Lavni Ventures – Make money do good.

Our first social impact fund is open and invests in startups in the areas of health, education, energy, housing, and the environment.

About Lavni Ventures

Our Vision, Mission and Values

Make money do good.

At Lavni Ventures our vision is to create value by investing in socially impactful, technology driven and sustainable businesses.

In order to achieve this, Lavni works with a two-step approach:

Lavni’s investment partners and founders invest in rigorously selected for-profit startups with exciting technology addressing the market innovatively under a typical 2% management fee, 20% share of profits (carry) Venture Capital model

Along with the investment partners’ contributions, the 20% carry builds the Lavni corpus to pursue its core vision of investing in sustainable social impact opportunities.

Creativity
Continuously innovating and creating technology driven solutions.
Trust
Aim to do the right thing every time.
impact
Driven to deliver the desired impact and make a difference.

Lavni’s Approach

Quality Trumps Quantity.

OPPORTUNITY SELECTION

Sourcing from a large international funnel.
Vetting based on early engagement.
Going in as early angel investor.

ENGAGEMENT MODEL & SUPPORT

Guiding strategically and technically to differentiate and scale up.
Advising on building winning teams.
Sharing operational expertise to deliver quality and efficiency.
Connecting with international markets to drive sales.
Helping raise further rounds of investments.

HOW IS LAVNI DIFFERENT?

Lavni invests with an eye on the long-term horizon, aiming to create consistent, resilient and realistic means to build up our social impact.
Lavni’s long term commitment starts at an early stage, well before investment selection. This happens via the founders’ involvement in the global innovation ecosystem and the mentoring relationships the founders have with innovators.
A cultural fit between Lavni and the startup allows us to build a trusted long-term relationship.
Lavni is not a portfolio play – In our approach quality trumps quantity.

Leadership Team

USA PARTNERS

Vasu Guruswamy

Partner, Austin, TX, USA

33+ years of technical & global business operations experience. Actively mentors several technology startups around the world. Has experience in PE/VC investments in his role as ex-MD and current Venture Partner at CSL capital management.

Bhuvana Guruswamy

Partner, Irving, TX, USA

25+ years of experience in strategic marketing, product management, market research & analytics in high-tech and consumer segments ranging. Passionate about helping launch products that promote positive social impact.

Krishna Shivram

Partner, TX, USA

Krishna Shivram has over 29 years of experience in financial and management positions in the oil and gas industry in the United States, Middle East, Europe and India. He is currently the CEO of Sentinel Energy services Inc

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

Sanjay Kanvinde

Pune, India

23+ years in R&D, business development and IT management. Currently an angel investor and advisor to several startups, he is active in various social organizations.

Venkat Raman

Bangalore, India

Business executive and serial entrepreneur with 30+ years of extensive international experience in sales, operations, product development and IT. At present owns and manages Aeronics Pvt Ltd.

Narmada Guruswamy

London, UK

13+ years in data analytics, communication & volunteering. Winner of 2018 TechWomen 100 UK award. Currently focused on fraud analytics in a big-four consultancy. Deeply committed to using data science for social benefit.