Hitesh Ranade

Principal at Silverline Growth · Climate · energy, venture capital

Silverline Growth

Pune, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

7+ years experience

IIM Lucknow

English, Hindi, Marathi

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Overview

7 years around startups; now investing in climate. Backed 41 founders at pre-seed and seed. Before that: Visa and Nvidia. Most at home with climate tech and energy. I mentor first-time managers when I can.

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climate techventure capitalmarketplacesenergyhardware

InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $1M cheques into pre-seed climate in India and SEA

Cheque size: $1M
Stages: Seed
Sectors: Climate
Geographies: India and Southeast Asia
Lead or follow: Co-lead
Decision time: About two weeks
How I help: Hiring the first ten people

Typically lead or co-lead. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

Pune, Indiaclimate techhardwareenergy

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Experience

Principal
Jun 2024 - Present
Silverline Growth · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
- Led or co-led 8 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
- Backed 40 founders at pre-seed and seed.
- Previously an operator for 12 years before investing.
Engagement Manager
Aug 2021 - Jun 2024
Visa · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
- Led a cost programme that saved a client $85 million.
- Ran commercial diligence on 10 deals.
Consultant
Oct 2019 - Aug 2021
Nvidia · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
- Delivered 21 engagements across 3 countries.

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Education

IIM Lucknow
MBA, Business Administration
2021 - 2023
PSG College of Technology
B.E., Engineering
2014 - 2018

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