Aashna Desai

Vice President at Novacap, Digital Infrastructure

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2026
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2024
AVIOM HFC provides housing loans in rural and semi-urban areas catering to both salaried & self-employed. We provide housing loan ranging from INR 50k to INR 5 Lakhs for the purpose of home extension, home improvement & renovation, and for building sanitation facilities to the borrower with informal income with a strong focus on women, thereby promoting women empowerment.
Board Observer
2023
Perch Energy is a leading community solar servicer on a mission to make renewable energy more accessible and equitable for all. We serve both solar project owners and subscribers. We offer solar developers and asset owners a suite of services to maximize ROI on their projects—including subscriber acquisition and lifecycle management, a robust technology platform, and deep policy expertise to help navigate local solar legislation and regulations. By managing the full subscriber experience for solar farm owners, Perch is able to bring electricity bill savings to the masses, from renters and homeowners to businesses, institutions, municipalities and more by connecting them to community solar projects in their area. Perch isn’t just a for-profit company, we’re a for-purpose company—accelerating the shift to renewables nationwide. Everyone deserves to benefit from clean energy. Everyone has a place on this Perch!
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2026
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May 2026
At Stratus Networks, we value strong connections. From building private fiber networks to getting to know your networking needs, creating a plan to fulfill those needs, and then executing on that plan, our focus is on giving you the best connections possible. Stratus Networks has spent the last twenty years bringing world-class technology, services, and customer service to organizations locally, nationally, and internationally. We work with companies of all sizes in all industries, and have become well-known amongst small businesses, enterprise, wholesale, government, and education. Stratus Networks will work with you to design a custom solution to fit your companys needs. We deliver faster, more reliable Internet and communication services at a competitive price.
2024
Board Member
2024
AVIOM HFC provides housing loans in rural and semi-urban areas catering to both salaried & self-employed. We provide housing loan ranging from INR 50k to INR 5 Lakhs for the purpose of home extension, home improvement & renovation, and for building sanitation facilities to the borrower with informal income with a strong focus on women, thereby promoting women empowerment.
2023
Board Observer
2023
Perch Energy is a leading community solar servicer on a mission to make renewable energy more accessible and equitable for all. We serve both solar project owners and subscribers. We offer solar developers and asset owners a suite of services to maximize ROI on their projects—including subscriber acquisition and lifecycle management, a robust technology platform, and deep policy expertise to help navigate local solar legislation and regulations. By managing the full subscriber experience for solar farm owners, Perch is able to bring electricity bill savings to the masses, from renters and homeowners to businesses, institutions, municipalities and more by connecting them to community solar projects in their area. Perch isn’t just a for-profit company, we’re a for-purpose company—accelerating the shift to renewables nationwide. Everyone deserves to benefit from clean energy. Everyone has a place on this Perch!
Board Observer
2023
Ecozen develops climate-smart deeptech solutions and core technology stacks to deliver a sustainable future, including motor controls, IoT, and energy storage. Applying these technology stacks to the agricultural sector, Ecozen has revolutionized cold chains (Ecofrost) and the irrigation industry (Ecotron), substantially improving the income of 100,000+ farmers and enabling the generation of over 1Bn units of clean energy(kWh).
2021
Investor, Private Equity Impact Investing
Sep 2021
Nuveen is a global investment leader, managing public and private assets for clients around the world and on behalf of TIAA, our parent company and one of the world’s largest institutional investors. We invest in the growth of businesses, real estate, infrastructure and natural capital, providing clients with the reliability, access and foresight unique to our heritage. Our prevailing perspective on the future drives our ambition to innovate and adapt our business to the changing needs of investors — all to pursue lasting performance for our clients, our communities and our global economy. Disclosures: https://www.nuveen.com/social-media-information
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