Mahira Chishti

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Associate at Northwind Capital · hardware, climate tech

Northwind Capital
Pune, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
3+ years experience
NIT Trichy
English, Hindi, Marathi
InvestingAdvising
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Overview

3 years around startups; now investing in climate. Previously an operator for 7 years before investing. Yoga every morning.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Advice on privacy and data protection
  • Founders building in privacy and data protection
  • Second opinions on climate tech decisions
  • Questions about privacy and data protection
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Skills
energyhardwareventure capitalclimate tech
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $50k cheques into pre-seed climate in India and SEA

Cheque size
$50k
Stages
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Privacy and data protection, AI applications
Geographies
India and Southeast Asia
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
About two weeks
How I help
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Typically lead or co-lead. Former operator - I help with hiring and GTM.

Pune, Indiaclimate techenergyventure capital
Open
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Open to advising seed teams on energy

Topics
privacy and data protection, energy, climate tech
Format
Calls
Terms
Equity
Capacity
One call a month
Best for
Teams scaling past 50 people

3 years of climate. Prefer specific questions over coffee chats.

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Experience

  1. Associate
    Sep 2025 - Present
    Northwind Capital · 1 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Negotiated 237 commercial agreements a year.
    • Built the privacy programme for launches in 22 countries.
  2. Sales Development Representative
    Nov 2023 - Sep 2025
    Google · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Signed 13 channel partners that now source 29% of pipeline.

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Education

  1. NIT Trichy
    B.Tech, Economics
    2019 - 2023

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