Ravneet Manpreet Dhaliwal

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Principal at Saltwater Seed Fund · AI applications

Saltwater Seed Fund
Chandigarh, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
7+ years experience
College of Engineering, Pune
English, Hindi, Punjabi
Investing
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Overview

I invest in AI applications at Saltwater Seed Fund, usually at pre-seed and seed. Previously an operator for 8 years before investing. Before that: American Express and Atlassian. Former debater; now I argue with spreadsheets.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in AI applications
  • Questions about AI applications
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on venture capital
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  • Generic networking requests
  • SEO and link-building offers

Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
applied MLproductventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $50k cheques into pre-seed AI applications in India

Cheque size
$50k
Stages
Seed
Sectors
AI applications, AI applications
Geographies
India
Lead or follow
Follow
Decision time
Within a month
How I help
Fundraising strategy for the next round

Happy to follow a strong lead. We reply to every founder.

Chandigarh, India · remote OKproductapplied mlventure capital
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Experience

  1. Principal
    Nov 2025 - Present
    Saltwater Seed Fund · 11 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
    • Backed 14 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 5 boards.
  2. Finance Director
    May 2023 - Nov 2025
    American Express · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
    • Saved $9 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  3. Senior Financial Analyst
    Feb 2022 - May 2023
    Atlassian · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $290 million raise.
  4. FP&A Manager
    Oct 2019 - Feb 2022
    Ola · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
    • Saved $8 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.

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Education

  1. College of Engineering, Pune
    B.Tech, Computer Science
    2014 - 2018

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