Shripriya Mahesh

Shripriya is a founding partner at Spero Ventures, where she invests in the things that make life worth living. Prior to Spero Ventures, she ran the Emerging Tech venture investing group at Omidyar Network. She formerly held several leadership roles at eBay including as Vice President of Product Marketing (US, revenue), and as Vice President of global Product Management. Prior to eBay, Shripriya was the VP of eCommerce at NextCard. Shripriya has a deep interest in the visual arts, and directed Academy Award nominees James Franco and Jessica Chastain as part of a collaborative feature that premiered at the Rome Film Festival and opened theatrically. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MFA in Film from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and a B.A. in Economics from Stella Maris College, Madras University.