Rajeev Mantri is the founder and managing director of India-focused venture capital firm Navam Capital. Prior to founding Navam, Rajeev worked as a venture capital investor at New York-based Lux Capital, focusing on investments in deep technology ventures. Rajeev is widely published columnist on technology, investing, venture capital and entrepreneurship in India.
In 2020, Rajeev authored (with Harsh Madhusudan) A New Idea Of India - Individual Rights In A Civilisational State, a best-selling and widely acclaimed book on the history and future of modern India, Rajeev graduated with a BS in materials science and engineering from Northwestern Universityand earned his MBA, specializing in private equity and investment management from Columbia University.
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