Where does Lakshmi Shankar work?

Lakshmi Shankar is General Partner at Together Fund.

What check size does Lakshmi Shankar write?

Lakshmi Shankar typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.

Where did Lakshmi Shankar go to school?

Lakshmi Shankar studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Sloan Fellowship - Stanford MSx Program, Master in Management); Imperial College, London (MEng. Software Engineering) (MEng, Software Engineering); Imperial College, London (BEng. Computing) (BEng, Computing).

Lakshmi Shankar

Investor

General Partner at Together Fund

Writes $1M – $10M checks

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About

Lakshmi Shankar is an SF GP, former Google Search VP who led Generative AI, and ex-Twitter exec with Jack Dorsey, connecting Indian founders to US customers and IIT Madras talent.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS

Experience

TogetherGeneral Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT MadrasVisiting Lecturercurrent2024 — presentIndia
Entrepreneur FirstVenture Partner2024San Francisco Bay Area
GoogleVP Product, Google AI Overview2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
GoogleVP Product Strategy, Google Search2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
TwitterHead of Office of the CEO2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
TwitterSenior Director, Consumer Product2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
TwitterCorporate Development & Strategy Lead2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
Stanford Graduate School of BusinessStanford Sloan Fellow2014 — 2015United States
Ernst & YoungDirector, Strategy & Operations Practice2008 — 2014London Area, United Kingdom
IBM Global Business ServicesProduct Lead for IBM’s Master Data Management2002 — 2008London, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Go-to-Market StrategyMonetizationVenture CapitalVenture FinancingStart-up VenturesEngineeringCorporate StrategyM&A experienceCross-border M&AIT M&A1Acquisition Integration25Divestitures1

+12 more

StrategyIT StrategyBusiness TransformationEnterprise ArchitectureProgram ManagementOperational Due DiligenceIT Due DiligenceBPOIT OutsourcingManagementLeadershipNegotiation

Languages English · Hindi · Spanish · Tamil

Enterprise Architect — The Open Group
Project Management Professional (PMP) — Project Management Institute
Prince 2 Professional — UK Civil Service

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Colleagues at Together Fund

Devansh Swarup

Analyst at Together Fund

Dushyant Mishra

Investor at Together Fund

Girish Mathrubootham

Founder of Freshworks; co-founder of Together Fund

Harshitha S

Fund Ops Lead at Together Fund

Kaushik S

Associate Vice President at Together Fund

Manav Garg

Co-founder & Managing Partner at Together Fund

Manjoo Shaheen

General Partner at Together Fund

Puja Singhvi

Chief Financial Officer at Together Fund

Frequently asked questions

Who is Lakshmi Shankar?: Lakshmi Shankar is an SF GP, former Google Search VP who led Generative AI, and ex-Twitter exec with Jack Dorsey, connecting Indian founders to US customers and IIT Madras talent.
Where does Lakshmi Shankar work?: Lakshmi Shankar is General Partner at Together Fund.
What does Lakshmi Shankar invest in?: Lakshmi Shankar invests in AI & Machine Learning, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Healthtech, SaaS.
What check size does Lakshmi Shankar write?: Lakshmi Shankar typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
Where did Lakshmi Shankar go to school?: Lakshmi Shankar studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Sloan Fellowship - Stanford MSx Program, Master in Management); Imperial College, London (MEng. Software Engineering) (MEng, Software Engineering); Imperial College, London (BEng. Computing) (BEng, Computing).