Sushmitha Nannuru

We invest in founders who are reshaping outdated industries. We believe in a world where top tier fintech products help the 99% grow their wealth and build businesses. Where everyday people have transparent, efficient, and attentive healthcare experiences. Where managers and front-line employees in legacy industries have tools that save time, increase transparency, and take minutes to learn (vertical SaaS).

We invest in founders who are reshaping outdated industries. We believe in a world where top tier fintech products help the 99% grow their wealth and build businesses. Where everyday people have transparent, efficient, and attentive healthcare experiences. Where managers and front-line employees in legacy industries have tools that save time, increase transparency, and take minutes to learn (vertical SaaS).

Every company has a mission. Whats ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesnt diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.

Lightbox is a Mumbai based venture capital firm. We invest in consumer businesses that are shaping how India consumes. Our portfolio comprises brands that have a deep understanding of consumer needs and a strong grasp of how to use technology to effectively meet these needs. We manage $400 million and have a portfolio of differentiated businesses with a cumulative value of $3 billion. Lightbox has a stellar track record building market leading companies. The team, led by Sandeep Murthy, has been investing in India since 2005, having backed 27 companies which include InMobi, Info Edge, Cleartrip, Rebel Foods, Bombay Shirt Company, Furlenco, Nua, Zeno Health and Cityflo. Lightbox follows an invest-and-build strategy which involves deep operational engagement to help scale our portfolio companies into sustainable businesses. We work closely with a few handpicked entrepreneurs who we believe are building unique solutions to organise India’s large, unorganised consumption markets. We make concentrated investments in business models with sizable ownership in each of these companies on the back of compelling macroeconomic shifts at play. This focused approach combined with deep operational knowledge, gained over the past 20 years of investing and operating, positions us to drive significant value accretion across our investments. In a world defined by change, the destination may be years away. Hence to navigate it, you need a partner who has seen these moments before. We partner with our companies beyond capital and walk this path alongside them.