Venture Partners139
Sarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalByron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystTiffany SpencerHead of Marketing at Menlo Ventures
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Also worked at OYO10
Gautam MagoGeneral Partner at A91 PartnersAtul SatpathySenior Associate, Credit at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsSaswat SundarInvestor at Fundamental VCMandeep Singh RehalDirector, Business Development at Ontario Centre of InnovationIla SharmaGlobal People Architect at super{set}KavikrutChief Executive Officer, T-Hub at T-Hub
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Colleagues at Athera Venture Partners
Ishan Sinha
Investment Team at Athera Venture Partners
Kavya Prudhvi
Investment Team at Athera Venture Partners
Mangala Jois
Business Administration at Athera Venture Partners
Parag Dhol
General Partner at Athera Venture Partners
Rajiv Mehta
General Partner at Athera Venture Partners
Rutvik Doshi
General Partner at Athera Venture Partners
Samir Kumar
General Partner at Athera Venture Partners
Tanya Sequeira
CFO at Athera Venture Partners


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