Lakshana Huddar
Investor at Sparta Group LLC
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overview
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