Motus Ventures is an early-stage VC focused on climate technologies & deep-tech.

Spark Venture Studios, a climate tech venture studio, is an investor in and business co-founder for cutting-edge early stage (pre-seed) climate technologies coming out of top US universities (we focus on Caltech, UCLA, UC Irvine, Stanford and UC Berkeley). We also engage deeply with large global industry players to provide access to early-stage tech and startups relevant to their decarbonization/ innovation needs in order to jointly pursue commercialization. Know more at sparkstudios.vc

I serve as a senior advisor to FIDE. which is Nandan Nilekani's philanthropic arm, a not-for-profit organization, that fosters innovation and co-creation among ecosystem participants, by building interoperable open protocol specifications. FIDE and its sister organizations have contributed to India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI) including Aadhar, UPI, ONDC, Fastag, Namma Yatri, etc. FIDE is the genesis author and angel donor to Beckn Protocol, which is the foundation for multiple open networks including ONDC, Namma Yatra, ONEST, Vistaar, UEI and UHI.

Institute for Carbon Mangement (ICM) was established by UCLA to develop cutting-edge technologies to combat climate change. As UCLA's highly successful climate-tech investor/ accelerator, it has developed, invested in and spun out 6 early-stage companies across industrial decarbonization, carbon removals and energy transition (icm.ucla.edu).As a part of the leadership team, I shaped the focus, strategic direction and our investment thesis.Evaluated climate technologies and entrepreneurs, supported and led fundraising from LPs, governments and philanthropists.Led cross-functional team of scientists, engineers & business experts to guide the development of technologies and early-stage companies, assessing the commercial landscape and forging partnerships.

Jointly setup Power Solutions in APAC which builds analytics-based SaaS products in energy and climate-techPlayed a co-CEO role with P&L ownership, experience spanned across product, GTM, BD/ salesHired and led a team of 15 to build two climate-tech/ sustainability SaaS products (for industrial decarbonisation and yield improvement for solar plants); scaled them up to get $2 mn revenues from 20+ global clients

Part of the India leadership team for power and sustainability; served energy companies, investors and policy makers across geographies on strategy, building new businesses (mainly around climate-tech and sustainability), M&A, sustainability/ ESG, and technology.Highlights include shaping the agenda on 24/7 (hybrid) RE power in India, working on 10+ deals in India's RE sector, helping energy companies build new tech-enabled climate businesses, helping 20+ industrial players decarbonise, innovation clusters for clean energy, reforms on energy access and power distribution, and net zero roadmap for India.

Co-Founder of three entrepreneurial ventures in Mar-tech and Logistics.Featured as India's top student entrepreneur by Yourstory.Placed in top-3 at MIT AITI (an MIT-Google funded start-up accelerator)Placed in top-5 at IE Venture Day, an inter-IIT-IIM B-Plan competition

Worked with national and international clients including World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Tata Power and Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission in the fields of Demand Side Management (DSM), Energy Efficiency Project Development, Energy Forecasting, Policy-Setting and Financing Options.

Invited to design and implement strategies to elevate brand MTV in youth demographic.Pioneered development of national promotional network across 200 colleges in 13 cities used for the promotion of MTV shows including Roadies and Splitsvilla, campaigns including Rock The Vote and sales deals

Led a 2-tier team of 60 students to build the biggest media campaign till date worth INR 35 million achieved through collaborations with 23 media partners, 100+ press articles and 4 press conferences.Pioneered innovative media campaigns and organized India's first twitter meet-interview