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Shruti Srivastava
Partner at Avaana Capital
· India
Check size
$100K-$5.0M
Lead stage
seed
Deals tracked
21
Sectors
Climate Tech, Sustainable Mobility
Climate Tech
Sustainable Mobility
Energy and Resource Management
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Supply Chain Sustainability
Circular Economy
seed
Series A
Series B
early-stage
India
About Shruti
Shruti Srivastava is a Partner at Avaana Capital, a deep tech and frontier technologies venture fund headquartered in India with US presence. With 15 years of venture investing experience, she focuses on the intersection of technology, sustainability, and impact across climate tech, sustainable agriculture, circular economy, energy security, novel materials, and synthetic biology
Investment thesis
Early-stage deep-tech and climate investor backing technology-led companies across sustainability-critical sectors.
Avaana Capital, led by Shruti Srivastava, invests in early-stage technology-led companies solving climate risk mitigation, adaptation, and resilience across energy, resource management, sustainable mobility, supply chains, and sustainable agriculture. The fund targets companies with strong unit economics and scalability potential that combine market opportunity with measurable climate and sustainability impact, while also supporting inclusive development for climate-vulnerable segments including smallholder farmers, MSMEs, and women entrepreneurs across India
Investment philosophy
Shruti Srivastava focuses on early-stage companies using technology to solve climate, sustainability, and impact challenges. Her work emphasizes long-horizon innovation in energy, mobility, supply chains, food systems, advanced materials, biotech, and adjacent frontier technologies, with an explicit goal of combining strong financial returns with environmental and social outcomes.
Investment focus
Early-stage deep tech and frontier technologies that drive both outsized financial returns and environmental/social transformation. Sector focus spans energy, supply chains, food systems, advanced materials, biotech, and emerging technologies
Areas of expertise
Recent activity
Live platform data · proprietary, citable layer
Notable portfolio
Terra.do
Sentra.World
Eeki Foods
Farmart
Turno
NinetyOne Cycles
Kazam
Elda Health
Climes
Praan
Belora Paris
Eggoz Nutrition
FarMart
Sentra.world
Notable deals
Turno – EV distribution and battery intelligence platform for commercial vehicles (Oct 2022–Feb 2026, $26.9M raised)
Frontier Markets – Last-mile clean energy distribution via rural entrepreneurs, women-centered value chain ($2.2M raised)
Greenway Grameen Infra – Climate technology product manufacturing (founded 2010, $2M+ raised)
Omnivore – Co-investor/ecosystem partner in agritech-focused early-stage ventures
Frequently asked
Does Shruti Srivastava invest at seed stage?
Yes. They invest at seed, Series A, Series B stage.
Their geographic focus includes India.
What is their typical check size?
Shruti Srivastava's typical check size is $100K-$5.0M.
They currently invest through Avaana Capital.
What sectors does Shruti Srivastava focus on?
Shruti Srivastava primarily invests in Climate Tech, Sustainable Mobility, Energy and Resource Management, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems.
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