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Lakshana Huddar

Investor at Sparta Group LLC

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overview 

Lakshana Huddar is an accomplished Deep Tech investor based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a strong background in science and mechanical engineering. Notable career highlights include serving as a Senior Investment Associate at Engine Ventures and holding a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, Lakshana focuses on investing in early-stage companies in the ClimateTech/CleanTech sectors in the Boston/New England area, specializing in Series A and Seed stage investments.

Work Experience 

  • Investor

    2024 - Current

Sparta Group is an investment firm that invests in startups and technology companies.

  • Consultant

    2024 - 2024

Pascal is a technological company that is developing a new class of solid refrigerants with the potential to alter HVAC sector.

Raised $8,000,000.00 from Khosla Ventures, Blindspot Ventures and Engine Ventures.

  • Senior Investment Associate

    2023 - 2024

  • Senior Associate

    2023 - 2023

  • Associate

    2021 - 2023

  • Climate Tech Fellow

    2021 - 2021

    The Climate Tech Fellowship is a 10-week program for startup and climate experts looking to found, join, invest in, and advise climate tech companies.

On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.

Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.

  • Fellowship Manager

    2019 - 2021

Activate empowers entrepreneurial scientists and engineers to transform their research into world-changing products and businesses.

Raised $7,880,999.00.

  • ARPA-E Fellow

    2017 - 2019

    I have been working on enhanced geothermal systems, advanced fission reactors, fusion and deep sea mining for critical minerals.

ARPA-E advances high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private-sector investment.

  • PhD Candidate

    2011 - 2016

    I was a member of the Thermal Hydraulics Lab, where I helped develop the design for the Pebble-Bed Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High Temperature Reactor

  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

    2013 - 2016

  • Safety Analyst Intern

    2013 - 2013

TerraPower is a nuclear energy technology firm that focuses on developing a sustainable and economic nuclear energy system.

Raised $758,550,000.00 from Bill Gates, Hedonova, SK Group and CRV.

  • Student

    2007 - 2011

    Mechanical Engineering Student

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