Sanjiv Kalevar
Partner
Sanjiv focuses on Series A and B investments at Mucker, partnering with founders building enduring companies across software and AI. He is particularly interested in businesses that have achieved product-market fit and where teams are ready to drive durable scale.
Prior to joining Mucker Capital, Sanjiv spent eight years at Battery Ventures, where he invested across early and growth-stage software. His work contributed to several successful outcomes, including ServiceTitan (NASDAQ:TTAN), AuditBoard (acquired by HG Capital), VNDLY (acquired by Workday), RiskIQ (acquired by Microsoft), Mews, and more. Sanjiv partnered with Mucker seed-backed companies ServiceTitan, AuditBoard and UpKeep at later stages, supporting those entrepreneurs through their next phase of growth. He also served as General Partner at OpenView, where he led and supported investments including Mangomint.
Earlier in his career, Sanjiv worked at Constellation Software (TSX:CSU), one of the world’s most prolific acquirers of vertical market software businesses, where he developed a foundation in disciplined capital allocation and long-term value creation.
Sanjiv holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.Comm from Queen’s University.
He can be reached at sanjiv at mucker dot com.
Articles by Sanjiv Kalevar
Most Startup Content Is Invisible: Here’s How to Fix It
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Irina Maltseva, founder of Seen, to share how early-stage B2B SaaS companies get found on Google and inside LLMs. She has spent...
Setting Up A Founder-Led Organic LinkedIn Content Machine With Claude
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Jonathan Martinez, founder and CEO of GrowthPair, to share how founder-led LinkedIn content took his startup from zero to $1M in annual...
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos, to share...
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...
2026 New York Tech Week Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital went to New York Tech Week to host sessions for founders, operators, and builders thinking through how AI is changing product, growth, and search. Among the sessions were:...
Closing Enterprise Deals in Founder-Led Sales as a Startup
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited David Mackay, Managing Director at D9Y and one of our operating experts at Mucker, to talk about closing enterprise deals in...