Shanti Mohan

Founder @lvxventures & MyPragati | General Partner at SamVed | Angel Investor All views personal.

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Thank you Hon’ble PM @narendramodi for your recognition and encouragement of #startups and #founders who are building for #bharat.

When we backed @GalaxEye at @lvxventures, we believed India’s private space sector was ready to write its own chapter. Mission Drishti — the world’s first OptoSAR satellite and India’s largest privately-built satellite — is proof that the chapter has begun.

Congratulations to the entire @GalaxEye team. This one belongs to the builders.
@startupindia #LVXPortfolio @iitmadras @thesuyashsingh @ThePranitMehta @rakshitbhatt98

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Mission Drishti by GalaxEye marks a major achievement in our space journey. The successful launch of the world’s first OptoSAR satellite and the largest privately-built satellite in India is a testament to our youth’s passion for innovation and nation-building.

Heartiest congratulations and best wishes to the founders and the entire team of GalaxEye.

@GalaxEye

[Shanti Mohan @shantimohan]

Most founders don’t fail because they couldn’t build. They fail because they started with an idea, not a problem.

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Excited to start a series for #founders.
Starting up always looks cleaner from the outside than it actually is. When I started @lvxventures, I did not have a clear plan.

I get asked often about how we built LetsVenture. Building a marketplace is far harder than it looks — at the core, it has been first-principles thinking, a lot of conversations, some wrong turns, and a few right ones.

For #founders, there is no shortage of frameworks today. But very little tells you what it actually feels like when you are in the middle of it. So I decided I will start sharing a few notes from my own journey.

Not frameworks. Just what I saw, what did not work, and what stayed.

Over time, I have realised this — building a startup is a masterclass about understanding people (and yourself) as it is about building a business.

Starting today with this on my substack:
How I found the problem I wanted to work on.

Read along.
https://t.co/IUbqeGOmGR
@startupindia #entrepreneurship #india #marketplaces

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@LoganTGott Claude

[Shanti Mohan @shantimohan]

Been a while since I’ve posted on X.

2026 does promise to be an interesting year! Hope to stay more active.

Wishing all of us a peaceful, stable and fun year ahead!

[Shanti Mohan @shantimohan]

In this post, I write about why venture investing, at its core, is a people business — it’s always about betting on the smartest minds.

To simplify this idea, I’ve created a 6-lens framework that helps look beyond numbers and understand founders better.

https://t.co/8p6bZdxfuK

[LVX @lvxventures]

How are U.S. policy shifts reshaping the Indian startup landscape?

@shantimohan breaks it down — from her LVX journey to her mission of democratising angel investing, and her insights on choosing co-founders and delivering a pitch that lands.

[Shanti Mohan @shantimohan]

Read the full post here - https://t.co/fl7bjTzPao

Enter the Pitch Room - https://t.co/wDeTDV5Ey3

[Shanti Mohan @shantimohan]

A 10cr TAM and 10x return? Possible?

Early-stage investing is full of paradoxes. We talk about market size, scalability, and “unicorn potential” — but sometimes, the biggest outcomes come from the smallest beginnings.

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I also want to say that often our bets in early stage are also good timing - meeting the right people and making the decision to invest. This is a case study from my own portfolio.

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I’m not gaslighting — these are real conversations with real founders over the past two weeks.

A pattern is emerging, and it deserves attention.

[Shanti Mohan @shantimohan]

Dear Growth-Stage Founder,
We know how tough it is to start up — you have been through the grind yourself. The journey doesn’t get easier as you scale; competition increases, expectations rise, and decisions get harder.

[Shanti Mohan @shantimohan]

Let’s build an ecosystem where deals are fair, intentions are clear, and conversations honour the effort behind every startup.

How do we ensure we get there — together?