Rasika Kulkarni

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Angel Investor at Independent | ex-Accenture

Independent
Mumbai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
11+ years experience
NID Ahmedabad
English, Hindi, Marathi
Investing
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Overview

I invest in climate, usually at pre-seed and seed. Previously an operator for 10 years before investing. Backed 36 founders at pre-seed and seed. Before that: Accenture and Postman.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in climate
  • Working sessions on hardware
  • Questions about climate
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
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  • Decks without a clear ask
  • Crypto token projects

Replies on weekday evenings

Skills
hardwareclimate techenergyinfrastructure
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $2M cheques into pre-seed climate in Southeast Asia

Cheque size
$2M
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Climate, AI applications
Geographies
India and Southeast Asia
Lead or follow
Co-lead
Decision time
About two weeks
How I help
Intros to operators in our network

Happy to follow a strong lead. Former operator - I help with hiring and GTM.

Mumbai, Indiainfrastructurehardwareenergy
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Experience

  1. Angel Investor
    Feb 2026 - Present
    Independent · 8 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Previously an operator for 5 years before investing.
    • Backed 58 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 6 boards.
  2. Finance Director
    May 2022 - Feb 2026
    Accenture · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Ran diligence on 10 acquisitions.
  3. Senior Financial Analyst
    Feb 2019 - May 2022
    Postman · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Saved $8 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  4. FP&A Manager
    Dec 2017 - Feb 2019
    Meesho · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Saved $5 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Closed the books in 5 days, down from 17.
  5. Financial Analyst
    Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
    Oracle · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Saved $9 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.

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Education

  1. NID Ahmedabad
    B.Des, Business Administration
    2001 - 2005

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