Manas
Gosavi
Manas Gosavi is an experienced deep tech investor, operator, and advisor. With a background deploying capital on behalf of some of the most successful long-term institutional investors in the world, Manas is focused on investing, building, and collaborating with a small group of global asset owners on supporting next generation of businesses in energy, critical minerals, and industrials.
Holdings
Investing in systemic resilience and decentralized technology, with a focus on energy, critical minerals, and industrials.
Natrion develops next-generation battery components enabling higher density, more efficient, and safer energy storage for industrial, defense, and commercial customers. Natrion proudly maintains a fully domestic manufacturing footprint in the United States.
Everstar uses advanced artificial intelligence to streamline and accelerate complex regulatory, licensing, and documentation workflows for nuclear energy operators. Everstar's mission is to push humanity into an era of energy abundance.
Resilience utilizes a data-driven approach to develop and manage distributed energy resources, with a particular focus on the heartland of the United States.
Coming soon.
Commercialized a novel polymer technology to make microelectronics manufacturing cleaner and more efficient. Exited.
Teaching
Supporting education initiatives, with a particular focus on science, technology, and leadership.
at Urbana-Champaign
Serving as an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Grainger College of Engineering, teaching a course on commercializing university-based research into viable startups.
at Urbana-Champaign
Serving as a Representative on the Military Education Council, leading on campus ROTC programs to develop the next generation of military leaders. Responsible for staff appointments, supervising academic curricula, administering programs, and ensuring academic freedom within military departments.
Background
Fourth hire on the venture capital and growth equity team at Mubadala Capital, which manages capital for the ~$300bn sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi and select third-party LPs. Focused on deep tech investments.
Member of the investment team at Adams Street Partners, a ~$40bn private equity platform. Focused on buyouts, special situations, and growth equity as a generalist with a technology skew.
Focused on scaling the electronics manufacturing platform of a ~$100bn conglomerate through strategic acquisitions, divestitures, and large-scale capital projects across a global footprint.