Lokesh Mishra

Investment Analyst at Goldcrest Ventures · Developer infrastructure

Goldcrest Ventures

Pune, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

1+ years experience

IIIT Hyderabad

English, Hindi, Marathi

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Overview

I invest in developer infrastructure at Goldcrest Ventures, usually at pre-seed and seed. Previously an operator for 5 years before investing. Most at home with developer tools and open source. Former debater; now I argue with spreadsheets.

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developer toolsopen sourceventure capital

InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $2M cheques into pre-seed developer infrastructure in MENA

Cheque size: $2M
Stages: Pre-seed, Seed
Sectors: Developer infrastructure
Geographies: India and Southeast Asia
Lead or follow: Lead
Decision time: Within a month
How I help: Hiring the first ten people

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

Pune, Indiaopen sourcedeveloper toolsventure capital

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Experience

Investment Analyst
Mar 2026 - Present
Goldcrest Ventures · 7 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
- Previously an operator for 12 years before investing.
- Led or co-led 22 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later.

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IIIT Hyderabad
B.Tech, Engineering
2021 - 2025

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