Ash Lilani
Managing Partner and Co-Founder @ Saama
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Ash Lilani is a Series A investor at Saama in San Francisco Bay Area focused on E-Commerce and Artificial Intelligence. Ash Lilani is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Saama Capital. Previously, Lilani served as the President of India and China markets for Silicon Valley Bank and he founded and headed SVB Global, setting the strategy and overseeing the development and operation of international subsidiaries in London, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, Mumbai, Beijing andShanghai. Prior to taking on SVB’s globalization efforts, Lilani served as Senior Vice President and Division Manager of SVB’s largest market and was based in Silicon Valley, where he was responsible for commercial banking activity and leadership of the team closely working with leading venture capital and technology companies in the area.Ash Lilani is an independent board member of SVB India Finance Pvt. Ltd., which is Silicon Valley Bank's India financial services subsidiary. He also represents Saama Capital on the boards of several companies including Sula Wines, Genesis Colors, One97, Vistaar, Shubham, Shaadi.com, Games2Win and Modern Family Doctor. Ash Lilani is a Board member at Vittana, a non-profit facilitating micro loans to students in developing countries, an advisor to the American Indian Foundation, a charter member of TiE, and was a founder of the U.S.-India Venture Capital Association. Ash Lilani holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting from Bangalore University and has a MBA degree from Philadelphia University.
- Total investments:
- 58
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 43%
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Industries Ash Lilani invests in
Stages Ash Lilani invests in
Countries Ash Lilani invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 6 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 6 (10%)
- Apps 4 (7%)
- Food and Beverage 4 (7%)
- Internet 3 (5%)
Stage
- Series A 13 (22%)
- Seed 12 (21%)
- Series B 9 (16%)
- Series C 4 (7%)
- Funding Round 3 (5%)
Country
- India 21 (36%)
- United States 6 (10%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Dhun Wellness
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Dhun wellness is a deeply involved experience designed to restore inner harmony, vigor, and balance rather than merely a destination. | $4M / Seed / Jan 22, 2026 | |
Gully Labs
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Gully Labs is a homegrown sneaker design house, specializing in hand-lasted sneakers that blend Indian cultural motifs with contemporary design. The brand releases new collections every 60 days, often drawing inspiration from Indian traditions, festivals, and regional art forms. Gully Labs positions itself as a response to both the lack ofauthentic Indian representation in mainstream sneaker culture and the prevalence of imitation products in the market, aiming to celebrate original Indian stories and craftsmanship | $3.3M / Series A / Jan 19, 2026 | |
DaVinci Commerce
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Jivox is a multi-screen interactive advertising technology company that aims to transform the way the world experiences digital marketing. It connects brands with their audiences in a personalized way by using big data, machine learning, and dynamic creative optimization (DCO) technology to serve relevant messages across all channels, delivering3X the engagement of non-personalized digital marketing. Integrating first-party, audience, and contextual data and Powered by Neuron™ Machine Learning technology, the Jivox omnichannel personalization platform delivers messages to consumers on-the-fly, helping brands deliver, at scale, thousands of hyper-personalized messages. The platform is pre-integrated with over 25 data partners who provide rich data sets for personalization. In addition, Jivox Programmable Personalization APIs significantly simplify workflows and campaign activation through the enablement of easy integration with other marketing technologies. Many global brands including Sony, REI, Toyota, Cars.com, and Xaxis are using Jivox platform. | Jan 12, 2026 | |
Koparo Clean
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Koparo Clean is a home care brand that manufactures home cleaners and personal hygiene products for natural germ protection. The company offers products like floor cleaners, laundry detergent, fabric conditioners, dishwashing liquid, handwash, cleaning accessories, and fresheners & fragrances that engage in plant-based ingredients, toxin-freehygiene products. | $1.7M / Seed / Mar 29, 2025 | |
Go Zero
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Go Zero is an innovative ice cream company dedicated to provide deliciousness without guilt. | $3.5M / Series A / Mar 18, 2025 | |
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Go Zero
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Go Zero is an innovative ice cream company dedicated to provide deliciousness without guilt. | $1.5M / Seed / Jun 19, 2024 | |
Supertails
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Supertails is a digital platform for pet care, providing a range of pet products and services, along with online veterinary consultations. It is a fully digital telehealth consultation service made available through a team of highly experienced in-house veterinarians, and also offers doorstep delivery of pet supplies across the country. | $15M / Series B / Feb 13, 2024 | |
MyMuse India
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MyMuse India creates high quality, well-designed products for your sacred spaces, and content that’s informative and real. | $2.7M / Seed / Jan 09, 2024 | |
SuperBottoms
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India's First Reusable Baby Diaper brand | $5M / Series A / Aug 23, 2023 | |
Sole Threads
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Solethreads is a e-commerce platform. From heel to toe, top to bottom, cargo slides are designed for supreme comfort. SERENE has got a blissful design, super-comfortable recycled EVA footbeds, and is engineered around our durable and skid-resistant reclaimed rubber soles. | $3.7M / Series A / Jul 18, 2023 | |
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Co-Investors
About Saama
Saama Capital is an early stage investor with an extensive network within the venture and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Saama Contacts
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Amrita Barthakur
General Counsel
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Ash Lilani
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
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Keerti Ramnarain
Director
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Kiranbir Nag
Principal
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Navun Dussoruth
Director
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What does Ash Lilani invest in?
Ash Lilani invests primarily in E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence and Apps startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 58 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Ash Lilani last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ash Lilani closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 58 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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