Priya Lakshmi Govindan

Overview

21 years around startups; now investing in climate. Led or co-led 34 investments, 4 of them now at Series B or later. Sit on 2 boards. Most at home with energy and hardware. Amateur photographer; mostly street and food.

Experience

1. Partner

   May 2024 - Present
   Driftwood Growth · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Led the migration of 29 services to climate tech.
   • Cut p99 latency on the product security services from 575ms to 93ms.
   • Wrote the climate tech service that now handles 15 million requests a day.
2. Principal Product Manager

   Dec 2020 - May 2024
   Meesho · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Backed 45 founders at pre-seed and seed.
3. Senior Product Manager

   Oct 2017 - Dec 2020
   Myntra · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Took AI products activation from 28% to 41% in three quarters.
   • Grew AI products revenue from $3 million to $47 million ARR.
4. Senior Product Manager

   Dec 2013 - Oct 2017
   Nykaa · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Launched the developer product in 14 markets.
5. Product Manager

   Nov 2011 - Dec 2013
   Nvidia · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Ran 40 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Grew logistics revenue from $1 million to $45 million ARR.

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Education

1. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

   MBA, Business Administration
   2005 - 2007
2. IIT Madras

   B.Tech, Business Administration
   2001 - 2005