Shiva Shanker
Partner at Ankur Capital
Shiva Shanker
Partner at Ankur Capital
Greater Delhi Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2024 - Current
Identifying investment opportunities for the fund, around climatetech, agritech & the future of work Portfolio companies include - Vegrow, BigHaat, Offgrid Energy Labs, Josh Talks, MyCaptain, TBH Foods (Exited), Carmel Organics (Exited)
Investment Team
2018 - 2024
Building the investment and portfolio analytics teams at Ankur Lead the investment closure process and supervise the investment including through board roles post investment.
Portfolio Associate
2017 - 2018
Developed internal metrics/ supervision frameworks and dashboards for the fund Lead the investment closure process Worked with a range of portfolio companies to implement technical assistance projects
Head of Revenue Operations
2015 - 2016
Lead the internal revenue functions (pricing, collection, software & hardware system development) at TARA Oorja - a solar minigrid distribution company incubated by Rockefeller Foundation Developed a prepaid payment system based on consumer SMS applications and daily electricity packages. Scaled the model to be profitable until scale was limited once the national grid competed with supply
Asia Investment Team, last as Investment Officer
2012 - 2015
Invested in skills training, agritech, retail and other sectors including in Jaipur Rugs and Industree (now part of the Future Group). Part of the global portfolio team developing and updating our investment supervision systems. Implementated technical assistance projects ranging from strategic advisory and financial systems to ESG improvements. Numerous board observer positions.
Investment Analyst/ Senior Investment Analyst
2010 - 2012
2nd person hired in Asia and built the investment teams in Asia (India and Indonesia) as I grew with the organization.
Trainee - Corporate Planning & Strategy
2009 - 2010
Reporting directly to the head of M&A division as a new team was being set-up internally