Sachin Nagpal

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Principal at Silverline Growth · Climate · venture capital, hardware

Silverline Growth
Mumbai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
9+ years experience
IIT Bombay
English, Hindi, Marathi
Investing
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Overview

I invest in climate at Silverline Growth, usually at pre-seed and seed. Sit on 4 boards. Led or co-led 30 investments, 4 of them now at Series B or later. I mentor first-time managers when I can.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in climate
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Second opinions on energy decisions
Please don't message about
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Generic networking requests

Best reached early in the week

Skills
energyclimate techhardwareventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $2M cheques into pre-seed climate in India

Cheque size
$2M
Stages
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Climate, climate
Geographies
India and Southeast Asia
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
One meeting and a partner call
How I help
Hiring the first ten people

Usually the first cheque in. We reply to every founder.

Mumbai, Indiaclimate techventure capitalhardware
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Experience

  1. Principal
    Jul 2023 - Present
    Silverline Growth · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Previously an operator for 8 years before investing.
    • Backed 39 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 4 boards.
  2. Finance Manager
    Feb 2020 - Mar 2023
    Freshworks · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 10 straight quarters.
  3. Controller
    Dec 2018 - Feb 2020
    MakeMyTrip · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 14.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $78 million raise.
  4. Finance Manager
    Oct 2017 - Dec 2018
    Groww · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $135 million raise.

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Education

  1. IIT Bombay
    B.Tech, Computer Science
    2013 - 2017

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