Founding Mentors
Archit Gadicherla
~20 years across
Strategy, M&A, VC,Consultancy,
Prop-Tech & Sustainability
• Fuel cell Startup
• NIT Trichy | Kellogg MBA
Girish Agarwal
~20 years across Banking, PE, Corporate Finance,
Restructuring & Risk Mgnmt
• Angel Investor
• MBO & Successful Exits
• CA | CFA
Tulika Raj
~17 years across
renewable energy,
PE, Strategy, Advisory
• Co-Founder & CEO
– Cleantech startup
• IIT-D | LBS MBA
Kuldeep Mirani
~ 20 years across Investment Banking, Asset Management,
Private Banking & Corporate Development
• Angel Investor
• CA | NMIMS MBA
Tulika Raj
~20 years across Investment & Strategy Consulting, financial modelling, equity research, deal sourcing
• Mentor – FinTech Startup
• Leeds University MA (Econ)
Advisors to Platform
Ashish Wadhwani
~27 years of VC / PE, Direct Investment,
M&A, leadership roles, strategy consulting
• Co-Founder &
Managing Partner of IvyCap Ventures (AUM of ~$250M)
• Incubated & Listed
Acquisition Fund
• Board Member /
Advisor, Speaker
Avani Davda
~ 20 years of leadership roles across consumer, retail & hospitality
• Business Strategy & ability to execute
• Founding CEO of Starbucks India
• Independent Director of ListCo
• Advisor, Mentor to Board / Start-ups
Mentor & COO
Khoo Yuan Jin
~ 14 years across
Corporate Finance,
Capital Markets,
Investment Banking,
Financial Planning
• Equity Research &
Sales
• CFA | NUS
Mentors & Function Experts
Ajay Phulwadhwa
• Program Leader
for Paypal
• ~20 years across
Financial Services,
Business
Consulting and
Fintech
• Partner/Client
Management,
Strategic Planning
• Carnegie Mellon
University
Anshu Mishra
• Product Manager
at Searce Inc.
• ~6 years across
Project
Management,
Strategic Planning
and Digital
Transformation
• Koustav Institute
of Self Domain
(KISD),
Bhubaneswar
Devang Parekh
• CEO / CIO at
Single Family
office
• ~20 years across
Investment and
Financial Services
• Corporate and
Wholesale
Banking
• Jamnalal Bajaj
Institute of Management Studies
Freddie Wynne
• Project Manager
for Dent Reality
• ~5 years across
SaaS and Ecommerce in APAC
& EMEA
• Data-driven
decision making
via quantitative and qualitative analysis
• B.A., University of Leeds