Vivek Gambhir, Kevin Aluwi join Lightspeed as venture partners

Lightspeed has expanded its senior team in India and Southeast Asia by welcoming Vivek Gambhir and Kevin Aluwi as Venture Partners.

Prior to this, Gambhir was the CEO at boAt and has transitioned into a board member role. Previously, he was CEO and Managing Director of Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL). He also was the Chief Strategy Officer of the Group. Prior to Godrej, Gambhir was a founding member of Bain and Company’s consulting operations in India. He also serves on the boards of Metropolis Healthcare, Honasa Consumer (Mama Earth) and Samast Technologies (Magic Pin).

Gambir specialises in partnering closely with founding teams to scale up their businesses and accelerate value creation and will lend his rich leadership experience to the next generation of builders in the Lightspeed portfolio.

Aluwi was most recently co-founder and CEO at Gojek, which went public on the Indonesian stock exchange after merging with local e-commerce giant Tokopedia. He is passionate about using his time at Lightspeed to help other founders as a thought partner on all parts of company building, particularly in product, marketing, and scaling organisations.

Bejul Somaia, Partner, Lightspeed, said, "At Lightspeed, the strength of our team and partnerships acts as a force multiplier for the founders we serve. We are thrilled to welcome Vivek and Kevin into our growing teams in India and SEA. In their roles as Venture Partners they will be collaborating with founders, shaping their journeys, and contributing to the growth and development of our portfolio companies in the region”

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