Maninder Gulati

Active Investor

Venture Partner at Lightspeed SEA Advisors Pte. Ltd.

Singapore, Singapore

Maninder Gulati, Venture Partner at Lightspeed SEA Advisors Pte. Ltd. is an active investor based in Singapore, Singapore. This profile covers what Maninder Gulati backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Maninder Gulati serves as a Venture Partner at Bharat Founders Fund. Mr. Gulati served as Global Chief Strategy Officer at OYO Hotels. He serves as an Advisor at Crux. He serves as an Advisor at Good Capital (India). Earlier, he served as Principal at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He joined Lightspeed Advisory Services India in 2012. He brings several years of operating, business building, entrepreneurship, and consulting experience to the firm. Prior to Lightspeed, He was an Associate at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, He worked on several growth strategy and implementation engagements across various sectors including financial services, organized retail, digital music, data centers, and building security/automation. Before McKinsey, He co-founded a voice-based life-streaming platform - lifeinlines.com, which allowed users to create a digital diary of their lives. Prior to this entrepreneurial venture, He worked at ITC, India's largest FMCG company. At ITC, He was a part of the core team that launched ITC's personal care business and he spearheaded key organization transformation initiatives such as Six Sigma for the tobacco business. he graduated with a Dual degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, where he held key leadership positions including that of Head of 'The Entrepreneurship Cell'. He holds an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad, where he was a part of the Dean and Merit list.