Shashi Srikantan
InvestorManaging Director at Level Up Ventures · HearstLab Scout at HearstLab
New York, New York, United States
Writes $200K – $500K checks · typically $300K
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About
Managing Director at Hearst and head of Level Up Ventures, with a background in leveraged finance at Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas and over a decade at Fitch Ratings. She founded fashion-tech startup PLVSH and the Project Two.Eight accelerator for women founders.
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Experience
- Level Up VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2020 — presentNew York, United States
- HearstManaging Director, Head of Level Up Venturescurrent2020 — presentNew York, United States
- HearstLabHearstLab Scoutcurrent2020 — present
- Project 2.8Founder, Project Two.Eightcurrent2020 — present
- Global Women in VCMembercurrent2021 — present
- Fitch RatingsDirector2006 — 2020New York, NY
- PLVSHFounder2015 — 2018New York, NY
- BNP ParibasOperations Strategy2004 — 2006New York, New York, United States
- Credit SuisseAnalyst / Associate2001 — 2004New York, NY
Skills & more
Early-Stage StartupsVenture CapitalEarly Stage VenturesEntrepreneurshipCorporate InnovationSeed & Pre-Seed InvestingCorporate Strategy & DevelopmentSustainable Finance
From Shashi's professional profile.
Colleagues at Level Up Ventures
Allen T. Lamb
Venture Partner at Level Up Ventures
Andrea Hoffman
Founder & CEO, Culture Shift Labs at Level Up Ventures
Beto Pallares
Founder at Joseph Advisory Services
Carlton Charles
Chairman at Level Up Ventures
Charley Moore
Founder & CEO, Rocket Lawyer at Level Up Ventures
Damian Murray
Venture Analyst at Level Up Ventures
Iyke Iwotor
Senior Venture Analyst at Level Up Ventures
Kange Kaneene
Venture Partner at Level Up Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shashi Srikantan?
- Managing Director at Hearst and head of Level Up Ventures, with a background in leveraged finance at Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas and over a decade at Fitch Ratings. She founded fashion-tech startup PLVSH and the Project Two.Eight accelerator for women founders.
- Where does Shashi Srikantan work?
- Shashi Srikantan is Managing Director at Level Up Ventures.
- What check size does Shashi Srikantan write?
- Shashi Srikantan typically writes checks of $200K – $500K.
- Where did Shashi Srikantan go to school?
- Shashi Srikantan studied at Columbia Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Villanova University (B.S. in Business Administration, Finance).
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