Our Leadership

Swati Mylavarapu

At-Large Member Worldwide Board of Trustees

Managing Partner Incite.org
San Francisco, California

Swati Mylavarapu is an entrepreneur and values-focused investor.

She is the co-founder of Incite.org, which provides catalytic capital and support for start-ups, non-profits, and public servants who work on some of our world’s biggest challenges. To date, Incite has supported over 75 new companies, and over a dozen nonprofits and civic organizations. The majority of Swati’s work focuses on melding entrepreneurship, technology, and high-growth teams for scale and social impact. Incite works across a broad range of sectors, and has a deep track record of supporting entrepreneurs and activists advancing climate solutions and economic opportunity creation, in particular.

Swati is also co-founder of Arena, which trains the next generation of progressive candidates and campaign staff.

Swati spent her early career building technology companies. She has previously worked at Quid, Square, Google.org, and as a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Her expertise is in supporting teams that build new, innovative approaches to large scale challenges using the best of private and public sector approaches. She has helped start and lead new initiatives ranging from successful technology startups to global nonprofits, U.S. presidential campaigns, and more.

Swati graduated from Harvard with an AB in Development Studies, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was a Truman Scholar. At Oxford, she earned a Master of Philosophy in Economic History as a Rhodes Scholar. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Rhodes Trust.