Investor Name: Kunal Bahl, Rohit Bansal
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ETtechRole: Founders
Investment Firm: Titan Capital
Based In: Gurugram
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Key Investments: Ola, Urban Company, Mamaearth, Razorpay
Investment Strategy: Snapdeal founders Bahl and Bansal began angel investing a decade ago but the size and scale of their personal investments have picked up in the past few years. In a more structured venture capitalist avatar, Titan Capital now has a portfolio of over half a dozen unicorns and more than two dozen startups in the $100 million to $600 million valuation range. They are now counted among the most prominent first-cheque issuers for Indian startups.
Investor Name: Kanwaljit Singh
ETtechRole: Founder and Managing Partner
Investment Firm: Fireside Ventures
Based In: Bengaluru
Key Investments: Yoga Bar, Boat, Licious, Mamaearth, Paper Boat
Investment Strategy: A direct-to-consumer (D2C) specialist, Singh launched Fireside Ventures in 2017 and has doubled down on some of the biggest D2C brands in the country. Having previously cofounded first-generation VC firm, Helion Venture Partners, Singh has already clocked exits across 11 investments and has successfully raised three separate funds for Fireside.
Investor Name: Jishnu Bhattacharjee
ETtechRole: Managing Director
Investment Firm: Nexus Venture Partners
Based In: San Francisco
Key Investments: Postman, Druva, Headout
Investment Strategy: Bhattacharjee is among the few Indian venture capitalists who spotted the potential of cross-border software-as-a-service (SaaS) and the software product ecosystem early on. Bhattacharjee, who has been with Nexus since 2008, has seen several exits through acquisition of its portfolio companies including – Rancher Labs, Gluster, Cloud.com, Arkin and Mezi – by global majors.
Investor Name: Varsha Tagare
ETtechRole: Managing Director
Investment Firm: Qualcomm Ventures
Based In: Santa Clara
Key Investments: Ideaforge, MapmyIndia, Reverie, Ninjacart, Enstage (now PayU India-owned Wibmo)
Investment Strategy: A chip design engineer-turned-corporate venture capitalist, Tagare manages almost half of Qualcomm Ventures’ portfolio in India, primarily focussing on segments including deep tech, robotics, logistics and internet of things. Not only has she seen successful exits through acquisitions of her portfolio companies including Reverie, Ninjacart and Wibmo, but also seen investee companies such as MapmyIndia and Ideaforge successfully listing on the Indian bourses.
Investor Name: TCM Sundaram
ETtechRole: Founder and Vice Chairman
Investment Firm: Chiratae Ventures
Based In: Bengaluru
Key Investments: Lenskart, Policybazaar, CloudCherry
Investment Strategy: Sundaram has been a venture capitalist since 1999, at a time when the term VC was practically unheard of in India. Popularly known as TCM in the industry, his early bets with Lenskart, Policybazaar and CloudCherry have stood the domestic fund in good stead in terms of returns to limited partners. Lenskart is described as one of Sundaram’s ‘forever bets’.