Hina Kavita Lad

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Principal, Northwind Ventures - due diligence · venture capital · board work

Northwind Ventures
London, UK · GMT (UTC+0)
6+ years experience
Durham University
English
Investing
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Overview

6 years around startups; now investing in fintech. Led or co-led 13 investments, 2 of them now at Series B or later. Previously an operator for 10 years before investing. I mentor students through university programmes.

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Skills
due diligenceboard workventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $250k cheques into pre-seed fintech in India and SEA

Cheque size
$250k
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Fintech, B2B SaaS
Geographies
Europe
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
Within a month
How I help
Intros to operators in our network

Typically lead or co-lead. Decisions within 3 weeks.

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Experience

  1. Principal
    Nov 2025 - Present
    Northwind Ventures · 11 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Sit on 5 boards.
    • Previously an operator for 9 years before investing.
  2. Senior Financial Analyst
    Oct 2022 - Nov 2025
    Kainos · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 10 straight quarters.
  3. Financial Analyst
    Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
    ASOS · 2 yr · Full-time · London, UK
    • Closed the books in 3 days, down from 14.

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Education

  1. Durham University
    BA, Engineering
    2017 - 2020

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