Prashant Aditya Mishra

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Principal at Driftwood Seed Fund · Climate · energy, venture capital

Driftwood Seed Fund
Gurugram, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
10+ years experience
IIM Lucknow
English, Hindi
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Overview

10 years around startups; now investing in climate. Led or co-led 36 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later. Previously an operator for 5 years before investing. Before that: Freshworks and ICICI Bank. Most at home with hardware and venture capital. Big believer in written communication.

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  • Working sessions on venture capital
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Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
climate techhardwareenergyventure capital

Experience

  1. Principal
    Aug 2023 - Present
    Driftwood Seed Fund · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
    • Sit on 5 boards.
    • Led or co-led 8 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
  2. Principal Engineer
    Mar 2020 - Aug 2023
    Freshworks · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
    • Sit on 3 boards.
  3. ML Engineer
    Nov 2016 - Mar 2020
    ICICI Bank · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
    • Taught SQL to 53 non-analysts.

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Education

  1. IIM Lucknow
    MBA, Business Administration
    2016 - 2018
  2. NID Ahmedabad
    B.Des, Economics
    2011 - 2015

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