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Lidiya Dervisheva

Investor

Partner at Next47

San Francisco, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks Β· typically $1.5M

About

Lidiya Dervisheva is Founding Partner at Chromium Ventures, an early-stage investment firm focused on industrial AI and software applications in the physical economy. She previously spent over six years as an investor at N47 and G2 Venture Partners, where she worked on enterprise software, deep tech, and technologies supporting efficiency and data capabilities in legacy industries, with particular focus on manufacturing, supply chain, mobility, construction, and the built environment. Based in San Francisco, she brings experience across US and European markets to venture sourcing and portfolio support.

Experience

  1. Chromium VenturesFounder and General Partnercurrent2024 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Walter VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2026 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. N47Partner2019 β€” 2023Palo Alto, CA
  4. G2VPInvestor2018 β€” 2019
  5. G2VPAssociate2017 β€” 2018Menlo Park, CA
  6. Harvard Business SchoolMBA2015 β€” 2017Greater Boston Area
  7. Braemar Energy VenturesMBA Summer Associate2016Greater New York City Area
  8. Synergy Efficiency SolutionsEngineer and Project Manager2013 β€” 2015Indonesia
  9. Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY)Co-Leader of Idea Institute Programme2012 β€” 2013New Haven, CT
  10. VattenfallCommercial Steering Intern2012Hamburg Area, Germany
  11. London Sustainability ExchangeProjects Intern2011London, UK

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)2015 β€” 2017
  2. Yale UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering2009 β€” 2013
  3. American College of SofiaBulgarian and American High School Diplomas2004 β€” 2009

Skills & more

Venture Capital15Investing10Entrepreneurship34Energy61Start-ups4Sustainability36Project Management21Financial Modeling7Private EquityData Analysis17Engineering6Strategy5
+8 moreStatisticsProgrammingMarket ResearchComputer VisionRoboticsAI/MLDeep TechIndustrial Technologies

Languages Bulgarian Β· English Β· German Β· Indonesian Β· Spanish

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Lidiya Dervisheva is Partner at Next47.
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Lidiya Dervisheva typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

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