Shabnam Sana Lakdawala

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Principal at Foxglove Growth · Developer infrastructure · open source, developer tools

Foxglove Growth
Ahmedabad, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
10+ years experience
IIM Ahmedabad
English, Hindi, Gujarati
Investing
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Overview

I invest in developer infrastructure at Foxglove Growth, usually at pre-seed and seed. Backed 60 founders at pre-seed and seed. Before that: Samsung R&D and JPMorgan Chase. Most at home with open source and venture capital. Into vintage synthesizers.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in developer infrastructure
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on open source
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
Please don't message about
  • Crypto token projects
  • Fund-of-funds solicitations

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Skills
developer toolsopen sourceventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $25k cheques into pre-seed developer infrastructure in the UK

Cheque size
$25k
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Developer infrastructure
Geographies
Europe
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
Within a month
How I help
Hiring the first ten people

Typically lead or co-lead. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

Ahmedabad, Indiaventure capitaldeveloper toolsopen source
Open

Experience

  1. Principal
    Oct 2023 - Present
    Foxglove Growth · 3 yr · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Previously an operator for 10 years before investing.
    • Backed 45 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 7 boards.
  2. Finance Director
    Jul 2022 - Oct 2023
    Samsung R&D · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Closed the books in 3 days, down from 11.
    • Saved $4 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  3. Controller
    Mar 2020 - May 2022
    JPMorgan Chase · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 5 straight quarters.
  4. Finance Director
    Feb 2018 - Dec 2019
    InMobi · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Ran diligence on 6 acquisitions.
  5. Controller
    Oct 2016 - Feb 2018
    PhonePe · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $37 million raise.

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Education

  1. IIM Ahmedabad
    MBA, Business Administration
    2017 - 2019
  2. St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
    B.A., Economics
    2011 - 2015

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