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Sandeep Murthy

Investor

Partner and Managing Director at Lightbox · Managing Partner at LIGHTBOX VENTURES

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About

Sandeep Murthy is an investor at Lightbox, a venture capital firm he helped establish in 2014 to back consumer brands in India. He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School, and began his venture career in 2005 with Sherpalo Ventures, where he led investments in consumer internet companies. He previously served as CEO of Cleartrip for three years and founded a US-based digital music management startup that was sold to Sony Music, with a career that also included investment banking.

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Invests in

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentTravel & Hospitality

Experience

  1. LightboxManaging Director & Partnercurrent2014 — presentMumbai Area, India
  2. CleartripChairman2006 — 2014
  3. SherpaloPartner2005 — 2014
  4. IACAssociate Director2004 — 2005
  5. StreetLavaFounder2003 — 2005
  6. ecMarketsVice President2002 — 2004
  7. Sony Music - UnsurfaceGeneral Manager2000 — 2001
  8. IntrawareManager, Strategic Development1999 — 2000
  9. Credit Suisse First Boston - Technology GroupAnalyst1998 — 1999

Education

  1. The Wharton SchoolMBA2003 — 2005
  2. University of PennsylvaniaBachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Systems Engineering1994 — 1998
  3. The Wharton SchoolBSE, Finance and Management1994 — 1998

Skills & more

Strategy22Strategic Planning8Management28Leadership22New Media35Venture Financing17Entrepreneurship99Business Development79Mergers4Partnerships4Digital Media17Music4
+12 moreBusiness StrategyVenture CapitalValuationPrivate EquityCorporate DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsStrategic PartnershipsBusiness PlanningMobile DevicesCompetitive AnalysisStart-upsMarketing

Languages Hindi · Kannada

From Sandeep's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended The Wharton School1,366

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended University of Pennsylvania646

Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution

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Shared employers

Also worked at Lightbox7

Bhavana WaigankarCOO at LightboxSiddharth DhankharPrincipal at LightboxHimanshi TailorAssociate, Legal at LightboxPranjal KhandelwalAnalyst, Investments at LightboxChirag GoradiaAnalyst, Investments at LightboxAnshh MalhotraBusiness Analyst at Lightbox

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Also worked at Cleartrip7

Steve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupJohn TorreyVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupRashmi GupteyCFO and General Counsel at LightboxRohan MoreIT Manager at LightboxNajam KidwaiVenture Partner at Frontier VenturesMohanjit JollyVenture Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)

+ 1 more

Also worked at IAC27

Geoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesBrian Bustamante-NicholsonPartner at GreycroftBrock WeatherupFormer Executive VP, PetCo at MissionOGBRYAN CIAMBELLAGeneral Partner at PROOFMo KoyfmanFounder and General Partner at Shine CapitalHong TangVenture Partner at Foothill Ventures

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Also worked at Sony Music - Unsurface47

Allen DuanVenture Partner at Differential VenturesAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra VenturesOmar HamouiPartner at Mucker CapitalFelix ShpilmanVenture Partner at Moses CapitalLihi LubranskiPrincipal at TriventuresMatt ZhangFounder & Managing Partner at Hivemind Capital Partners

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Investments

Led

Info EdgeInMobi

Investor

Cleartrip

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Lightbox

Aaryaman Singhee
Investor at Lightbox
Anshh Malhotra
Business Analyst at Lightbox
Ashish Bhargava
Investor at Lightbox
Bhavana Waigankar
COO at Lightbox
Bijou Kurien
Investor at Lightbox
Chirag Goradia
Analyst, Investments at Lightbox
Himanshi Tailor
Associate, Legal at Lightbox
Ishaan Shah
Investor at Lightbox