Piyush Neeraj Mehra

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Principal at Banyan Capital · AI applications

Banyan Capital
New Delhi, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
8+ years experience
ISB Hyderabad
English, Hindi
Investing
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Overview

8 years around startups; now investing in AI applications. Led or co-led 38 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later. Most at home with applied ML and product. I teach a weekend class on applied ML.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in AI applications
  • Working sessions on venture capital
  • Second opinions on product decisions
  • Questions about AI applications
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Skills
productapplied MLventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $100k cheques into Series An AI applications in Africa

Cheque size
$100k
Stages
Seed
Sectors
AI applications
Geographies
India
Lead or follow
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Decision time
Within a month
How I help
Intros to operators in our network

Typically lead or co-lead. We reply to every founder.

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Experience

  1. Principal
    Oct 2025 - Present
    Banyan Capital · 1 yr · Full-time · New Delhi, India
    • Sit on 3 boards.
    • Previously an operator for 9 years before investing.
  2. Sales Development Representative
    Oct 2023 - Oct 2025
    MakeMyTrip · 2 yr · Full-time · New Delhi, India
    • Closed 130% of quota two years running.
  3. Partnerships Manager
    Mar 2020 - Oct 2023
    Oracle · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · New Delhi, India
    • Closed 176% of quota two years running.
    • Signed 9 channel partners that now source 36% of pipeline.
  4. Account Executive
    Oct 2018 - Mar 2020
    Samsung R&D · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · New Delhi, India
    • Signed 18 channel partners that now source 28% of pipeline.
    • Closed 158% of quota two years running.

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Education

  1. ISB Hyderabad
    MBA, Business Administration
    2020 - 2022
  2. Shri Ram College of Commerce
    B.Com, Finance
    2013 - 2017

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