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Vidu Shanmugarajah

Partner at GV

London, England

Overview 

Vidu Shanmugarajah is a Partner at GV (Google Ventures) in London, with a background in venture capital, capital raising, and deal execution. His career highlights include investing in companies like Lawhive and deepset, focusing on sectors such as BioTech, AI, and Cloud Infrastructure. Vidu has a Bachelor of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science and has previously worked at Grafton Capital as a Technology Investor, showcasing expertise in private equity and strategy.

Work Experience 

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GV

  • Partner

    2015 - Current

    Partner @ GV (formerly Google Ventures), based in London. Portfolio companies: Kobalt, OSI, Wonderbly, Spybiotech, Vaccitech, Resolution Games, Currencycloud, Scandit, Evox, Owkin, Smol, nPlan, Synthesia, OMass, Rooser, deepset, Push Security, Context, Lawhive

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

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Grafton Capital

  • Technology Investor

    2014 - 2015

    Growth equity investments with focus on B2B software, data and online businesses.

ConnexLaw

  • Founder

    2013 - 2015

    ConnexLaw was an online platform allowing businesses to source legal services more efficiently.

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Linklaters

  • Associate (Corporate - Financial Sponsors)

    2010 - 2013

    Part of the team dealing with M&A and restructuring mandates for venture capital, private equity and distressed debt fund clients.

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HgCapital

  • Secondment

    2011 - 2012

    Worked alongside Renewable Energy, Technology and Services investment teams.

Royal Bank of Scotland (Non Core/Asset Protection Scheme)

  • Secondment

    2010 - 2011

    Seconded to RBS whilst part of the Structured Finance team at Linklaters to work on structured product unwinds and distressed asset sales in conjunction with the UK Government Asset Protection Scheme.

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Allen & Overy

  • Internship

    2007 - 2007

    Completed internship rotating through the capital markets and corporate teams, leading to an offer of a training contract at the firm.

Education 

Investments 

Lawhive

Seed

Total funding: $14M

Context.ai

Seed

Total funding: $4M

deepset

Series A

Total funding: $46M

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