# Sanjiv Sanghavi

> Sanjiv Sanghavi is the co-founder and CEO of Texture, a New York company building an operating system for the distributed energy grid that ingests data from batteries, solar, EVs, chargers and smart devices and lets utilities act on it in real time. He co-founded ClassPass before fitness was a category, ran product as CPO at the supply-side energy giant Arcadia, and now wires together a fragmented grid that was built to push power one direction and is being asked to do the opposite. Texture has raised roughly $23M and counts more than 50 OEM integrations including Tesla, FranklinWH and SolarEdge.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Texture
- **Organizations:** Texture, Day One Ventures, Arcadia, Knotel, ClassPass, Tulip
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's, Finance & Operations Management, Boston University
- **Known for:** Co-founded ClassPass, which later reached a $1B valuation as a fitness membership unicorn, Served as Chief Product Officer at Arcadia, one of the largest supply-side energy data companies, Founded and leads Texture, with 50+ OEM device integrations including Tesla, FranklinWH, Honeywell, Ecobee and SolarEdge

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Analyst at Aleutian Capital Partners
- **2006** — Associate at Petsky Prunier LLC (through 2011)
- **2010** — Co-founded Classtivity (later ClassPass) with Payal Kadakia
- **2014** — Departed ClassPass as it rebranded from Classtivity
- **2015** — Founded Tulip
- **2018** — VP of Product at Knotel
- **2020** — Chief Product Officer at Arcadia
- **2022** — Venture Partner, Climate at Day One Ventures
- **2023** — Co-founded Texture and became CEO
- **2024** — Texture closed $7.5M seed round
- **2026** — Texture closed $12.5M Series A, ~$23M total raised

## Achievements

- Co-founded ClassPass, which later reached a $1B valuation as a fitness membership unicorn
- Served as Chief Product Officer at Arcadia, one of the largest supply-side energy data companies
- Founded and leads Texture, with 50+ OEM device integrations including Tesla, FranklinWH, Honeywell, Ecobee and SolarEdge
- Raised roughly $23M for Texture across seed and Series A from VoLo Earth, Equal Ventures, Lerer Hippeau and Abstract Ventures
- Signed a partnership with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, reaching 850 utility co-ops

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Texture raised a $12.5M Series A led by VoLo Earth Ventures and Equal Ventures, bringing total funding to roughly $23M.
- **2026-05** — Announced a partnership with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, extending reach to 850 utility co-ops.

## Links

- Website: https://texturehq.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjivsanghavi

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Last updated: 2026-06-03