
Top 100 Women Trailblazers of 2025 & 2024

Top Female Lawyer 2023

Woman Lawyer of the Year 2023

40 under 40
BW Legal Top 40 under 40
Anisha Patnaik
Managing Partner
Anisha dons several hats, in her 22 years of vast experience as a corporate commercial lawyer, an entrepreneur, and as an investor.
Anisha is the founder of India's foremost startup consultancy firm, LexStart.
Anisha is an active sector-agnostic angel investor. Her portfolio companies range from popular D2C brands, such as The Whole Truth and WickedGud to several women-focused venture capital funds. She is also the only women jury cum angel investor on The 10 Minute Million (By IIT Bombay).
Anisha also boasts of a diverse experience from being a founder of a cleantech accelerator, managing director and co-founder of one of the first women-focused angel networks in the country, and founder of one of the first legal tech startups in the country.
Anisha, despite her other endeavors, also continues to work as a venture partner with Sangam Ventures and StrongHer Ventures.

