Hemant Mohapatra
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed India Partners
San Francisco, California
Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $4M
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About
Hemant Mohapatra is a Partner at Lightspeed India Partners Advisors, focusing on SaaS, enterprise infrastructure, crypto, and spacetech investments. He previously held positions at Andreessen Horowitz and Google, and has an engineering background from AMD.
Experience
- Lightspeed India Partners AdvisorsPartnercurrent2018 — presentBangalore, Delhi, San Francisco
- EmergentInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SupabaseInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Sarvam AIInvestorcurrent2023 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- PixxelInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- ComposioInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Unsloth AIInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- AirboundInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Solana LabsInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- Mitti LabsInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MarqoInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PintuInvestorcurrent2021 — presentJakarta, Indonesia
- ProjectDiscovery.ioInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- ThenaInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- RattleInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HubiloInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- p0Investorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CommandK.DevInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- NextBillion.aiInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- Kalam LabsInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Rephrase.aiInvestor (acqd by Adobe)current2019 — present
- TreehouseInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- IndiGGInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- PepperBoard Observercurrent2020 — present
- yellow.aiBoard Observercurrent2019 — present
- AcceldataBoard Observercurrent2019 — present
- Andreessen HorowitzPartner2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- DigitalOceanBoard Observer2017 — 2018
- ActifioBoard Observer2017 — 2018
- Cumulus NetworksBoard Observer2017 — 2018
- DrishtiBoard Observer2017 — 2018
- Onshape Inc.Board Observer2017 — 2018
- Various Early Stage CompaniesAngel Investor / Advisor2016 — 2017
- GoogleProduct Partnerships and Strategic Business Development2012 — 2017
- ChabaoCo-Founder2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- AMDEngineer and Product Manager2006 — 2011
Skills & more
StrategyStrategic PartnershipsStart-upsProduct ManagementBusiness DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsVenture CapitalEntrepreneurshipPrivate EquityBusiness Strategy
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Deals · 1
VerakSolo GP
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Colleagues at Lightspeed India Partners
Akshar Mohammad Maherally
General Partner at Lightspeed India Partners
Andrew Moley
General Partner at Lightspeed India Partners
Dev Khare
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Gulshan Ramgoolam
General Partner at Lightspeed India Partners
Haleemah Bibi Bulladin
General Partner at Lightspeed India Partners
Nikhil Chandulal Shah
General Partner at Lightspeed India Partners
Resmah Bibi Choomka
General Partner at Lightspeed India Partners
Resmah Bibi Mandary
General Partner at Lightspeed India Partners
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Ashish Taneja
Founding Partner & CEO at growX Ventures
Chenxi Wang
General Partner at Rain Capital
Ellen Levy
Founder & Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect at SignalFire
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hemant Mohapatra?
- Hemant Mohapatra is a Partner at Lightspeed India Partners Advisors, focusing on SaaS, enterprise infrastructure, crypto, and spacetech investments. He previously held positions at Andreessen Horowitz and Google, and has an engineering background from AMD.
- Where does Hemant Mohapatra work?
- Hemant Mohapatra is Partner at Lightspeed India Partners.
- What check size does Hemant Mohapatra write?
- Hemant Mohapatra typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
- Where did Hemant Mohapatra go to school?
- Hemant Mohapatra studied at IIT Bombay & University of Cambridge (MBA, Corporate Strategy); Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Bachelors, Engineering); University of Cincinnati (MS, Computer Sci/Engg).
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay265
Bhavish AggarwalCo-founder & CEO of Ola and Ola ElectricHarsh ShahVenture Partner at FJ LabsSandeep PatilPartner, Head of Asia-Pacific at QED InvestorsGaurav PorwalPartner and Chief Operating Officer at W Health Ventures Gp LlcPraneeth SrikantiTechnical Investment Partner at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.Ursheet ParikhInvestor in AI, Enterprise Infrastructure, and Human & Planetary Health at Mayfield
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Also attended University of Cincinnati69
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalDavid MollerInvestor at Third Rock VenturesCandice BrackeenGeneral Partner at Lightship CapitalAlbert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm VenturesJon CottrellDirector, M&A Advisory at eGateway CapitalNeil ChatterjeeAdvisor, Former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) at Overture Climate
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Shared employers
Also worked at Emergent12
Alex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform ManagementManav GargCo-founder & Managing Partner at Together FundShubham GuptaFounding General Partner at Together FundKamran AlamFounder at Jeevam HealthRahul AsatiFounder at AtlasMukund JhaFounder at Emergent
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Also worked at Sarvam AI2
Also worked at Pixxel8
Anirvan ChowdhuryDirector at Qualcomm VenturesRahul SundareshwaranAssociate, Asia at RTP GlobalSidd GandhiVenture Partner at growX VenturesRyan JohnsonProduct, Engineering Mgmt Advisor at Vocap PartnersShryas BhuratResearch Analyst at Kindred VenturesJay PanchalCEO at Aule Space
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