Hemant Mohapatra
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed India Partners
San Francisco, California
Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $4M
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
Education
- IIT Bombay & University of CambridgeMBA, Corporate Strategy2011 — 2012
- Indian Institute of Technology, BombayBachelors, Engineering
- University of CincinnatiMS, Computer Sci/Engg
Skills & more
StrategyStrategic PartnershipsStart-upsProduct ManagementBusiness DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsVenture CapitalEntrepreneurshipPrivate EquityBusiness Strategy
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Deals · 1
VerakSolo GP
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Network3
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
- 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.
Same school
Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay145
Harsh ShahVenture Partner at FJ LabsSandeep PatilPartner, Head of Asia-Pacific at QED InvestorsUrsheet ParikhInvestor in AI, Enterprise Infrastructure, and Human & Planetary Health at MayfieldArpit BeriManaging Partner, India at Jungle VenturesVishesh SharmaPrincipal, India at Jungle VenturesRanvita AgrawalSenior Associate, India at Jungle Ventures
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Also attended University of Cincinnati31
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalDavid MollerInvestor at Third Rock VenturesCandice BrackeenGeneral Partner at Lightship CapitalAlbert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm VenturesNeil ChatterjeeAdvisor, Former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) at Overture ClimateBrian SmithManaging Director at S3 Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Emergent11
Alex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform ManagementManav GargCo-founder & Managing Partner at Together FundShubham GuptaFounding General Partner at Together FundShinjini PalitAssociate at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpKamran AlamFounder at Jeevam HealthRahul AsatiFounder at Atlas
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