Team

Backing bold visionaries who are fearless in writing their own playbook to protect our Pṛthvī and make money. We love rolling up our sleeves and getting our hands dirty with our Visionaries onsite, instead of subscribing to the thumb twiddling culture.

General Partner

Kunal Sethi

Kunal is a cancer survivor who has spent the last 20+ years at the forefront of cleantech. He backs founders who execute relentlessly on their mission instead of chasing headlines and activism. Through Prithvi Ventures he is accelerating Climate & Energy 2.0, real technologies that cut emissions and build energy abundance. At Ayuh Ventures he is pushing the frontier of healthcare.

He lives in New York City, spends as much time as possible on two wheels (road cycling keeps him sane and inspired by the natural world), and holds degrees in economics and environmental sciences from Charles Sturt University (Australia) and the University of Mumbai.

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Operating Partner

Murali Sethumadhavan

Murali is a materials scientist with 30+ years of R&D and innovation experience and 35+ patents. He turned polymer science into commercial products at Rogers Corporation and Bose Corporation, driving real growth through advanced materials. He serves as Operating Partner at Ayuh Ventures, backing breakthroughs at the intersection of materials & healthcare.

He sits on multiple boards, pushing practical green chemistry forward. He is also an active angel investor and mentor since 2015, co-founded a K-12 science club to build the next generation of technical talent, and holds a Ph.D. in Polymer Science from UMass Amherst and an M.Tech from IIT.

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Kunal’s goal is simple

Leave the planet cleaner and humanity healthier for the generations that will take us multi planetary.