
Antler is a global early-stage VC investing in the world's best founders from first check to IPO.
Antler was founded on the belief that people innovating is the key to building a better future. Antler partners with exceptional founders across six continents to launch and scale startups tackling meaningful global challenges. With offices in 27 cities, including New York, London, Berlin, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney, Antler backs founders from all backgrounds, often from the very beginning of their journey, even before they have a team or idea. Antler Elevate, the $285M emerging growth fund, invests beyond the early stages, managed through offices in London, Singapore, and New York.
Magnus Grimeland
Founder & CEO
Magnus Grimeland is the founder and CEO of Antler, the world's most active early-stage investor, backing exceptional people at the very start of their journey and supporting them from inception to scale. PitchBook ranked Antler as the most active VC globally, and Dealroom recognized the firm as the most active investor in AI startups. Before Antler, Magnus co-founded Zalora, took the company from zero to Asia's leading fashion e-commerce platform, and then helped scale Global Fashion Group across 26 markets. He is a Harvard graduate, a former McKinsey partner, and served in the Norwegian Naval Special Forces.
Rajiv Srivatsa
Partner
Rajiv is a Partner in the Antler Bangalore office. He co-founded Urban Ladder (UL), India's top omni-channel furniture brand. Over ~8 years, UL raised over $100Mn in venture capital from top Indian VCs and changed the way Indians shop for furniture online. Prior to Urban Ladder, he served as a Senior Product Manager with Yahoo. He has been featured on GQ Influential Young Indians and repeatedly on the Fortune 40 Under 40 India list. Rajiv loves working with early-stage entrepreneurs on product, culture and brand to build scalable companies.
Lavanya Indralingam
Partner, Head of Global Operations
Lavanya leads Antler's global operations, working with early-stage fund partners and local teams across markets to drive fund performance and operational efficiency. Previously, she led Antler's global scouting function, shaping founder sourcing and selection strategies across the firm. Earlier at Antler, she led scouting and selection in the Nordics, played a key role in integrating operations across the region, and served on the Nordic Investment Committee. Before Antler, Lavanya worked at Katapult VC, a global early-stage impact fund, and was an early operator at a data analytics startup. She also brings over a decade of experience in strategic communications and corporate advisory across Asia, Europe and North America.
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Nitin Sharma
Partner
Wharton graduate
Nitin brings 12+ years of experience in global venture capital, having invested in 100+ tech startups across stages, from being the first believer all the way to pre-IPO. Nitin learnt the ropes of the VC business in the US at NEA (one of the world's largest funds) and was also an early executive at EverFi (acq. by Blackbaud for $750M). Nitin was part of the founding team at Lightbox Ventures, one of India's leading funds (now $400M AUM). He then created his own micro-VC (FirstPrinciples) as a thesis-driven, early believer in 40+ startups, and was the first VC in India to focus on Web3. A Wharton graduate, Nitin has served on advisory boards/groups for the USC Viterbi School, NITI Aayog, AngelList India and TheBetterIndia.
Bede Moore
Chief Commercial Officer
BA in History (Harvard)
Bede Moore is the Chief Commercial Officer at Antler. Before joining Antler, he played a key role in building and scaling businesses across Australasia. As the Executive Officer of TechSydney, he led Sydney's premier technology industry organization. He also co-founded Lazada Indonesia, the country's largest e-commerce platform, later acquired by Alibaba. Bede holds a BA in History from Harvard, graduating in 2006.
Gowri Shankar Nagarajan
Associate Partner
Gowri Shankar leads the SaaS, AI and Deep Tech verticals at Antler India. He has a decade of experience building and scaling internet businesses in India, co-founding AllChemist, RoofandFloor, and STEP. He was part of the executive leadership team that scaled InMobi and Medlife/Pharmeasy, and also led Cleartax's Enterprise B2B business. He holds an MBA from IIM Bengaluru, where he received the Chairman's Gold Medal.
Frank Stevenaar
Chief Financial Officer
Frank leads the global finance function as Chief Financial Officer. He has successfully founded and scaled companies in Southeast Asia. Prior to that he worked in financial services in Europe and Australia. He started his career at KPMG.
Yashveer Yadav
Associate Partner
Yashveer leads Capital Formation and LP Engagements, and is an active member of the Investment Team at Antler India. He has nearly two decades of experience in fundraising, wealth management, and private markets investing. Prior to Antler, he was Executive Director at Avendus managing over $200M in private market investments. He is an alumnus of NMIMS Mumbai and has completed CFA Level II.
Daniel Fisher
VP Brand & Content
Daniel leads Brand and Content at Antler. Previously, he led Brand at Trint, audience growth at the BBC, and built campaigns for Microsoft and Bose at Wunderman.
Jasnoor Gill
Director, Investments
Jasnoor Gill is Director Investments at Antler India, focusing on AI, SaaS and DeepTech. A seasoned operator, he has over 14 years of Product Management experience in the enterprise software space. In his last full-time role, Jasnoor was the global product lead for Nutanix's second biggest product line. Prior to Nutanix, he was the Product lead at Calm.io, a devops automation platform (acquired by Nutanix), and also held Product Management roles at Zynga and Aryaka Networks. He began his career as a developer at BMC Software, working on Disaster Recovery for databases across multiple flavors of Unix. A strong advocate for building global businesses from India, Jasnoor is an alumnus of Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and Army Institute of Technology, Pune.
Afroz Dairkee
Head of Finance & Legal
Chartered Accountant; CFA Level III pass-out
Afroz is the Head of Finance & Legal at Antler India. He brings over 18 years of experience across venture capital, start-ups, and global corporates, with a strong track record in building high-performing teams, driving operational excellence, and partnering with founders to scale businesses. Prior to joining Antler India, Afroz was with Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India), where he managed complex cross-border fund structures and led fund operations, investor relations, and regulatory compliance. Earlier, he led finance growth initiatives at Fork Media, built FP&A and market-entry frameworks at Nielsen, and advised global clients on cross-border tax at KPMG. Afroz is a Chartered Accountant with an All India Rank and a CFA Level III pass-out.
Fridtjof Berge
Co-founder & Chief Business Officer
MBA (Harvard Business School)
Fridtjof oversees external activities globally at Antler and serves on several of its investment committees. He is passionate about helping founders scale their ideas more effectively and sustainably. Before co-founding Antler, he worked at McKinsey & Company, advising clients across the retail, consumer goods, and financial services sectors in Northern and Central Europe. He also previously led E-commerce for a Nordic footwear distributor. Fridtjof has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree in Finance & Venture Capital and is a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Dilan Mizrakli Landgraff
Co-founder & Partner
Dilan has spent close to a decade managing key investment decisions on behalf of her clients. She has played a pivotal role in various acquisitions, exits, mergers, add-ons, and financings for some of the biggest corporations in the world. Dilan is based in Hong Kong, working on Antler's international expansion. Dilan is an active board member at start-ups and later-stage companies, an investor in and advisor to Web3 companies.
Reetik Agarwal
Manager
Reetik Agarwal works as an Investment Manager at Antler India focusing on investment thesis development, due diligence and startup evaluation.
Sankalp Sharma
Manager
Sankalp works as an Investment Manager with Antler India. He focuses on building our founder network and identifying super passionate founders building for the future. Prior to this, he spent 5 years working with LocoNav in multiple leadership roles across Operations and Strategy. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.
Vegard Medbo
Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer
Vegard leads international expansion to bring Antler to founders in new geographies. Previously, he spent six years at McKinsey leading teams of data scientists and consultants in energy and infrastructure. He holds an MSc in Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Karl-Christian Agerup
Chief Investment Officer
KC is a serial entrepreneur and seasoned VC investor, co-founder and former General Partner of Northzone Ventures—whose seed investments include Spotify and Stepstone. He also co-founded Hugin AS and several startup incubators. As Antler's CIO, he oversees investment processes across all funds.
Raghav Goyal
Senior Manager
Raghav is a Senior Manager at Antler India. He focuses on Investments & Portfolio in Consumer, Health and Brands with an added focus on AI. Previously, he's been an AI engineer with Rapido & Avaamo, funded founder with an exit, and an investor at EF, a London based fund. He sold his startup, Habbit, to Alippo, backed by Blume Ventures. He's done his Bachelors in CS and Masters in Economics from BITS Pilani, Goa.
Annabel Hodges
VP, Global Head of Marketing Operations
Annabel leads Global Marketing Operations, delivering data-driven insights across marketing platforms and campaigns. Prior to Antler, she led growth and digital marketing for global media agencies, publishers, and SaaS platforms from start-up to IPO.
Ojasvi Srivastava
Associate
Ojasvi Srivastava works with the portfolio team at Antler India and supports founders on fundraising and product strategy.
Divita Aggarwal
Associate
Divita Aggarwal works across consumer and health investments at Antler India. She previously helped build LBB’s e-commerce marketplace and founded a consumer startup.
Dragana Trbojevic
Head of Finance
Dragana is Antler's Global Finance Director, overseeing all finance matters for the group. She has over 15 years of experience in managing financial processes across various jurisdictions, predominantly in the financial services industry.
Rike Döpp Bergérus
VP, Global Communications
Rike leads Antler's Global Communications with over two decades of PR expertise. She began her career at Girault-Totem, founded her own agency with clients including H&M, Zalando, and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, and built it into a global presence with five offices, primarily operating from New York.
Vignesh Prasad
Finance Associate
ACCA Affiliate
Vignesh works as a Finance Associate at Antler India. Prior to joining Antler, Vignesh worked as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs. He is a qualified ACCA Affiliate, having obtained multiple global ranks in the process. He holds a Bachelor's degree from St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore specialising in International Accounting and Finance.
Adrian Dalton
Head of Compliance
Adrian ensures compliance with regulations across all regions where Antler operates. He has over 10 years of experience in financial compliance, including positions with regulators, market makers, broker/dealers, and private equity.
Dravisha Katoch
Community Lead
Dravisha Katoch leads community and founder engagement at Antler India and has previously led growth and marketing for several community-driven startups.
Lotta Patrickson
VP, Head of People & Culture
Lotta has over 20 years of experience in organizational transformation, culture building, and leadership development. She has worked across a broad range of business structures in corporate roles and as a consultant in both Europe and Asia.
Raghav Chopra
Associate
MBA (HKUST Business School)
Raghav works as an Investment Associate at Antler India, focusing on the AI, SaaS, and DeepTech verticals. He brings 4 years of operator experience across AgriTech and Defence Tech startups, having worked in product, marketing, and business development roles through the 0-1 journey. He holds an MBA from HKUST Business School.
Himank Amar
Analyst
Himank is an investor at Antler India and focusses on FinTech, Commerce & Mobility Investments and Portfolio. He works across sourcing, diligence, and portfolio support, partnering with founders building critical financial and mobility infrastructure.
Sheila Patel
Co-chair
Previously Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a member of the bank's Firmwide Management Committee, holding leadership roles across two divisions and three continents. Before Goldman Sachs, she headed Trading Strategy at Morgan Stanley. Sheila brings thirty years of experience in financial markets and investment.
Renu Halepaty
Executive Assistant
Renu is Executive Assistant to the Leadership at Antler India, supporting operations and leadership workflows. With extensive experience across United Breweries, HolidayIQ, Ascend Telecom and Reliance Infocomm she has worked closely with CXOs to manage high-stakes communication, board coordination, and cross-functional execution.
Tore Myrholt
Co-chair
Tore Myrholt is Chairman of the board at Antler and a senior partner at McKinsey where he has led the EMEA region and held a number of leadership positions. He holds an MBA focused on International Business from Harvard Business School.
David Fischer
Advisory Board Member
David was previously Chief Revenue Officer at Facebook for 11 years, overseeing advertising and marketing for business products and leading the company's global sales and marketing teams. Before Facebook, he was VP of global online sales and operations at Google, and deputy chief of staff of the U.S. Treasury Department.
Lawrence Summers
Advisory Board Member
Lawrence Summers is Charles W. Eliot professor and president emeritus at Harvard University, former Secretary of Treasury for President Clinton, former Director of the National Economic Council, Chief Economist of the World Bank, and former President of Harvard University.
Nancy Zimmerman
Advisory Board Member
Nancy Zimmerman is co-founder and managing partner of Bracebridge Capital, a pioneer in absolute return investing with over 25 years generating uncorrelated returns for endowments, foundations, family offices, and pensions. Before Bracebridge, she managed the interest rate option group at Goldman Sachs.
Peter Harrison
Advisory Board Member
Peter Harrison is the former Group Chief Executive at Schroders.
Anshul Tibrewala
Head of Marketing
Anshul Tibrewala is Head of Marketing at Antler India, where he leads brand, content, partnerships and community, and works to make Antler the first partner founders think of on day zero. With 12+ years across consumer, SaaS and tech, he has led marketing, partnerships and growth mandates at McDonald's India, ABInBev and Sportskeeda. Most recently he was co-founder at Snipe, a gamification products venture. Anshul is an alumnus of the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
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