Avantika Daing
Managing Partner, Plum Alley GP, Plum Alley Venture Fund 1 Founding Partner, PAVC @ Plum Alley
New York, United States
Avantika Daing is a pre-seed investor at Plum Alley in New York focused on Artificial Intelligence and Logistics. Avantika founded SquareKey in 2011, noting an unfulfilled need in India's burgeoning online-retail market, that of a destination site with a seamless mix of content and commerce, offering access to premium contemporary American and European brands currently unavailable in to consumers in India. To this new venture, she brings eighteenyears of marketing, sales, operations, and product-development experience. Her experience includes working in both India and the USA, for large corporations and entrepreneurial ventures. She was Senior Director and part of the initial team at Eyetech in New York, which completed a $731 million IPO three years after its founding. Prior to that, she held marketing-management positions at both Procter & Gamble and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Her entrepreneurial ventures include co-founding Spinfrenzy, a "generation-Y" social networking and commerce site; founding Bespoke by Avantika Daing, her successful line of handmade luxury apparel; and operating and designing for a high-fashion boutique in Delhi. Avantika splits her time between Manhattan and Mumbai.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Avantika Daing invests in
Stages Avantika Daing invests in
Countries Avantika Daing invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (100%)
- Logistics 1 (50%)
- Industrial 1 (50%)
- Transportation 1 (50%)
- Electric Vehicle 1 (50%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 1 (50%)
- Series B 1 (50%)
Country
- Sweden 1 (50%)
- United States 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Einride
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Einride is a freight technology company providing digital, electric, and autonomous shipping. It was founded in 2016 and became the world’s first company to operate an autonomous, electric freight vehicle on a public road in 2019. Einride´s award-winning technology and products enable users to execute on electrification and automation, order andtrack shipments, oversee routes and assignments, visualize data and gain insights. | $110M / Series B / May 06, 2021 | |
Riley
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Riley is an artificial intelligence-powered personal assistant. It is used by salespeople to create contacts and store information for them, ready for whenever they need it, taking the work out of working with their CRM. As a result, they can close more deals and build genuine relationships. | $1.9M / Pre-Seed / Mar 01, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About Plum Alley
Plum Alley is a venture firm investing in early stage, high growth technology and healthcare companies with at least one woman founder from the STEM fields. Plum Alley invests in advanced technologies and medical breakthroughs, disrupting huge markets and driving exponential value for people, the planet, markets, and the economy. The firm investsboth via the Plum Alley Venture Fund I LP as well as through Plum Alley Syndicates.As of April 30th, 2021, Plum Alley has invested over $35M across 24 companies.
Plum Alley Contacts
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Alicia Zheng
Associate , Plum Alley Ventures Company
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Avantika Daing
Managing Partner, Plum Alley GP, Plum Alley Venture Fund 1 Founding Partner, PAVC
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Benjamin Robbins
Senior Associate , Plum Alley Ventures Company
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Deborah Jackson
Founder, Plum Alley GP, Plum Alley Ventures Fund 1 , Founding Partner, PAVC
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Frances Walton
Executive Director
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What does Avantika Daing invest in?
Avantika Daing invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Logistics and Industrial startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Avantika Daing last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Avantika Daing closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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