Mr. Ankit Agarwal Fund Manager
Has over 18 years of experience across venture capital and private equity investments, exotic derivates trading, chip designing and as a founder of an Edtech Company. He was part of the investment team at ICICI Venture (one of India's oldest AIF house), PineBridge Investments' Asia Fund and Enam Family office for 13+ years where he was involved in Investment Sourcing, Deal Evaluation, Diligence & Structuring, Portfolio Monitoring & Scaling, executing M&A, Exits and Fund raising. He was also the funds’ nominee on the Boards of the portfolio companies. Had founded an edtech company in 2020 which had raised $2.5mn from Matrix Partners and angel investors. The company had successfully scaled to over $1mn ARR and 100+ employees. He exited the company in 2022 via an IP sale to one of the largest Ed tech companies in India. He has done his B.Techin Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi (2005) and MBA from IIM Bangalore (2010).
Mr. Ashish Jalan Fund Manager
Mr. Jalan is a Chartered Accountant and MBA (Finance) from SPJIMR, Mumbai and an alumnus of St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. He is responsible for transaction evaluation, deal structuring, investing, fund raising and managing the portfolio. He has deep experience in domestic credit markets with almost 15 years of experience across asset management, bank and rating agency. Before setting up the credit AIF practice, Ashish was part of Fixed Income Investment team at Nippon India Mutual Fund for almost 9 years. Prior to joining Nippon India, he has also worked with DBS Bank, ICRA Ltd. and Global Analytics.
Mr. Rahul Apte Fund Manager
Mr. Apte is a B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (IIT Madras) and an MBA in Finance & Marketing from Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. Rahul has over 18 years of professional experience and is adept in all aspects of structured credit including deal sourcing, client development, credit assessment , portfolio monitoring and managing exits. Hewas among the founding members of the Project & Structured finance business at Aditya Birla Finance and played a prominent role in scaling up the wholesale credit AUM to ~$2 bn over a decade. He then led the NBFC’s foray into the Emerging Clients segment as a Business Head.
Mr Rahul Veera Fund Manager
Mr. Rahul Veera currently serves as the Fund Manager (Equity) at Nippon India AIF, boasting over 14 years of extensive experience encompassing Equity Research and Fund Management. He has previously worked with renowned organizations including Abakkus Asset Managers, Morgan Stanley, Edelweiss, and Elara Capital. Mr. Veera holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from H.R College (Mumbai University), an MBA from Swansea University (UK), and an Executive Finance certification from the Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta). His adeptness in research spans across diverse sectors such as consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and building materials. He has a proven track record of identifying profitable themes and stocks, yielding substantial returns. Mr. Veera's tenure across various firms has equipped him with a plethora of transferable skills and provided ample opportunities to excel in portfolio management and investment analysis.
Mr. Sachin Bid Fund Manager
Has over 20 years of experience in Investment sourcing, Diligence & Structuring PE/VC investments, Portfolio Monitoring and Support, Fund raising, Financial modelling, Developing & executing differentiation strategies at portfolio companies, Evaluating & executing inorganic growth options . Has led growth and early stage investing in India centric consumer businesses including investing in VC funds, launching start-ups and in recent past also co-founded and sold an internet start-up in travel space. Has participated both as an investor and operator, incubating and supporting scale-up of startups which grew from zero base to double digit monthly revenues ($ in mn), manage successful pivots and also observe diligence process and portfolio construction at various VC funds. Prior to joining NAM India, he was the Co-founder & CEO of “MyDreamHoliday”, travel startup focused on online distribution and discovery of tourist products. He exited the company a100%stake sale toone of the largest B2Bcruise operator in India. Prior to founding his startup, he was part of Ncubate capital (a $300 mn Family office fund) and Nine Rivers Capital (a Private equity Fund). He has done an MBA at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (2023-25), CAIA, CFA (ICFIA).
