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Jahanvi Sardana

Jahanvi Sardana

Early-stage and growth investor at Index Ventures, focusing on B2B software

New York, New York, United States
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Joined May 2025
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Jahanvi is a distinguished venture capital investor, currently a Partner at Index Ventures. She specializes in early-stage and growth investments across AI, enterprise software, cybersecurity, healthcare, and financial services, where she actively leads investments and serves on the boards of key portfolio companies like Sublime Security and Thatch. Her approach is characterized by a strong belief in backing founders with exceptional strengths and insights. indexventures+1
She brings a wealth of experience from her previous role at Stripes, where she spent four years contributing to significant capital deployment ($450 million) and sourcing high-valuation investments in cybersecurity, fintech, and application SaaS companies, including Axonius ($2 billion), Fireblocks ($8 billion), and Orca Security ($1.8 billion). indexventures+2
Jahanvi is recognized for her leadership in the venture capital space, being named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Venture Capital for 2024. Her background as an immigrant woman investor fuels her passion for supporting 'outsiders' and mission-driven businesses. forbes+1
Her unique upbringing, being sent to boarding school in the Himalayas at age 10 by her surgeon parents who encouraged high expectations, profoundly shaped her trajectory. This early support fostered an ambition that now informs her approach to backing founders, emphasizing the importance of unwavering support in the challenging journey of company building. indexventures
She has authored and co-authored articles demonstrating her expertise and investment thesis in areas like email security (Sublime Security) and legal technology (Crosby Legal), showcasing her insights into AI's impact on business processes and the evolving cybersecurity landscape. indexventures+1

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Achieving the Sublime in Email Security: Announcing Our $20M Series A Investment

Co-authored an article discussing Index Ventures' lead investment in Sublime Security, highlighting Sublime's innovative AI-powered, open, configurable, and community-led approach to email security. The article contrasts Sublime with traditional 'black box' email security solutions and emphasizes the evolving threat landscape from sophisticated phishing attacks.

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Contracts at the Speed of Business: Our Investment in Crosby

Authored an article about Index Ventures' lead investment in Crosby, a platform that uses AI to accelerate contract management. She highlights how Crosby addresses the bottleneck of traditional contract processes by enabling AI agents to handle repetitive tasks while lawyers focus on nuanced judgment. The article emphasizes Crosby's role as a revenue enablement tool that combines speed with building a knowledge base for prediction and simulation.

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