TEAM

Diverse set of professionals, passionate
about climate tech and sustainability.

Core Team

FOUNDER AND GENERAL PARTNER

PRIYA SHAH

Priya has spent 17 years working across the finance, policy, and venture sectors in the US, UK, and Indian markets. She is an early investor in India’s climate tech venture ecosystem and a Director on Sustainability Mafia, one of India’s largest climate founder coalitions. She is actively involved as a mentor, advisor, and thought leader with several think tanks, university labs, accelerator programs, and foundations on climate tech innovation, a Board Member on the University of Cambridge’s Alumni Advisory Council, and an advisor to Brown University’s Young India Leadership Council and Women’s Launchpad program.

Before Theia Ventures, she built the Indian Fund arm of Yunus Social Business (YSB), a global impact venture debt fund founded by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, where she led investments into companies such as S4S Technologies (Earthshot Prize Winner 2023), Rangsutra, Virohan, SMV Green, Just Organik and Hasiru Dala. Prior to YSB, Priya spearheaded strategy, capital raising, and special projects at a clean-tech, venture-backed, growth-stage company, Simpa Networks. She began her career at Bloomberg LP in New York and later at Asia House in London. She has led independent consulting projects at impact start-ups and investment firms, such as Acumen and British International Investment.

She holds an MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School and a BA in History from Brown University, where she is closely affiliated with alumni initiatives on gender diversity, international scholarships, and climate-focused entrepreneurship.

HIMANSHU SHARMA

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT

Himanshu has spent 6.5 years working across the social impact, finance, banking, management consulting, and policy sectors in India. Before Theia Ventures, he was a part of the core team of a management consulting startup leading their business development vertical for India and South East Asia along with working as a Senior Development Consultant. He is also a founding member of India Care Collective, a COVID-19 relief fund that supported over 5000 migrant worker families in India with a direct cash benefit of USD 1 million. Himanshu has also spent working with the Delhi Government as a Public Policy Associate and with Hon’ble Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav as an Economic Research Associate. Himanshu started his career with JP Morgan and has led various technological-driven projects leading to cost optimization of USD 30 million for the firm along with setting up program governance for the team. Himanshu holds an undergraduate degree in Manufacturing Engineering from BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus along with a minor degree certification in Finance.

HARSH BIHANI

HEAD OF FINANCE

Harsh brings over 9 years of experience in managing and optimizing financial operations across industries. Before Theia he headed the Finance division at Earlsfield Capital, a leading venture capital firm in India and Southeast Asia, where he collaborated with the Investment team on strategic initiatives. At CarDekho Group, Harsh managed finance operations for the Used Car division and played a key role in fundraising efforts across India and Southeast Asia. Earlier in his career, he worked at EY, specializing in financial due diligence, and at Infosys, where his cost optimization initiatives resulted in annual savings of nearly $10 million. A graduate of St. Xavier’s College, Harsh is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary.

SHRADHA PUJAR

CHIEF OF STAFF

Shradha has been working with startups since 2017. She started her career with Zerodha and has experience working with cross-functional domains in fintech and climate. Before Theia, she did a fellowship in climate from Terra. do. She holds a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU).

ANUN SOOD

INVESTMENT ANALYST

Anun joined Theia from Suzuki's Next Bharat Ventures, a venture capital firm launched by Japanese giant Suzuki Motor Corporation to focus on early stage investments in India.  Prior to this, she was a management consultant at Dalberg Advisors, where she worked extensively on building climate and energy mandates for global institutional investors.  Anun holds a Bachelor’s in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College and a Master’s in Public Policy from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

Represent the most notable leaders in industry, finance and policy in India and globally.

Advisors

Anand Mahindra

Chairman, Mahindra Group

Richard Damania

 
Chief Economist, World Bank

Purnima Gandhi

 
Former Director, Temasek Holdings

Naveen Menon 

Former President for Cisco, Southeast Asia

Asha Joshi 

Former Managing Director, Payden & Rygel

Investment Committee

Senior leaders with a sharp focus on early stage venture, deep tech and climate.

Pavan Krishna

 
Co-founder, Ojas Venture Partners

Piyush Mathur

 
Odyssey Energy Solutions

Paarul Dudeja

 
MD, Working Capital Fund

Manish Sinha

 
Head & Director of Venture Building, NTUitive