# Ash Lilani, General Partner at Saama Capital

> Ash Lilani, General Partner at Saama Capital. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/ash-lilani (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Palo Alto, US · Partner

# Ash Lilani

General Partner at [Saama](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saama-2)

Latest rounds

- **Flipsicle** Seed · $2M Nov 2014

Backs *Internet* *Consumer Apps*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Nov 2014
- **Filings:** 4 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 1 episodes

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- ✓ **On filings** 4 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Saama
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Saama** VC firm · US **0** cheques in 12 months **2** all time **0** led quiet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saama-2)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $2M
- **Active:** 2014

2014

- [Flipsicle](https://millionrounds.com/company/flipsicle) *Seed* **$2M** *US* Nov 2014 Joined · +8 investors · historical

By stage

- Seed **1**

What they backed

Internet **1** Consumer Apps **1**

Alongside

- [Compound *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4)
- [Esther Dyson *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/esther-dyson)
- [Gautam Godhwani *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gautam-godhwani)
- [John Maeda *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-maeda)
- Linda Stone *1*
- [Metamorphic Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metamorphic-ventures)
- [Neeraj Arora *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neeraj-arora)
- [Vishal Gondal *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vishal-gondal)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Lilani Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lilani-capital)** Managing Member of the General Partner of the Issuer since 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Great Indian Food Company, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Great Indian Food Co** Director on 2 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Falafel, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2016

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Saama

- [**Amrita Barthakur** Partner & COO *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/amrita-barthakur)
- [**Kiranbir Nag** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/kiranbir-nag)
- [**Suresh Katta** Team *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/suresh-katta)
- [**Suresh Shanmugham** Managing Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/suresh-shanmugham)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) · 19 Sept 2019 · 1h 3m Ash Lilani, Saama Capital With [Ash Lilani](https://millionrounds.com/person/ash-lilani) Mentions [Saama Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saama-capital)[Vijay Shekhar Sharma](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vijay-shekhar-sharma) About this episode Ash started his career in Banking and joined Silicon Valley Bank and has been since associated with them.He is credited with bringing the major VC & Investment houses of Silicon Valley & San Francisco Bay Area to India in 2003 (also known as the birth of Venture Capitalism in India).He later… Listen on Apple Podcasts

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