# Lakshman Sankar

> Lakshman Sankar is a seed investor backing News and Infrastructure. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakshman-sankar-72b39831/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lakshmansankar
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lakshman.sankar

Lakshman Sankar is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on News and Infrastructure. Lakshman Sankar

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 50% |
| Infrastructure | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Particle.News | Particle. News helps in developing an AI-based news reader that would provide users with personalized news flows. The service is still in the private beta stage. | $10.9M | Series A | Jun 11, 2024 | https://www.particlenews.ai/ |
| Conduit | Conduit is a platform for crypto native infrastructure. Conduit is collaborating with the top crypto engineering teams to create a world-class crypto native infrastructure platform. | $7M | Seed | Mar 28, 2023 | https://conduit.xyz |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adverb Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adverb-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GC&H Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gc-h-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kindred Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kindred-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Paradigm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paradigm-b23a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shapes Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shapes-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Lakshman Sankar invest in?

Lakshman Sankar invests primarily in News, Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Lakshman Sankar?

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### When did Lakshman Sankar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lakshman Sankar closed in Jun 2024. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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