# Mahesh Pratapneni

> Mahesh Pratapneni is a seed investor at Emerge Ventures (Bengaluru) backing SEM and Internet. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Emerge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergo-ventures)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahesh-pratapneni-peema-275466

Mahesh Pratapneni is a seed investor at Emerge Ventures in Bengaluru focused on SEM and Internet. Mahesh specializes in incubating product companies in the education, healthcare, and data/analytics sectors. He is focused on helping launch, re-engineer and support small and mid-sized technology driven businesses. He is known for building outstanding global teams and creating value by leveraging his experience in product visualization,development and management; and his expertise in building global delivery models.Currently, serves as Executive Director of MedGenome and is on the boards of Impelsys, Logicserve and Saksin Life Sciences.His previous experiences include serving as EVP of CalSoft Group; SVP of OneWest Bank and IndyMac Bank; and CTO of Ocwen, Financial Services.Mahesh earned his undergraduate degree in electronics and communications from IIT Madras, and his MBA from IIM Calcutta.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SEM | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Advertising | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LS Digital | Logicserve Digital represents the next generation in dynamic and adaptive online marketing. We are a fast growing mid-size internet marketing company, Established in 2006 with the intent of offering professional online marketing services. Within a short span, Logicserve has established itself as one of the best online advertising companies in themarket. | $500K | Seed | Jun 16, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Emerge Ventures

VC Fund · Nicosia, Cyprus

Emerge Ventures was started in 2008 to innovatively apply paradigm-changing scientific and technological advances to the discovery and development of novel, personalized therapies and affordable, high-quality food. It provides founder-scientists with business expertise, commercial knowledge, and extensive networks comprised of highly accomplishedleaders in business, science, and technology who have made ELS's work their life’s mission. The result is a singular ecosystem of cutting-edge discovery, go-to-market acumen, and management expertise.

1 contacts available at Emerge Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mahesh Pratapneni | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahesh-pratapneni |

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## FAQ

### What does Mahesh Pratapneni invest in?

Mahesh Pratapneni invests primarily in SEM, Internet and Advertising startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mahesh Pratapneni last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mahesh Pratapneni closed in Jun 2015. Shizune tracks 1 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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