Hemant Mohapatra
Partner @ Lightspeed India Partners
San Francisco, United States
Hemant Mohapatra is a seed investor at Lightspeed India Partners in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Hemant Mohapatra - Partner @ Lightspeed India Partners
- Total investments:
- 55
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 44%
Last updated:
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Industries Hemant Mohapatra invests in
Stages Hemant Mohapatra invests in
Countries Hemant Mohapatra invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (7%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (7%)
- SaaS 3 (5%)
- Information Technology 3 (5%)
- Blockchain 2 (4%)
Stage
- Seed 12 (22%)
- Series A 8 (15%)
- Series B 4 (7%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (2%)
- Funding Round 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 9 (16%)
- India 3 (5%)
- Singapore 2 (4%)
- Indonesia 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Airbound aims to enable 100km delivery at 20rs ($0.25) to every corner of the world. We're able to do this by building the world's first blended wing body tailsitter, which allows us to have a much smaller and cheaper frame, and a 0 infrastructure requirement. We want to bring this technology to the most rural parts of India, where therecurrently in no delivery service, and enable essential medical deliveries between Community Health Centers (CHCs), Primary Health Centers (CHCs), and Subcenters (SCs). | $37M / Series A / Aug 24, 2026 | ||
| AI agents that discover new materials for semiconductor chips. | $9M / Seed / Aug 10, 2026 | ||
| Mitti Labs is a deeptech company that leverages AI, satellite technology, and field operations to permanently reduce methane emissions from rice farming. By doing this, we unlock the potential of rice-based carbon credits for measurable climate action at scale. Loved and consumed by half the world’s population daily, rice farming has GHG emissionsequivalent to the global aviation industry, due to methane. Our work transforms a critical agricultural sector into a high-integrity source of climate impact, water savings, and farmer income. We empower smallholder farmers across the global south to adopt climate-smart practices that are measurable, traceable, and economically rewarding. Backed by leading investors, our team is building the infrastructure to scale climate-smart rice farming and unlock real impact from the ground up. | $9.5M / Series A / Aug 05, 2026 | ||
| Emergent is a platform for agentic vibe-coding. | $130M / Series C / Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| Emergent is a platform for agentic vibe-coding. | $70M / Series B / Jan 20, 2026 | ||
| Airbound aims to enable 100km delivery at 20rs ($0.25) to every corner of the world. We're able to do this by building the world's first blended wing body tailsitter, which allows us to have a much smaller and cheaper frame, and a 0 infrastructure requirement. We want to bring this technology to the most rural parts of India, where therecurrently in no delivery service, and enable essential medical deliveries between Community Health Centers (CHCs), Primary Health Centers (CHCs), and Subcenters (SCs). | $8.7M / Seed / Oct 14, 2025 | ||
| Emergent is a platform for agentic vibe-coding. | $23M / Series A / Sep 24, 2025 | ||
| Data Sutram is an AI-based Location Intelligence Enterprise with a Cloud-based B2B product that works on a Data As A Service business model to help businesses 1. Pinpoint New Locations for Expansion 2. Improve the performance of their existing physical & digital assets. 3. Finding the right Audience for a business.They are currently focussedon Retail, E-Commerce, Agritech, Real Estate, BFSI. | $9M / Series A / May 22, 2025 | ||
| Airbound aims to enable 100km delivery at 20rs ($0.25) to every corner of the world. We're able to do this by building the world's first blended wing body tailsitter, which allows us to have a much smaller and cheaper frame, and a 0 infrastructure requirement. We want to bring this technology to the most rural parts of India, where therecurrently in no delivery service, and enable essential medical deliveries between Community Health Centers (CHCs), Primary Health Centers (CHCs), and Subcenters (SCs). | $1.7M / Seed / Nov 14, 2024 | ||
| Mitti Labs is a deeptech company that leverages AI, satellite technology, and field operations to permanently reduce methane emissions from rice farming. By doing this, we unlock the potential of rice-based carbon credits for measurable climate action at scale. Loved and consumed by half the world’s population daily, rice farming has GHG emissionsequivalent to the global aviation industry, due to methane. Our work transforms a critical agricultural sector into a high-integrity source of climate impact, water savings, and farmer income. We empower smallholder farmers across the global south to adopt climate-smart practices that are measurable, traceable, and economically rewarding. Backed by leading investors, our team is building the infrastructure to scale climate-smart rice farming and unlock real impact from the ground up. | $3M / Seed / Jul 14, 2024 | ||
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Co-Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners has invested in direct and cross-border. They invest across several stages and sectors, including technology-led businesses as well as non-technology opportunities in sectors such as advertising and media, business services, financial services, healthcare, education, and retail.
Lightspeed India Partners Contacts
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Hemant Mohapatra
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Vaibhav Agrawal
Associate Partner
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Akshay Bhushan
Partner
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Amit Mehra
Chief Financial Officer
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Barry Eggers
Founding Partner
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What does Hemant Mohapatra invest in?
Hemant Mohapatra invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 55 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Hemant Mohapatra last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Hemant Mohapatra closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 55 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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