Romit Mehta is a VP of investments at Lightspeed Venture Partners – a global multistage venture capital fund with $ 20B in AUM. He graduated as the 1st ranker in B.A. in Economics from St. Xavier’s College Mumbai. He worked as a consultant at Dalberg Global Development Advisors, advising governments, multilateral agencies, corporates and foundations on international development across India and Africa. He subsequently joined the Prime Minister’s Office in Ethiopia where he led priority projects from the PMO including accelerating cereal exports and national storage strategy for the country. He moved back to India in 2018 and joined Lightrock, a growth-stage investment fund leading investments in agritech, supply chains, and commerce. Currently, he oversees Lightspeed’s investments in consumer and commerce companies in Bengaluru, India.