Lakshraj Doshi
Investment Professional at WestBridge Capital
About
I'm Lakshraj Doshi, an Investment Professional at WestBridge Capital in Bangalore. My career has taken me from research internships and product roles to founding my own startup, strategy consulting at L.E.K., and now venture capital investing. I'm passionate about technology innovation, entrepreneurship, and climate solutions, and I believe in team-driven product development and customer obsession as fundamental business principles. I enjoy connecting with founders, investors, and operators who are building meaningful things in the tech ecosystem, and I offer investment access, strategic insights, and community building through my work and newsletter.
Networking
What I can offer
- ›Access to investment capital through WestBridge Capital
- ›Strategic partnership opportunities
- ›Community building through speaker series hosting
- ›Insights through long-form content on business and tech
Looking for
- ›expanding my professional network
- ›exploring mutual opportunities in technology and startup ecosystem
Best fit for
Current Interests
Background
Career
Started as Summer Research Intern at IIM Udaipur, then various roles including Associate Product Manager at Bounce, Founder's Office roles at gomigo and Third Wave Coffee, Co-Founder of Infloso, Venture Scout at Venture Highway LLP, Associate and Senior Associate at L.E.K. Consulting, and currently Investment Professional at WestBridge Capital
Education
Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur with minor in Computer Science and micro-specialization in Entrepreneurship; Business Bridge Program in Business Administration and Management from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Achievements
- ›Rated '5/5 (Outstanding)' across two performance review cycles at L.E.K. Consulting
- ›Built customer care stack integrating Zendesk, WhatsApp, and customer data at Third Wave Coffee to improve support staff efficiency and NPS for 80+ cafes
- ›Increased onboarding and adoption of 700 suppliers by 5X at gomigo
- ›Developed robo-advising model that reduced behavioral bias (disposition effect) by 30% at IIM Udaipur
- ›Selected as only undergraduate fellow among 800+ applicants at Draper Startup House
- ›Received Institute Order of Merit at IIT Kharagpur
- ›Received full-ride scholarship as only Indian international student at Tuck Business Bridge Program
Opinions
- Great products are built by teams, not solitary visionaries
- Strongly advocates for 'customer obsession' as timeless business principle
- Values 'head-down execution' and patience when working on complex, long-horizon problems
- Believes selling visionary ideas requires persistent 'lobbying and story selling' over months or years
- Believes skilled investors can 'connect seemingly unrelated dots'