Aishwarya Jaishankar
Co-Founder,
Hyperface Technologies
Aishwarya Jaishankar
Co-Founder,Hyperface Technologies
Aishwarya Jaishankar is a banker turned entrepreneur. She has driven multiple digital transformation projects at banks including India's first digital savings account. She is the co-founder of Hyperface technologies who provide strong technology solutions for banks and brands looking to launch innovative credit card programs
Amit Agarwal
President & Head - Private Credit,
Edelweiss Alternatives
Amit Agarwal
President & Head - Private Credit,Edelweiss Alternatives
Amit Agarwal has 2 decades of experience in Private Credit & Special Situation finance, corporate finance, Investments, deal structuring, deal origination, restructuring, performance improvement, turnaround management, acquisition financing, investment banking and fund raising.
Amit is one of the founding members of the Private Credit business at Edelweiss and has played key role in business development and growth. He has significant relationships across LPs, Banks, Promoters and market participants. He currently has direct oversight over $4.5 billion of assets across performing credit, real estate credit and special situations fund. He has led several acquisition / investment across strategies and has also been instrumental in resolution of large assets in the special situation fund. He has been involved in managing the entire lifecycle of investment and creating exit strategies in several assets. Apart from this he has been instrumental in fund raising efforts for Private Credit businesses in Edelweiss Alternatives
Prior to Edelweiss, Amit was associated with ARCIL, the first ARC in India, and was a part of strategic business group where he played a key role in portfolio monitoring and analysis. He has also worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers earlier in Management consulting Amit is an All-India Rank-holder Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the Lucknow University too.
Amit Nawka
Partner - Deals,
PwC
Amit Nawka
Partner - Deals,PwC
Amit Nawka is a Partner at PwC, specializing in Technology sector Deals. With over two decades of experience, he has offered strategic guidance on more than 400 fundraise and M&A transactions spanning SAAS, Fintech, ConsumerTech, and associated sectors.
Anand Unnikrishnan
Managing Partner,
NIIF Fund of Funds
Anand Unnikrishnan
Managing Partner,NIIF Fund of Funds
Anand has over two decades of experience across India and Australia in areas such as investment management, finance and consulting, of which, 12+ years have been in investment management in India. Through his career, Anand has been involved in several direct and fund investments in sectors such as roads, power, healthcare, renewable energy and real estate. He joined NIIF in 2018 and is currently the Managing Partner for NIIF’s Fund of Funds. At NIIF, he is responsible for developing and executing the strategy of the NIIF Fund of Funds, which is diversified fund investing into various sectors and strategies through third party fund managers.
Prior to joining NIIF in March 2018, Anand was a senior member of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) team in India for about 10 years. He was part of the core team that established MIRA’s infrastructure funds management business in India in 2008. During his tenure with MIRA, in addition to his involvement with investments and his role on the Investment Committee of the India dedicated fund, Anand held many roles including head of finance, head of operations and an active role in fundraising for MIRA’s India fund and a broader Asia fund.
Before MIRA, Anand worked with KPMG for over seven years in India and Australia, in the audit and financial advisory services divisions. During this period, Anand primarily worked with large clients primarily in the consumer, industrials, pharma and media and entertainment sectors. In the early part of his career, Anand has also worked with Universal Music Group in Mumbai as their Finance Manager for the India business. Anand holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is an Indian Chartered Accountant. He has also completed his Certified Public Accountancy (US).
Anita George
Global Sustainable Investment Professional
Anita George
Global Sustainable Investment Professional
Anita has been an investor backing early trends with winning partners and established a distinguished track record in sustainable investments across the globe. In her last five and a half years with CDPQ, she established CDPQ’s office in India and soon after became Executive Vice President and Head of Emerging Markets at CDPQ. Her final post at CDPQ was as Executive Vice President and Deputy Head of CDPQ Global covering all geographies outside of Canada, supporting investments in renewable energy, highways, telecom, and venture fund investments in Emerging Markets. Anita spent 22 years at the World Bank Group with 14 of those years with the IFC in Infrastructure and Natural Resources, Municipal Finance and initiated the creation of IFC’s Venture group. Her various roles have led her to work in several regions of the world, including Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
Ms. George holds a BA in Economics and Spanish from Smith College, in Massachusetts, and a Masters in Economics and an MBA in Finance from Boston University.
AnjaIi Sosale
Partner,
Water Bridge Ventures
AnjaIi Sosale
Partner,Water Bridge Ventures
AnjaIi Sosale is a Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, an early stage, India focused, Seed to Series A fund, that invests between $250k and $2.5m first cheques into tech-startups. Anjali focuses on consumer tech and is based in Bangalore. Anjali has over 15 years of experience in various parts of the investment eco-system advising companies on their capital agenda. She started her career in investment banking, with EY in 2006 where she spent a decade across multiple geographies and deal advisory domains from due diligence to cross-border M&A and private equity. Initially (2009-14) fundraising for growth stage education, retail and consumer companies before the internet economy boom led her to focus (from 2015 onwards) on the burgeoning start-up eco-system driving consumer tech and e-commerce in India.
She was instrumental in setting up the early stage, start-up focused practice in 2014 which she led until she left in 2017 to join Myntra (A Flipkart and Walmart Group Company and India's largest fashion e- commerce company). At Myntra, Anja Iiwas head of the Brand Accelerator Program, that sought out minority equity partnerships to jointly scale the next generation of D2C fashion and lifestyle brands in India.
She took the program from idea and concept to scale, creating the first generation of D2C brands in India, diversifying the portfolio of 16 across lifestyle categories, introducing and expanding it into Flipkart. These brands collectively earned over $100m in annual revenues for the FK Group making them a valuable part of the ecosystem and generating incredible value to its founders with brands blitz scaling to Rs 100 crs brands within 2 years.
Anshul Jain
Managing Director,
Lighthouse Funds
Anshul Jain
Managing Director,Lighthouse Funds
Anshul is a Managing Director and co-leads the investment team at Lighthouse Funds. She serves on the board of Duroflex. She previously led consumer sector coverage at ICICI Securities in the Investment banking team.
Ashish Dave
CEO,
Mirae Asset Venture Investments (India)
Ashish Dave
CEO,Mirae Asset Venture Investments (India)
Ashish Dave is the CEO of Mirae Asset Venture Investments (India). Earlier in his career, he worked at Mumbai Angels & Kalaari Capital. He brings over 14 years of experience in the venture space. He manages Mirae Asset’s Venture investments, which totals around $1.5B with presence in South Korea, India, and China.
Mirae’s India portfolio includes - Ola Cabs, BigBasket, Zomato, Shadowfax, Zolo Stays, Kreditbee, Raise Financial Services, Koo App, Jai Kisan, Trell.
Mirae’s Global portfolio includes - Didi Chuxing (China), Grab (SE Asia), HappyFresh (Indonesia), Bukalapak (Indonesia), Glovo (Europe), RedDoorz (SE Asia), Deskera (SE Asia), Impossible Foods (US), Market Kurly (South Korea).
Ashley Menezes
COO & Partner,
ChrysCapital Advisors LLP
Ashley Menezes
COO & Partner,ChrysCapital Advisors LLP
Mr. Menezes is the COO and a Partner at ChrysCapital and has been with the firm for 24 years. He is a member of the advisory committee and is responsible for diligence, regulatory/industry relationships, legal, compliance and operations. Mr. Menezes is a private equity veteran and has served on the board of the Indian private equity association for almost eight years, and is the current vice-chairman. He has also served as a member of the CII National Committee of private equity and other industry bodies.
Prior to ChrysCapital, Mr. Menezes was with KPMG, in its information technology and U.S. GAAP practices, where, among other things, he was involved in the ADR issues and NYSE/NASDAQ listings of several leading Indian companies. Mr. Menezes is a rank-holding Chartered Accountant and received a Bachelor’s degree in commerce from Mumbai University.
Bala C Deshpande
Founder Partner,
MegaDelta Capital
Bala C Deshpande
Founder Partner,MegaDelta Capital
Bala C Deshpande is the Founder Partner of MegaDelta Capital. Of her 32 years of experience, Bala has over two decades of investing experience. She started her investing career as Director Investments in ICICI Venture in 2001 and in 2008 she joined NEA at a General Partner to set up and head their India Practice. She along with two partners co-founded MegaDelta Capital in 2018-19.
MegaDelta Capital is a growth equity firm investing in Tech intensive and/or IP based businesses across consumer, healthcare, enterprise tech and disruptive services sectors. At MegaDelta, she is keen to back entrepreneurs who redefine markets, hack growth models to create lasting economic value. She is passionate about Technology and its far-reaching implications on markets, businesses and consumers and strongly believes that the next wave of large businesses will be created on the foundation of innovative Tech.
Over the years, she has held close to 40 Board positions in companies across a wide spectrum of industries. Her experience as a Board member is also variegated in terms of size and stage from young, high involvement companies to large listed companies. She has played an instrumental role in shaping many innovative businesses and entrepreneurial journeys. These include the first Internet IPO: Naukri.com, first 24-hour news channel: AAJ TAK, first Payment Tech company, several marquee consumer companies like Firstcry.com and GOQii that have redefined the sector.
Prior to her investing experience, Bala has had deep operating experience with reputed multi-national firms such as ICI, Cadbury’s and BestFoods. She is a Management Graduate from Jamnalal Bajaj and has a Master’s degree in Economics.
Bharati Aggarwal
Principal,
TPG
Bharati Aggarwal
Principal,TPG
Bharati is a Principal with the investment team at TPG NewQuest based in Singapore. She has been a part of deals totaling over US$1B in capital deployed across 20+ companies, with a focus on consumer and technology. Her geographic coverage includes the APAC region, with a thrust on India and SEA.
She has been a Board participant/investor in several leading companies in the region, including FirstCry (omni channel mother and baby care retailer), ID Foods (fresh food brand), Sapphire Foods (franchisee of Yum! in India), Halonix (consumer lighting), Cleartrip (online travel agent), Naseeb (online job search platform in MEA) and Forus (medical device manufacturer) amongst others. She has also spearheaded proprietary Fund Solution transactions led by NewQuest with GPs such as Navis, Everbridge, Epiq and Basil.
Prior to joining TPG NewQuest, Bharati was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in Mumbai. Bharati has also been a consultant with the United Nations World Food Programme in Rome and Johannesburg and worked at a boutique consulting firm in London. She has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, where she was an S. M. Shah Scholar and an MSc in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she was a PJD Wiles Scholar.
Bhavin Shah
Private Equity Leader, Deals Leader,
PwC
Bhavin Shah
Private Equity Leader, Deals Leader,PwC
Bhavin Shah, Partner and leader of the Private Equity (PE) sector at PwC India, brings over 25 years of extensive experience to his role. He is a Chartered Accountant and commerce graduate and concurrently spearheads the Deals Team within the firm.
Leading a dynamic PE team of 1000+ professionals, he orchestrates a comprehensive range of services spanning fund raising and financial due diligence to valuations, investor relations management, post-deal advisory to strategic deal exits. Our PE practice ensures to provide seamless end-to-end experience. Furthermore, his purview extends to navigating the intricacies of M&A tax considerations, providing clients with a holistic and integrated approach to maximise value throughout each and every stage of the investment journey.
In his previous capacity, Bhavin successfully led the Financial Services and Regulatory Groups at PwC India, showcasing his versatile leadership capabilities. Bhavin's expertise lies in advising on tax and regulatory matters, focusing on structuring investment strategies for a diverse clientele, including Private Equity Funds, Venture Capital Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds, and Public Market Funds. His proficiency extends to transaction advisory, fund structuring, inbound investment advisory, corporate tax, and international tax.
Recognized as an industry leader, Bhavin is a frequent speaker at seminars held both domestically and internationally. His commitment to delivering strategic insights and navigating complex regulatory landscapes underscores his significant contributions to the PE sector and the broader financial advisory domain.
Bhavna Suresh
Founder,
10club
Bhavna Suresh
Founder,10club
I’m an entrepreneur who attracts great talent and has experience building margin focused, scale up strategies for Asia-Pacific. I enjoy being in a room with people who are smarter than me, and have more to contribute to the discussion - I’m learning to listen more deeply.
I have successfully exited a multi-million-dollar PropTech venture in 2020, with an incredible team by my side!
I am committed to working with people across cultures, with a key focus on inclusion and women representation.
Proud Founder of Stylebank (1st failed venture)
Alum - HEC, Paris (MBA) & VTU, Bangalore (Engineer)
Diane Jegam
Regional Director,
South Asia Proparco
Diane Jegam
Regional Director,South Asia Proparco
Diane Jegam is the Regional Director of Proparco South Asia, covering the origination of both debt and equity investments in the region. Since joining French Development Agency in 2008, Diane held different positions within the group with a focus in Africa and has worked in numerous impactful sectors.
Before this posting in India, she held the position of Deputy Director of the French Development Agency (AFD) in Dakar (2017 – 2021), one of the important office of AFD Group network.
Hardika Shah
Founder & CEO,
Kinara Capital
Hardika Shah
Founder & CEO,Kinara Capital
Hardika Shah is the Founder & CEO of fintech Kinara Capital recognized widely for disrupting small business lending in India. Under her focused vision of driving vast MSME financial inclusion, Kinara Capital has provided access to formal credit to more than 75,000 small business entrepreneurs across 100+ cities in India. This has led to a positive impact of over 390,000 jobs supported in local economies and over USD $100 million in incremental income generation for the entrepreneurs.
Globally recognized for her passion and innovative work over the years, Hardika is a recognized Ashoka Fellow. In 2022, Forbes named Hardika among Top 20 Self-Made Women Power List; and the Government of India and NITI-Aayog recognized her with a Women Transforming India award on the occasion of India’s 75th independence anniversary. Hardika was chosen as the Fintech Leader of the Year at Bharat Fintech Summit in 2023 and she was named by Mint among Top 100 Women Leaders Building & Shaping India.
Prior to establishing Kinara Capital in 2011, Hardika spent two decades in Management Consulting leading large teams and executing complex projects for international companies across the USA, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
Hardika graduated with B.A. in Computer Science from Knox College, Illinois and holds an MBA from a joint program between Columbia Business School and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.
Kalpesh Jain
Managing Director, CFO,
Multiples Alternate Asset Management Private Limited
Kalpesh Jain
Managing Director, CFO,Multiples Alternate Asset Management Private Limited
Kalpesh is a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer at Multiples. His purview spans Operational, Financial, and Risk Management facets, covering Fund Raising, Pre and Post Investment processes, Legal, Compliance, ESG integration, Fund Administration, Technology, and Taxation. At the portfolio company level, Kalpesh leads pre-investment activities, including Due Diligence in Financial, Legal, and ESG domains, as well as transaction structuring and legal documentation. Post-investment, he oversees Portfolio Management, encompassing performance reviews, monitoring value creation plans, Compliance, ESG adherence, and robust Risk Management. Kalpesh's overarching goal is to cultivate efficient and scalable businesses, contributing to the development of valuable and sustainable organizations at both the Portfolio Company and Fund levels. This involves building strong Portfolio Companies with superior returns, emphasizing Compliance, Governance, and Environmental and Social responsibility to enhance overall value.
Prior to Multiples, he worked in the Assurance Practice at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen for 18 years. As a Partner with E&Y, he led assignments in sectors like Technology, Fintech, Media, E-commerce, Logistics, and Consumer Goods. He brings extensive experience working on IPOs both in India and US and supported companies in Mergers & Acquisitions.
Kanika Mayar
Partner, Investment & ESG Officer,
Vertex Ventures
Kanika Mayar
Partner, Investment & ESG Officer,Vertex Ventures
Kanika Mayar joined Vertex Ventures in 2020 and focuses on opportunities in India. Kanika has over 9 years of experience across private equity, asset management and investment banking.
Prior to joining Vertex, Kanika was an Investment Officer with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) where she focused on investing in early-stage technology, telecom, renewable energy and infrastructure companies across India and South Asia. Before IFC, Kanika was with Goldman Sachs’s Investment Banking team covering transactions in natural resources in Europe.
Kanika holds a Bachelor in Economics from the Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Kapil Singhal
Managing Partner, Private Credit,
True North
Kapil Singhal
Managing Partner, Private Credit,True North
Kapil joined True North in 2021. He is responsible for establishing a best-in-class Credit platform for investing in private credit for True North. He has 25 years of investing experience in Credit in a variety of roles encompassing origination, structuring, trading and fund management.
Prior to joining True North, he was the Head of India Credit at KKR. In his recent roles, he also co-headed the Edelweiss Special Opportunities Fund and ran the India trading desk at Goldman Sachs. In the early part of his career, he was also associated with ICICI Bank as VP, Corporate Credit, with GE Capital as the Regional Head and with Deutsche Bank as Director, Credit Trading.
He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from IIT Delhi and an MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi.
In his free time, Kapil enjoys singing and playing guitar and is a wildlife enthusiast.
Leslie D’Monte
Executive Editor,
Mint
Leslie D’Monte
Executive Editor,Mint
Leslie D'Monte has been a journalist for almost three decades. He specialises in technology and science writing, having worked with leading media groups--both as a reporter and an editor. He is passionate about digital transformation and deep-tech topics including artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, crypto, metaverses, quantum computing, genetics, fintech, electric vehicles, solar power and autonomous vehicles. Leslie is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Knight Science Journalism Fellow (2010-11). In his other avatar, he curates tech events and moderates panels.
Lizzie Chapman
Fintech Builder
Lizzie Chapman
Fintech Builder
Lizzie has been based in India for nearly 12 years, working in the world of financial technology and financial inclusion. In 2012, she moved from London to Mumbai to set up and spearhead the India operations for Wonga, one of the largest fintech companies in the world at that time. Subsequently, she joined the Development Bank of Singapore and led the launch of “Digibank”, India's first mobile-app-only bank.
In 2015, with her ex-Wonga colleagues, Lizzie Co-Founded “ZestMoney”. ZestMoney was a pathbreaker in the category of Digital Credit (including BNPL, Digital EMI, and Personal loans). One of the first tech platforms in the country to create a completely digital end-to-end product, including 100% digital risk management and collections. Lizzie started her career in London with Goldman Sachs, in equity research and then asset management. She also worked as an Investment Manager at the Wellcome Trust, focusing on India and Financials investments.
Lizzie currently serves on the boards of Cloud Nine (maternity healthcare), and IndiaQuotient (early-stage investment fund). She is also a founding member (and former President) of the Digital Lending Association of India and previously served as a Member of the Innovation Council of the National Payments Corporation of India, as well as on the National Start-Up Advisory Council.
Manish Kejriwal
Founder & Managing Partner,
Kedaara Capital
Manish Kejriwal
Founder & Managing Partner,Kedaara Capital
Manish Kejriwal, Founder and Managing Partner: Manish co-founded the firm in 2012 along with Sunish and Nishant. In early 2004, Manish founded the India office of Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“Temasek”), where he headed all its investments and other activities until September 2011. During this time, Temasek invested over US$4 billion in India. He was a Senior Managing Director and also held multiple responsibilities in Temasek Singapore. He was a core member of its senior leadership team and a key member of Temasek Holding’s Senior Management Committee (SMC), and its Senior Investment & Divestment Committee (SIDC). At different times in his career, he also led the firm’s investments in Financial Services, and initiated its investments in Russia, Africa and the Middle-East.
Manish brings over 15 years of experience, encompassing the full cycle of experiences in private equity across a variety of industries and sectors in private and public companies, and in other private equity funds. Prior to Temasek, Manish was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. (“McKinsey”) and was part of their New York, Cleveland and Mumbai offices. He helped found “The Private Equity Practice” during his years in New York and was instrumental in conceiving and co-authoring the widely followed “NASSCOM McKinsey reports”. Prior to McKinsey, Manish had worked at the World Bank in Washington D.C. and with Goldman Sachs (Principal Investment/Corporate Finance) in Hong Kong. Manish received an AB from Dartmouth College where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a major in Economics and Engineering Sciences and where he received the Dean’s Plate. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University, where he graduated with high distinction as a Baker Scholar.
Manish is currently a member on the boards of Parksons, Bajaj and Bharti. Over the years he has been on the boards of various companies: Temasek Holdings Advisors India, Punj Lloyd, Bharti Infratel, Fullerton Financial Holdings and Fullerton India Credit Company. He is passionate about driving a few select education initiatives reflected by his ongoing involvement in the United World College movement, as a founder trustee at Ashoka University and as a member of the Harvard Alumni Board. He is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and was named a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. He was profiled as one of the “25 hottest young executives in India” by Business Today. He has authored various articles on private equity in India and has been profiled in various newspapers and periodicals. He is a sought-after speaker at numerous conferences in India, Asia and North America. Manish had also served as a member of the Alternative Investments Policy Advisory Committee, constituted by SEBI.
Mayur Gala
Partner,
Price Waterhouse & Co LLP
Mayur Gala
Partner,Price Waterhouse & Co LLP
Mayur is a Partner with Price Waterhouse & Co LLP. Mayur has more than 15 years of experience in advising several financial services players being ARCs, NBFCs, Private Equity/Venture capital funds, Real Estate Funds, Capital market groups on domestic and international transactions for doing business in India as well as local tax and regulatory compliance matters.
ARC and NBFC sectors are his areas of expertise where he has specifically focused on assignments involving conceptualisation of presence including assistance with respect to obtaining ARC / NBFC registrations, setting-up of compliance and governance framework and due diligence / compliance / regulatory reporting review.
He has also worked extensively on fund structuring, transaction structuring and management structuring (including carry structuring) for several domestic and foreign private equity / real estate industry players.
He has closely worked with Distressed fund industry players and NBFC industry players for review of RBI regulatory framework and actively involved in representation to RBI on the same. He has also been actively involved in several other industry representations submitted to SEBI and RBI.
Menaka Doshi
Managing Editor,
Bloomberg Quint
Menaka Doshi
Managing Editor,Bloomberg Quint
Menaka Doshi is Managing Editor at Bloomberg Quint – India’s leading multi-media business news platform. In less than 3 years since its launch BloombergQuint has established itself as an independent newsroom with authoritative coverage on the economy, financial markets, business and policy.
Prior to this she worked at CNBC-TV18 as Executive Editor. In her over 20 years at CNBC - TV18 she reported on companies, M&A, policy, law and tax, hosted several flagship news shows and was host and editor of The Firm - India's first television show on law, tax and audit.
In 2005-06, Menaka was awarded the first Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in the category of Business & Economic Journalism (Broadcast).
Mitesh Daga
Partner,
TPG Capital
Mitesh Daga
Partner,TPG Capital
Mitesh Daga is based in India and a Partner with TPG Capital, the leading US headquartered global alternative asset manager. Mitesh brings more than 20 years of investing, financial, entrepreneurial and operating experience from leading global institutions. At TPG Capital, Mitesh has led several investments including Manipal Hospitals, Sai Lifesciences, RR Kabel, Jio Platforms Limited, Reliance Retail and Fractal Analytics. Prior to joining TPG in 2014, he worked with Advent International in UK and India, and with CapitalOne in USA. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, and is a CFA charter holder.
Nandini Piramal
Non-Executive Director,
Piramal Enterprises Limited
Chairperson,
Piramal Pharma Ltd
Nandini Piramal
Non-Executive Director,Piramal Enterprises Limited
Chairperson,
Piramal Pharma Ltd
Nandini Piramal is the Non-Executive Director at Piramal Enterprises and Chairperson at Piramal Pharma Ltd. She is responsible for setting strategy and driving results at Piramal Pharma. Piramal Pharma offers a portfolio of differentiated products and services through its 17 global development and manufacturing facilities and a global distribution network in over 100 countries.
Additionally, she heads the Human Resources, Finance, Risk, Information Technology and Quality functions at Piramal Pharma.
Ms. Piramal is also an advisor to Piramal Foundation which has impacted the lives of over 113 mm Indians in its lifetime in areas ranging from gender, public health to education and purified water.
She is a visionary business leader driven by her commitment to bettering society. Her efforts in the business and social world led to her being recognized amongst ‘India’s Most Powerful Women’ by Business Today in 2020, 2022 and 2023 for her outstanding contribution in business and social growth. She was also awarded as a `Young Global Leader’ in 2014 by the World Economic Forum.
Ms. Piramal holds a BA (Hons.) in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford University. She also has an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Nimisha Nagarsekar
Investment Partner, CFO,
Sixth Sense
Nimisha Nagarsekar
Investment Partner, CFO,Sixth Sense
Nimisha Nagarsekar is a Partner & CFO at Sixth Sense Ventures - $500Mln consumer fund. She joined Sixth Sense in 2018, and is part of the core investments team, with a key focus on driving investments and managing fund portfolio companies. Nimisha has experience in the entire lifecycle of VC/PE investments - from origination to exits. Key portfolio sectors under her domain are education, supply-chain, FMCG & personal care, pets, fitness wellness to name a few.
Along with investments, Nimisha is also involved in fund raise managing the institutional LPs of the fund
She is a finance professional with 22 years of consumer experience with expertise in strategy finance, investor relations, brands management, and operational supply-chain. Prior to joining Sixth Sense, Nimisha was heading FP&A and investor relations for Colgate Palmolive India Limited.
Nimisha is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, 1998 batch.
Nithya Easwaran
Managing Director,
Multiples Alternate Asset Management
Nithya Easwaran
Managing Director,Multiples Alternate Asset Management
Nithya has over 25 years of rich experience in financial services. She is Managing Director of Multiples Alternate Asset Management, a private equity platform with AUM of over US$ 2 billion.
Nithya joined Multiples in 2010 and leads the financial services and fintech investing practice. She is a Director on the Board of Multiples and a part of the Investment Committee. Nithya developed Multiples’ proprietary framework - Leadership Energy Level - to analyze DNA of entrepreneurs.
Nithya is a Director on the Board of Arvind Fashions, APAC Financial Services, Kogta Financial (India) Limited, Acko Technology & Services Private Limited , Niyo Solutions Inc., DAM Capital Advisors Ltd and independent director on the Board of Zerodha Asset Management Company. She is a founding member of the India Chapter of Bloomberg Women’s Buyside Network and works closely with WIN PE in coaching young women professionals in investing. The Association of International Wealth Management of India featured her amongst India’s Top 100 Women in Finance 2020.
Prior to joining Multiples, Nithya had a 14 year banking career across Citibank and ICICI focused on structured finance. In her banking stint, she has pioneered several unique securitization, mezzanine debt and leveraged finance transactions. She holds an engineering degree from VJTI, Mumbai and an MBA from IIM, Lucknow.
Nithya enjoys spending time with her teenage son, loves reading and connecting with nature. She dedicates time over the weekends for teaching Maths to disadvantaged children.
Norbert Fernandes
Director,
TR Capital
Norbert Fernandes
Director,TR Capital
Norbert Fernandes is a Director at TR Capital and works out of the Mumbai office. Prior to joining TR Capital, Mr. Fernandes was principal at IvyCap Ventures. Before that, he worked at Temasek Holdings in Singapore and Mumbai, where he was an early member of the India investment team. Mr. Fernandes holds an undergraduate degree from IIT Kanpur, and a management degree from IIM Calcutta.
Nruthya Madappa
Partner,
3one4 Capital
Nruthya Madappa
Partner,3one4 Capital
Nruthya Madappa is the Partner and Head of Growth and Capital Development at 3one4 Capital.
She supports investments, topline and capital growth for the portfolio at the firm, and works closely with global institutional and strategic investors to drive growth of 3one4-portfolio companies. Her team partners deeply with portfolio companies in planning and achieving financial and strategic objectives including capital raises, revenue acceleration, M&A, and exits.
Over her career in the US and India, Nruthya led global teams across technology, finance, real estate, education, and economic policy. Before 3one4 Capital, Nruthya founded and led The CoWrks Foundry (a business accelerator for early-stage companies) as Managing Partner, investing in over 25 companies and establishing global partnerships with Yale and Columbia University.
Prior to The CoWrks Foundry she drove the Revenue and Growth orgs at Cuemath. Throughout her career, Nruthya has designed and scaled products, and raised capital for high-growth companies - strengths she brings to bear for the 3one4-portfolio.
Nruthya holds Bachelor’s of Science and Master’s of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Nupur Garg
Founder,
Winpe
Nupur Garg
Founder,Winpe
Nupur Garg is a leading investor in private equity and venture capital and an expert advisor to large institutional investors. She is the founder of Winpe (https://winpeforum.com), an initiative to enhance gender diversity in the investing ecosystem.
Nupur serves as Chairperson of the board of Kids Clinic India Limited and an independent director on the boards of companies including Edelweiss Real Assets Managers Limited, Kerala Infrastructure Fund Management Limited and SIDBI, the Indian development finance institution. She is an independent member of the investment committee at the Fund of Funds managed by the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), the quasi-sovereign wealth fund sponsored by the government of India, and an advisor to and a member of the investment committee for the Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF) investment funds mandate given by the Dutch government for investments in SMEs in frontier markets across 75 countries. She has served as an external expert on the investment committee for the INR 10,000 crore Fund of Fund for Start-ups for investing in the Indian start-up ecosystem. Nupur advises select fund managers on a confidential basis on matters related to institutionalization, best practices and governance. She also mentors female entrepreneurs across various platforms.
Nupur is recognized as a thought and industry leader with a long list of recognitions that include the HerPower Award 2023, BW VC World Most Influential Women 2023 and 2022, Forbes W-Power list of Self Made Women 2020, India’s top 10 Women Leaders in Finance (AIWMI 2019), Vedica Women’s Alliance’s Women Leader in D&I 2022, Women Empowerment Entrepreneur Award 2019-20 and the Business Excellence and Innovative Best Practices - Academia Award 2019.
Prior to starting her entrepreneurial journey, Nupur led the private equity and venture capital funds business in the region for IFC and is widely credited with establishing IFC’s brand and credibility as one of the most respected institutional investors in this space. Under her stewardship, the portfolio doubled in size and returns, moving from a negative IRR to delivering gains for the first time in its history.
Nupur is a CA and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, with executive education from Harvard Business School.
Nupur loves to spend time with her mother, husband and 8-year-old son, travel to new places, read and do 1500-piece puzzles.
Pearl Agarwal
Founder,Managing Director,
Eximius Ventures
Pearl Agarwal
Founder,Managing Director,Eximius Ventures
"We aren't just your mentors or advisors, but peer investors & friends whom you can call when things are going well, but most importantly when they are not."
An investor with the heart of an entrepreneur, Pearl started Eximius to help early-stage founders dedicate their time where it's needed the most by removing the biggest thorn in the flesh: cumbersome fundraising processes. She is the co-founder of DotReview and has also spent around 10 years in investment roles in the US and UK, facilitating multi-billion dollar mergers, helping companies raise capital, and more.
Rahil Rangwala
Managing Partner,
Accion Venture Lab
Rahil Rangwala
Managing Partner,Accion Venture Lab
Rahil Rangwala is a Managing Partner, Accion Venture Lab, where he is responsible for the overall strategy and success of the investment portfolio. He is responsible for overall portfolio and strategy for the fund. Prior to Accion, Rahil was a Director at the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, where he co-managed the India team. Rahil started his professional career at Bridgewater Associates, a global macro hedge fund.
Rahil has a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the University of Texas in Austin and a Master’s in Public Administration with a focus on International Development from New York University.
Raj Pai
Founder/Managing Partner – South Asia,
GEF Capital Partners
Raj Pai
Founder/Managing Partner – South Asia,GEF Capital Partners
Raj Pai is a Founding Partner of GEF Capital Partners and co-head of the South Asia investment practice. He is based in Mumbai, India where he focuses on middle market growth equity opportunities in South Asia.
Mr. Pai joined Global Environment Fund as a Managing Director in 2008 before founding GEF Capital Partners in 2018. While at Global Environment Fund, Mr. Pai worked across multiple portfolios and was involved in the establishment of the South Asia investment program. In addition to overseeing guidance and operations of the South Asia program, including as ESG coordinator, Mr. Pai served as the nominee representative for several portfolio companies, including IEX (exited via IPO in 2017), iClean (sold to Takasago Thermal, Tokyo) and others. He participated in the exit of Reva Electric Car to Mahindra Electric.
Mr. Pai has over 25 years of professional experience spanning entrepreneurial, operational and venture investing activities in India and in the US. Prior to joining Global Environment Fund, Mr. Pai was a Managing Director at CID Capital, a 30-year old growth equity investment firm investing growth and expansion stage capital in the US. During this period, Mr. Pai oversaw and/or worked on a number of the firm’s investments, leading efforts in technology, life sciences and clean technology. Prior to CID, Mr. Pai worked in consulting and in operational capacities for various Fortune 1000 technology companies globally, including American Management Systems (AMS), British Telecom and AT&T.
Mr.Pai remains an active member and participant in various global forums including the Global Impact Investment Network (GIIN), the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI), the 2X Challenge (Gender lens investing), Task Force for Climate Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Global Private Capital Association (GPCA).
Rema Subramanian
Co-founder, Managing Partner,
Ankur Capital Fund
Rema Subramanian
Co-founder, Managing Partner,Ankur Capital Fund
Rema has 4 decades experience in 0 to 1 and 1 to 10 stages of enterprises, founding a few, investing and in operational roles in others. Her career has been in category creating products and in future forward technology companies. Some of her notable experiences has been digitalization of financial service sector in early 90’s to edtech at the start of internet to digitalization of SMB in late 80’s. Her experience extended to category creating product lines such as menswear to home water filters. This gave her the experience in forecasting tech use cases before it become mainstream and identifying business opportunities. Her hands on approach to nurture and help these businesses take root has been her main strength. She has helped businesses grow 20X on an average across the companies she has worked with.
That also led to Ankur Capital. The first decade+ of the millennium saw growth of mobile connectivity, highwayisation, retail activity along the newly built highways and a rapidly increasing aspirational population. At the sametime, India was seeing an increasing activity happening in biotech. Both Rema and Ritu strongly believed middle India was going be the next big opportunity with under penetrated sectors such as agtech, health and related sectors to be the next wave.
She is a Cost and Management Accountant (AICWA), ICS, PGD in Systems Management. She is an active contributor to theeco-system as a member of the executive council of IVCA and IIC
Renuka Ramnath
Founder, MD & CEO,
Multiples Alternate Asset Management
Renuka Ramnath
Founder, MD & CEO,Multiples Alternate Asset Management
Renuka Ramnath is the Founder, Managing Director and CEO of Multiples Alternate Asset Management, a private equity manager and advisor to funds of ~ USD 1.5 bn. She has over 30 years of experience in the Indian financial sector across private equity, investment banking and structured finance.
For close to three decades in financial services, Renuka successfully built several businesses in the ICICI Group including Investment Banking, e-commerce and private equity. As the MD & CEO of ICICI Venture for close to a decade, she led that firm to become one of the largest private equity funds in India.
She is a Board member of EMPEA, the global industry association for private capital in emerging markets. She is also the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of Indian Venture Capital Association. Renuka has been featured in many prestigious listings, including the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business (Business Today, India); India's most Powerful CEO's (Economic Times), the Top 25 Non Bank Women in Finance (US Banker's global list), Asia's Women in the Mix: The Year's Top 50 for Achievement in Business (Forbes), Top 25 women in Asian asset management (Asian Investor) and most recently has been awarded the AVCJ Special Achievement Award, 2019.
Roshini Bakshi
Managing Director, Private Equity,
Everstone Capital Asia Pte
Roshini Bakshi
Managing Director, Private Equity,Everstone Capital Asia Pte
Roshini is a Managing Director, Private Equity at Everstone Capital Asia Pte based out of Singapore. Her role includes driving value creation in investee companies across all verticals in the areas of high-performance teams and human capital management, brand transformation and ESG including Impact.
Roshini serves on the boards of 3 public listed companies –Persistent Systems Ltd (https://www.persistent.com/) ,JM Financial (https://jmfl.com/) and Restaurant Brands Asia Ltd . She was earlier on the board of Max Healthcare, the largest hospital network in India. In addition to this, she serves on the board of Everlife Pte Ltd, a Singapore company.
Roshini has more than 30 years of general management and marketing experience and strong track record in consumer industries, setting strategy and improving operational effectiveness to deliver greater financial returns.
Prior to Everstone, she was the CEO and Managing Director for the Walt Disney Company’s Consumer, media and retail business for South Asia, where she set up and grew the business to more than $400 million in revenue. Some of her earlier roles were with Unilever, American Express, Mattel, and Polaris
She believes very strongly in entrepreneurship as the future for innovation and growth and works pro bono with Endeavor.org as their global ambassador and panelist helping shortlist the next generation of growth businesses from emerging markets across the world. She also supports Enterprise Singapore, A Govt of Singapore enterprise as a mentor to some of the tech and consumer startups based in Singapore. In addition to this,Roshini is the co-chair of the DEI committee at the Singapore Venture Capital Association and a member of Singapore Institute of Directors.
Roshini holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad, India) and an undergraduate degree from St Stephens College (Delhi, India) majoring in Economics (Hons)
She is a keen marathoner and passionate about running, and loves exploring new places during her runs.
Sakshi Chopra
Managing Director,
Peak XV Partners
Sakshi Chopra
Managing Director,Peak XV Partners
Sakshi focuses on growth stage companies and has advised on investments across a range of consumer, and fintech companies including Five Star Business Finance, Indigo paints, Yubi, Neo, Purplle, Go Colors, HealthKart, and Wakefit.
Sakshi began her career with Deutsche Bank, where she worked in the Executive Office of the Global Head of Private and Business Clients in Germany, and later in the Global Transaction Banking business in India, before joining the firm in 2010.
She holds an MBA from the Asian Institute of Management.
Satish Mandhana
Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer,
EverSource
Satish Mandhana
Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer,EverSource
Satish Mandhana is a Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at EverSource. He plays a critical role in building portfolio of digitally empowered, socially relevant, sustainable businesses, delivering significant climate mitigation & adaptation impact in a just and inclusive manner through decarbonisation & resource efficiency. He champions climate positive impact investing in Renewable Energy, Energy Services, E Mobility, Water & Wastewater Management, Environmental Services, Food & Agritech, Deep tech, Green Finance etc. for a Green and Inclusive economic Growth.
With four decade’ of experience, Satish is a pioneer in creating scaled platforms across multiple sectors. As Managing Partner & CIO at IDFC Alternatives, Satish made 28 investments deploying USD 1.0 billion and monetizing 26 investments in full or partial exits. He has previously been associated with CDC Advisors P Ltd (Commonwealth Development Corporation-UK, Now BII), JK Paper, SRF and Eicher.
He holds an MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi and a B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
Shivani Lala
Partner,
SoftBank
Shivani Lala
Partner,SoftBank
Shivani Lala is a partner leading the global tax function for SoftBank Investment Advisors and SoftBank Vision Fund. Shivani joined SoftBank in 2017 from KPMG where she spent 11 years advising global groups on international tax and M&A matters. She is a UK chartered tax adviser and an Indian chartered accountant.
Shuvi Shrivastava
Partner / Advisor - India,
Lightspeed
Shuvi Shrivastava
Partner / Advisor - India,Lightspeed
1991 was a special year: the World Wide Web was made publicly accessible, and India finally opened up its economy following the liberalization reforms. It marked India’s first generation to grow up ‘on’ the internet, modest in means owing to their small-town roots but unconstrained in ambition given the exposure to all of the world’s information.
Born in Kanpur, raised in Ahmedabad, and then traveling across India, Taiwan, Singapore, and the United States for work and education, Shuvi embodies this New India: aspirational yet grounded, starry-eyed about building for India yet pragmatic about the constraints that come with operating in a country of 1.3 billion people.
“Having been a part of the tech ecosystem for over a decade, I’ve seen first-hand the value of technology in democratizing access to products and services reserved for the ‘privileged’, and the value of venture capital in amplifying these products to impact hundreds of millions of people,” says Shuvi.
At Lightspeed, she looks at internet-first businesses and is especially excited about the financial services sector given the potential of technology in serving the credit and investment needs of the retail user currently ignored by the large financial institutions. Previously, she was also a part of the investment team that deployed the first Lightspeed India fund across consumer and enterprise companies.
Outside her investing career, she’s been a consultant across consumer and IT with Bain & Co., managed Business Development and operations at an early-stage venture-backed computer vision startup Drishti Technologies in Silicon Valley, and run a labs venture launching multiple products and services before coming back to her roots in venture investing. “My time in the Bay Area helped me appreciate the value of human networks which inspired me to build a similar community in India where knowledge, connections, and resources are shared abundantly.”
Having been a founder who didn’t get to product-market fit, she deeply understands the psychological price of entrepreneurship. “As a result, even as I help founders with strategy, partnerships, fund-raising, and recruitment – I think the most important and fulfilling part of my role is being a part-therapist part-coach as they endure the ups and downs of their often isolating journey,” says Shuvi.
Shweta Nadkarni
Partner, Deals Tax,
PwC
Shweta Nadkarni
Partner, Deals Tax,PwC
Shweta Nadkarni is a Partner with the Deals practice of PwC India.
Shweta has an experience of over 20 years in advising on tax and regulatory issues relating to the Financial Services sector. She renders extensive professional advice to Indian and Foreign Banking and Financial Services groups, Foreign Portfolio Investors, Private Equity Funds, Infrastructure Funds, Real Estate Funds, Venture Capital Funds, etc.
She helps clients with structuring various PE and VC transactions. She has extensively advised PE funds on structuring their inbound transactions (including stressed asset deals) from tax and regulatory perspective. She has extensively advised offshore and onshore PE funds in setting up their fund structures in India. She has also extensively worked with financial services players such as stick broking entities, banks, FS captives etc. Shweta is a speaker at various forums.
Shweta is a Commerce graduate and a member with the Institute of Chartered Accountancy.
Vineet Rai
Founder,
Aavishkaar Group
Vineet Rai
Founder,Aavishkaar Group
Vineet Rai is the Founder of Aavishkaar Group and chairs its Board and Group Executive Council. Aavishkaar Group is an Impact Investment Platform impacting millions of people in Asia and Africa using an entrepreneurship based development approach. Vineet believes in building impact ecosystems to deliver real Impact as enshrined in the vision of Aavishkaar Group “We exist to bridge the Opportunity gap for the Emerging 3 Billion”. Vineet believes that Impact Investing has the potential to change the world of finance irreversibly.
The Group’s ecosystems include Aavishkaar Capital – the Impact fund manager focused on Global South, Arohan – One of India’s largest & most digitally advanced microfinance institution (MFI) targeting low income households, Ashv Finance – a Fin Tech NBFC, offering unique cash flow based business loans to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and IntelleCap –building Impact Ecosystems
globally.
Aavishkaar Group has 8000 employees, manages assets in excess of US $ 1.2 Billion while trying to serve needs of entrepreneurs from debt of US $ 150 (INR 10 thousands) to equity of US $ 15 Million (INR 100 Crore) while aligning the group to 13 out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals or SDG’s.
Vineet has received numerous awards including the 2021 Access-HSBC Inclusive Finance India Award for personal contribution to Financial Inclusion in India, TIE Hall of Fame 2018, the Impact Investor of the Year by News Corp for 2016, Porter Prize for Strategic Leadership in Social Space, 2016, CNBC TV 18 Award for being the Catalyst Fund for India 2016, G 20 – SME Innovation in Finance Award 2010 in Seoul South Korea, UNDP-IBLF –ICC World Business Award in 2005 and Lemelson Award for Social Venture Investing. In 2021 Vineet Rai and Swati Rai (Co-Founder) was awarded the Faces of Vibrant Bharat 2021 by Grant Thorton Bharat. He is an Ashoka Fellow and Honorary Member of XLRI Alumni Association.
In 2022, Vineet has been appointed on the G20 Start up 20 Engagement Group Task Force on Sustainability and Securities and Exchange Board of India has appointed him on Advisory Committee of the Social Stock Exchange. Vineet was invited by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his “Roundtable interaction with Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds”. In 2021. Vineet was also invited by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for consultations on doubling the income of the farmers in September 2017 as part of his champions of change program. Vineet has also served on the advisory committee of SEBI for the formation of Social Stock Exchange, as Commissioner at the Business Commission for Sustainable Development, as Senior Advisor to Blended Finance Working Group at OECD and as an Advisor to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Science Technology and Innovation Advisory Board
Vineet featured on the cover of Forbes India, January 2018 issue. Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever endorsed Aavishkaar Intellecap Group for its efforts in furthering inclusive development.
Driving on Indian roads is one of his passions and he tries to cover 50,000 KM every year.
Vishal Tulsyan
Managing Director & CEO,
Motilal Oswal Alternates
Vishal Tulsyan
Managing Director & CEO,Motilal Oswal Alternates
Mr. Vishal Tulsyan is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Motilal Oswal Alternates (MO Alternates). He founded MO Alternates (erstwhile Motilal Oswal Private Equity) in 2006 with MOFSL being the sponsor. At MO Alternates, Vishal looks to build a platform to channelize long-term capital to create valuable enterprises and successful entrepreneurs.
He plays a crucial role in building the team and defining the strategies that have taken MO Alternates to its present levels and has been directly involved both in identifying businesses, as well as in supporting portfolio companies.
Vishal has spent two decades in the Indian financial sector across private equity, investment banking and structured finance. He brings on board his deep experience of raising, investing and returning third party capital across several economic cycles.
Prior to founding MO Alternates, Vishal was with Rabobank during its formative years in India, helping build its corporate finance and investment banking franchise. He was responsible for the origination and execution of structured finance, project finance, acquisition finance, private equity and M&A transactions. During his Rabobank tenure, he executed ~50 transactions aggregating more than INR 900 bn and helped build the life sciences practice in India into a key business driver.
Vishal holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the prestigious St. Xaviers' College, Kolkata and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (all-India #21 rank).
Vivek Khemani
Co-Founder,
Quantiphi, Inc.
Vivek Khemani
Co-Founder,Quantiphi, Inc.
Vivek is a co-founder of Quantiphi, Inc., an award-winning AI-first digital engineering company driven by the desire to reimagine and realize transformational opportunities at the heart of the business.
His expertise is in the areas of corporate strategy, finance, and operations. Vivek holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and is a Chartered Accountant from India.
At heart, Vivek is a simple guy with humble values, and lives in Mumbai. He loves being an entrepreneur and a storyteller. What gets him going - seeing the magic happen when technology changes the world!
Wendy Werner
Country Manager,
IFC India
Wendy Werner
Country Manager,IFC India
Ms. Wendy Werner is the Country Head of International Finance Corporation for India, based in New Delhi. She implements growth and diversification of IFC’s India portfolio, with particular focus on maximizing IFC’s development impact. India is IFC's largest client country with approximately $3 billion committed in FY23,
Prior to her current role, Ms. Werner was the IFC Country Manager for Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal. She had implemented IFC’s strategy to expand financial inclusion, sustainable infrastructure and support competitiveness through investment and advisory services. Previously, Ms. Werner was the Manager for Trade and Competitiveness Advisory Services for the East Asia Pacific region. With IFC, she has also worked in Tajikistan and the Western Balkans.
Ms. Wendy Werner is a CFA Charter holder and holds a joint MBA/ MA International Affairs from George Washington University and a BA from Grinnell College.