Suhani Mohan

As Director of Impact Investing at SV2, Suhani leads early-stage investments across climate, health, education, and economic empowerment. She sources, diligences, and supports mission-driven startups while building strategic partnerships across the impact investing ecosystem. Suhani also engages SV2’s community of partners in collaborative investing and learning to accelerate capital toward high-impact solutions.

BASACA is a global community uniting South Asian leaders across business, academia, science, arts, and climate, to foster collaboration, amplify impact, and drive systems change.

Appointed to the California Women’s Wealth Advisory Council; partnering with venture capital and government leaders to support initiatives to close the women’s wealth gap and foster an inclusive innovation economy in California.

Kubri Capital supports French family offices in identifying and diligencing fund investment opportunities that deliver strong financial returns alongside meaningful impact. As a Founding Global Advisors Board Member, I support with manager selection, portfolio fit, and impact frameworks, leveraging a global network to expand access to high-quality managers and thematic strategies.

• Founded in 2015, Saral Designs pioneered the 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰, 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗱-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 - expanded to hygiene products like custom pads on roll, maternity pads, face masks, pantyliners • 𝗔𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲: • $𝟭.𝟱𝗠 𝗔𝗥𝗥 and 50+ full time employees in 2022 • Supported 150+ entrepreneurs with machines and reached 500,000+ users in 𝟭𝟯 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 in South Asia and Africa • Backed by USAID, Grand Challenges Canada, Acumen Fund, and other leading organizations. • National Entrepreneurship Award (Govt. of India), ASME iShow Global Top 3, Millennium Alliance (USAID, DFID) 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 & 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀: • Covered by Forbes, BBC, Times of India, CNBC, Business Today • Case studies in Gates Open Research, Quartz, EY Inclusive Business Playbook

Tenured board member of Strategic Advisory Committee of IIT Bombay for helping the institution in strategic planning with Dean of Strategy, IIT Bombay.

EIC is a $350M AUM energy and sustainability VC fund. • Led diligence on 3 Series B deep-tech investments in 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆, 𝗜𝗜𝗢𝗧, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲-𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 • Partnered with leading U.S. energy companies, developed a CCUS sector thesis, mapped 𝟭𝟴𝟬+ 𝗖𝗖𝗨𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 • Supported in fundraising and LP roadshows / meetings

ACT is a non-profit venture philanthropy platform. As a fund, ACT aims to achieve social impact at scale by providing catalytic capital to mission driven founders. • 𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁'𝘀 $𝟭𝟮𝗠 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱, supporting early-stage entrepreneurs addressing air quality, water security, land rejuvenation, and waste management. • Developed a comprehensive 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 to guide a 3-year strategy. • Invested in two startups innovating in 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 and 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶-𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀. • Led fundraising efforts, onboarding marquee entrepreneurs to the Investment Committee.

The Acumen Fellows Program is a one-year, fully-funded leadership development program that gives 20 individuals from across India the training they need to accelerate their social impact and leadership potential.

Worked on a wide array of innovative solutions on a cross asset basis to corporates, hedge funds, private equity and high net-worth clients, bringing a unique approach to managing and optimising situations that can include fiscal, derivative, accounting and legal structural features. Role involved origination, structuring & execution of strategic derivative trades addressing clients’ demands spread across capital management, capital raising, financing, monetization using equity derivatives, ESOP hedging, M&A related strategic stake-building, amongst other core competencies.

Minor in Electrical Engineering

Optimized the Chemical Mechanical polishing process for nanofabrication of Germanium based semiconductors