Ankesh Madan – Startup Investor Profile

Ankesh Madan is a Senior Associate at Hitachi Ventures with a focus on investing in Enterprise, Other Tech, and Social Impact sectors. He invests in Seed, Series A, and Series B stages, with a geographical preference for Boston, MA. Ankesh has a current fund size of $150M and an investment range of $2.0M – $8.0M, with a sweet spot at $4.0M. Some of his sector and stage rankings include Smart Cities/UrbanTech (Series A and B), Supply Chain Tech (Series A and B). As part of Hitachi Ventures, Ankesh collaborates with diverse investors such as Galina Rachenkova, Jan Marchewski, Joanna Soroka, Pete Bastien, and Stefan Gabriel.

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Country: United States of America

Investment Regions: EU, NA

Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed

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AI Reasoning: I found a LinkedIn post and press release showing Hitachi Ventures led a $24M Series A in Strangeworks with Ankesh Madan listed as part of the Hitachi Ventures team. The investment announcement is dated March 22, 2023. Calculating from that date to November 1, 2025 gives a gap of about 2 years and 7 months – however there is evidence Ankesh was part of Hitachi Ventures investing in Thea Energy noted in a Hitachi Ventures Medium post dated February 15, 2024, indicating investment activity within the last 21 months. Additionally, Hitachi Ventures involvement in Thea Energy (Feb 15, 2024) places his most recent known investment within 21 months prior to the reference date, which still exceeds 12 months; but I also found a Hitachi Ventures Medium post Feb 15, 2024 mentioning Ankesh, and no later specific deal listing after that. Given presence on a 2024 investment and no 2025 investments found, the most accurate classification is “low-active” by the provided definitions.

Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.

Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.

Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.