Divya Lakshmi Joshi

Sample

Associate, Kiteline Seed Fund - developer tools · open source · venture capital

Kiteline Seed Fund
Los Angeles, CA · PT (UTC-8)
3+ years experience
Virginia Tech
English
Investing
Messaging unavailable

Overview

3 years around startups; now investing in developer infrastructure. Led or co-led 7 investments, 2 of them now at Series B or later. Travel slowly, usually by train.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in commercial contracts
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Please don't message about
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Unpaid work or spec projects

Replies between meetings, usually same day

Skills
venture capitalopen sourcedeveloper tools
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 4 months

Writing $100k cheques into pre-seed developer infrastructure in Africa

Cheque size
$100k
Stages
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Commercial contracts, B2B SaaS
Geographies
India and Southeast Asia
Lead or follow
Co-lead
Decision time
Within a month
How I help
Fundraising strategy for the next round

Happy to follow a strong lead. Decisions within 3 weeks.

Los Angeles, CAdeveloper toolsventure capitalopen source
Open

Experience

  1. Associate
    Apr 2026 - Present
    Kiteline Seed Fund · 6 mo · Full-time · Los Angeles, CA
    • Built the privacy programme for launches in 19 countries.
    • Negotiated 299 commercial agreements a year.
    • Secured 3 payments licences.
  2. Finance Manager
    Oct 2023 - Apr 2026
    Spotify · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Los Angeles, CA
    • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 10.
    • Ran diligence on 4 acquisitions.

References

No references yet.

Education

  1. Virginia Tech
    BS, Computer Science
    2019 - 2023

Details

Compensation expectations
What they are targeting for their next role.
Visible to connections
Direct contact details
Direct email and a scheduling link.
Visible to connections