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Roni Hiranand

Investing at Google Ventures

Hong Kong SAR

Overview 

Roni Hiranand is a Principal and Advisor at GV (Google Ventures) in Hong Kong SAR, with a focus on investing in various sectors including ClimateTech/CleanTech, Food and Beverage, and BioTech. Hiranand has made significant contributions in the investment space, particularly in leading investments in companies like Climate X at the Series A stage and serving on multiple boards such as Distance Technologies, SideQuest, and Again.

Work Experience 

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GV (Google Ventures)

  • 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

Google Ventures is an investment arm of Alphabet that provides seed, venture, and growth-stage funding to technology companies.

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DT

Distance Technologies

  • Board Member

    2024

S

SideQuest

  • Board Member

    2024

A

Again

  • Board Member

    2024

S

Scope3

  • Board Member

    2024

Scope3 is the source of truth for supply chain emissions data.

Raised $45,000,000.00 from Google Ventures, Virgo Investment Group, Room40 Ventures, Craft Ventures, AperiamVentures, Venrock, Google Ventures, Venrock and Room40 Ventures.

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CX

Climate X

  • Board Member

    2024

TU

The University of Hong Kong

  • Guest Lecturer

    2020 - 2023

    Food Science & Nutrition

Various

  • 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)

VV

Vectr Ventures

  • 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.

Education 

Investments 

Climate X

Series A

Total funding: $25M

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