TEAM
Diverse set of professionals, passionate
about climate tech and sustainability.
CORE TEAM
PRIYA SHAH
FOUNDER AND GENERAL PARTNER
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 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.
HIMANSHU SHARMA
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT
Ashita Patodia
SHORT TERM ASSOCIATE
Ashita has joined Theia Ventures as a Short Term Associate assisting us on all tasks end to end. She also assists us with building the firm’s early engagement with entrepreneurs and start-ups before venture funding. Ashita was previously at Innoven Capital where she worked in the Investment team deploying Venture debt into startups with a primary focus on the Agri-tech sector. Before that, she was a Consultant with Ernst & Young, specializing in financial transaction diligence specifically aligned to the Technology, Media, and Entertainment sectorAshita is a Chartered Accountant and a graduate of Mithibai College of Commerce (Mumbai University). She is presently pursuing her MBA from London Business School. Ashita loves yoga & meditation and is passionate about deep-sea diving in her free time.
Represent the most notable leaders in climate tech, industry, finance and policy in India and globally.
ADVISORS & VENTURE PARTNERS
Anand Mahindra
Chairman, Mahindra Group
Sashi Mukundan
President, India, bp Group
Richard Damania
Chief Economist, World Bank
Pavan Krishna
Co-founder, Ojas Venture Partners
Jaideep Prabhu
Professor, Cambridge Judge Business School
Piyush Mathur
Odyssey Energy Solutions
Audrey Selian
Director, Rianta Capital
Paarul Dudeja
MD, Working Capital Fund
Shaila Khan Leekha
COO, iClima Earth
Manish Sinha
Head & Director of Venture Building, NTUitive
Theia Alumni
Shivangi Saxena
Sahil Talaulikar
Abhishek Sahay
Nupur Joshi
Waroon Chhabra
Shreya Sharda