Shruti Srivastava

Shruti manages investments at Avaana and brings over 10 years of experience across early stage investing, private equity and development finance.
Prior to joining Avaana, Shruti worked with Omnivore, an agritech-focused venture fund where she looked at investments across agricultural technologies, innovative foods and rural fintech.
Before that, she worked with Acumen, a global impact venture fund, where she focused on startups enhancing access to utilities, healthcare and retail for low income consumers.
Earlier in her career, she worked with the International Finance Corporation, which is the private sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, looking at investments in manufacturing, agribusinesses and service sectors in South Asia.
Shruti started her career on the sell side with JP Morgan.
Shruti strongly believes that technology, fueled by the power of conscious commercial capital, can play a significant role in addressing broader development goals.
She graduated with a Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.