Shashwat Shivam

Shashwat Shivam

Associate atSE VenturesMenlo Park

Shashwat Shivam is an Associate at SE Ventures, focusing on energy transition startups. He previously invested at B Capital, worked at UrbanCompany, and studied at IIT Kanpur and Harvard Business School.

What Shashwat can write

Writes checks of$100K to $250K
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

SE Ventures writes $100K to $250K checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: SE Ventures.

Career

  1. UrbanCompany · second employee
  2. Indian government’s Covid‑19 Task Force · Chief of Staff
  3. B Capital · investor
  4. SE Ventures · Associate
    Now

Focus

energy transitionearly-stage investinghealthcareenterprise software

Education

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Bachelor’s in Chemical EngineeringHarvard Business School, MBA

Also at SE Ventures

Partners like Shashwat

At firms with a similar stage, sector and check size.

Alert me when SE Ventures is active

One email when Shashwat's firm raises a fund, adds a partner or shows new activity.

Founders and investors at a Mode VC gathering

Send Mode VC your deck

Raising a pre-seed or seed round? We write $1M to $5M first checks and help founders with distribution. A partner reads every deck.

Send your deck

Questions

Who is Shashwat Shivam?

Shashwat Shivam is an Associate at SE Ventures, focusing on energy transition startups. He previously invested at B Capital, worked at UrbanCompany, and studied at IIT Kanpur and Harvard Business School.

How much does Shashwat Shivam invest?

Shashwat Shivam invests through SE Ventures, which writes checks of $100K to $250K at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Shashwat Shivam?

A warm intro from a founder SE Ventures backed works best.

What did Shashwat Shivam do before SE Ventures?

second employee at UrbanCompany; Chief of Staff at Indian government’s Covid‑19 Task Force; investor at B Capital.

Last updated 2026-10-15. Is this you? Ask for a correction.