AI with PurposeYouth with Vision
Where Youth, Technology & Nature Converge
Delivering compassionate and sustainable outcomes through strategic investments, expert advisory, and purposeful philanthropy.
Our Footprints
Our structure allows us to seamlessly transition from high-level strategy to ground-level execution.
Kanu Ventures LLC
USA & India
Investment
Advancing Youth, Nature, and Technology to build a compassionate and sustainable world
- Start-ups
- Advisory
- Philanthropy
A Regenerative Framework for AI
A new framework where AI acts not as a consumer of energy but as a co-pilot for conservation and the scaling agent for regeneration.
Focus Area
Compassionate One Health Innovation
Compassionate One Health Innovation advances AI-driven solutions that improve health for people, animals, and ecosystems, prioritizing prevention, equity, and resilience across environmental and community systems.
Nature-Positive Vocations for Youth
Nature-Positive Vocations for Youth equips young people for tech-enabled, regenerative careers that align economic opportunity with environmental stewardship and compassionate innovation.
Youth-Led City Pilots and Testbeds
Youth-Led City Pilots and Testbeds support youth ventures to pilot scalable AI-enabled One Health solutions in cities, delivering measurable health and sustainability outcomes.
Value to Cities and
Communities
This partnership advances interoperable, human-centered smart city ecosystems by enabling cities to:
Cultivate compassionate, future-ready talent pipelines
Preparing youth and emerging leaders to work fluently across health, environment, technology, and governance, using shared frameworks rather than isolated disciplines.
Support nature-positive economic development
Aligning environmental regeneration with digital infrastructure and workforce development through unified standards and shared outcomes.
Break down silos between health, environment, and technology
Applying cross-domain intelligence so insights in one sector inform smarter decisions across the entire urban system.
Leadership
Driven by decades of experience in technological innovation.
Nandkishore Kalambi
Founder
Global executive with 25+ years (Siemens, SAP, Dassault Systemes) scaling enterprise technology, managing $400M+ P&L, driving Fortune 100 digital transformation, and 12+ years of board experience. Strong global network and multicultural expertise (India, Singapore, Japan, USA). Focused on sustainability and inclusive innovation.
Mark Messow
Advisory Board, Switzerland, EU
Global practitioner with multi-domain expertise - Web 3.0, business model transformation, technology adoption, value chain management, industrial automation, solutions architecture, IoT, ecosystem building. Currently engaged in the intersection of blockchain and AI together with senior living, healthcare, drug development, and IoT-enabled smart building solutions.
David Johnson
Advisory, USA
Seasoned professional with strong experience in management, system integration for Smart City and smart governance across India and Europe.
Rohan Salvi
NCAI Architect, USA
Seasoned professional with strong experience in management, system integration for Smart City and smart governance.
Bhushan Kurvey
Operations, India
Seasoned professional with strong experience in management, system integration for Smart City and smart governance across India and Europe.
Anushri Kalambi
Product Design, USA
Seasoned professional with strong experience in designing and designing life cycle management for product across USA.
Trusted Ecosystem Partners
Collaborating across domains to build interoperable, resilient city systems.
Our Mission
Our mission is to align capital, mentorship, and city-scale implementation within an interoperable smart cities framework to enable cities to thrive as integrated, living systems.
Create scalable, nature-positive pathways for youth employment
Supporting jobs and ventures that operate across health, climate, infrastructure, and AI-designed for regeneration, not extraction.
Accelerate the adoption of AI that serves life
Advancing responsible, interoperable AI solutions that optimize for long-term resilience, equity, and ecological wellbeing.
Advance healthier, more resilient, regenerative cities worldwide
Helping cities function as cohesive ecosystems that evolve with emerging technologies and societal needs.