Partner
Necessary VenturesCheck size: $1M-$2M when leading pre-seed rounds; the firm also participates from pre-seed through pre-IPO.
Akash Malhotra invests or supports investments through Necessary Ventures's published strategy: Back ambitious founders across deep tech, hard tech and AI who address fundamental needs in healthcare, reindustrialization, climate, finance and education.
Mission-driven founders using defensible technology to solve a necessary, large-scale problem with both commercial and societal value.
No categorical pass list is public; incremental products without a fundamental need, defensible technology or large outcome appear less aligned.
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Akash Malhotra is a current Partner at Necessary Ventures, according to the firm's official roster. No additional biography is inferred where the firm does not publish one in the roster context.