Lara Banks
Investor at Makena Capital Management who focuses on visionary, big-idea investing and highlighted Founders Fund as an example of seeing and building future opportunities.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 9min
Investor Stories 469: What Visionary Leaders at Pixxel, eToro, and Founders Fund Do Differently (Mohapatra, Banks, Orlovski)
Lara Banks, an investor at Makena Capital known for big-idea, visionary investing. Hemant Mohapatra, Lightspeed India investor specializing in early-stage deep tech and space. They discuss hyperspectral satellites and college founders building Pixxel. They also explore why commercial savvy matters in deep tech and how visionary firms spot and back bold, future-making opportunities.
