Roni Hiranand
Investing at Google Ventures
Roni Hiranand
Investing at Google Ventures
Hong Kong SAR
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2023 - Current
Enterprise and Frontier Investor. GV (Google Ventures) is the venture capital arm of Alphabet, Inc with $8B+ assets under management
Advisor
2022 - 2023
Board Member
2024
Board Member
2024
Board Member
2024
Board Member
2024
Board Member
2024
Guest Lecturer
2020 - 2023
Food Science & Nutrition
Advisor / Mentor / Consultant
2020 - 2022
Former Consultant: s28 Capital (Enterprise SaaS and Infrastructure fund), Ant Financial (Early Stage Consumer Internet Investing in SEA + India) Advisor: Ajaib (FinTech, Indonesia), NE47 (BioTech, US / Singapore), Plantible (FoodTech, US) Mentor: Plug & Play FoodTech (US), Rookie Fund (Hong Kong)
Investor → Venture Partner
2015 - 2022
Global VC Investments. Deal Lead for Retail, Health, Bio, and Food / Ag. Deal Lead for South East Asia. Representative Investments: Mammoth Biosciences (Series B) Nourish Ingredients (Seed) Iota Biosciences (Series A) (Acquired by Astellas: TYO:4503) Endless West (Series A) Plantible Foods (Seed) (Board) Gigacover (Seed) Moxie (Seed) (Board) Yummy Corp (Series B) (Board) Engine Biosciences (Series A) BeeFlow (Series A) WildEarth (Series A) Provectus (Seed) Senti Biosciences (Series A) (IPO: NASDAQ:DYNS) Arima Genomics (Series A) DayDayCook (IPO: NASDAQ:ACBA) Binded (Acquired by Pixsy) Vectr is a global early stage fund and studio based in Hong Kong. We seek to partner with globally-minded entrepreneurs who possess a passion for creating disruptive products that connect the old and the new guard. Our team strives to be the ideal partner for founders looking to expand their business into Asia.