Anisha Patnaik - Founder, LexStart

Anisha Patnaik

Founder, LexStart

More about Anisha Patnaik

Anisha runs LexStart, a group of entities that focus on providing legal and compliance support to the early stage ecosystem. Anisha has over 16 years of experience in corporate commercial laws with extensive experience in M&As, Joint Ventures and has been focusing on the start up ecosystem for the last 9 years. 

Anisha regularly advices entrepreneurs, startups, investors, incubators and accelerators on matters relating to structuring entities, co-founders and shareholders agreements, investment transactions (right from term sheet to due diligence to documentation to closing) structuring stock incentives, etc. 

Anisha has been a Partner at a law firm, General Counsel at a development sector venture capital fund and founding team of a start up accelerator before co-founding LexStart. Anisha's vast experience as a lawyer and as an entrepreneur helps her assist entrepreneurs and startups to navigate through the legal and compliance maze! 

Anisha also continues to be external Legal Counsel for Acumen and Venture  Partner for Sangam Ventures.

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