EPISODE · Nov 22, 2025 · 1H 3M
Vivek Ladsariya, PSL MD on Enterprise AI, GovTech & Founder Lessons
from Venture with Grace · host Grace Gong
Vivek Ladsariya is a Managing Director at PSL and general partner of PSL's venture capital firm, PSL Ventures. Vivek will play a pivotal role in leading external pre-seed and seed investments out of PSL Ventures’ $100 million Fund II, actively investing in new Pacific Northwest technology companies. The majority of the fund’s portfolio consists of companies where PSL Ventures led an initial round within weeks of company formation, and roughly half of all PSL investments are AI-enabled software companies.Vivek focuses on investing across deeply technical investment themes including AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure, industrial tech, and devops. As a recovering founder, Vivek is deeply passionate about partnering with founders as they build category defining companies.Topics: How PSL Writes the First Check Into Category-Defining StartupsInvesting in AI-Enabled Software Before Product ExistsWhat PSL Looks For in Deeply Technical Founders#AI #DeepTech #VentureCapital #Startups #Cybersecurity #Infrastructure
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Vivek Ladsariya is a Managing Director at PSL and general partner of PSL's venture capital firm, PSL Ventures. Vivek will play a pivotal role in leading external pre-seed and seed investments out of PSL Ventures’ $100 million Fund II, actively investing in new Pacific Northwest technology companies. The majority of the fund’s portfolio consists of companies where PSL Ventures led an initial round within weeks of company formation, and roughly half of all PSL investments are AI-enabled software companies.Vivek focuses on investing across deeply technical investment themes including AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure, industrial tech, and devops. As a recovering founder, Vivek is deeply passionate about partnering with founders as they build category defining companies.Topics: How PSL Writes the First Check Into Category-Defining StartupsInvesting in AI-Enabled Software Before Product ExistsWhat PSL Looks For in Deeply Technical Founders#AI #DeepTech #VentureCapital #Startups #Cybersecurity #Infrastructure
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