Lakshmi Shankar is a former VP of Product Strategy for Google Search who led the launch of Generative AI in Search and previously worked as a senior executive directly with Jack Dorsey at Twitter, giving him rare experience shipping AI products at massive scale and deep knowledge of both search and social platforms. He serves as Together Fund's San Francisco-based GP and acts as their bridge to Silicon Valley, helping Indian and global founders connect with US customers and follow-on capital while also teaching AI and Entrepreneurship at IIT Madras to stay close to emerging research talent.
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Together Fund
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AI, SaaS, Enterprise, Devtools, Health
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Seed - Series A
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$1M - $10M
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Together Fund is India's first operator-led, AI-first VC in the US-India corridor, built by repeat SaaS founders like Girish Mathrubootham of Freshworks and Manav Garg of Eka who saw a gap of "literally no operator-led help" for early-stage SaaS/AI startups in India's ecosystem. The fund positions itself as "for founders, by founders, with founders" and focuses on backing AI and SaaS companies built in India but selling to global markets, providing hands-on operating support through partners who are still active operators rather than just capital.
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