Together Fund ropes in former Google, Twitter executive to focus on AI investments

Venture capital firm Together Fund has appointed former vice president of search at Google, Lakshmi Shankar as a general partner to head its San Francisco office. The fund said Shankar will focus on early-stage investments in artificial intelligence (AI) startups in the US-India corridor.

This appointment reinforces Together Fund’s commitment to software-as-a-service (SaaS), AI, and building a robust US-India bridge, Together Fund said in a statement. The VC firm, was founded by Freshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham and Eka Software founder Manav Garg.