Our Investors

The HR fund supports Technology Startups focused on new world of work. Founded in 2012, it’s vision is to transform the workforce by institutionalizing entrepreneurship.

Amit Ranjan, co-founder of SlideShare. Acquired by LinkedIn, SlideShare’s mission is to empower the world’s professionals through knowledge centric content. After SlideShare, Amit has been working with the Government of India for its Digital India Program, building next generation e-governance platforms. Amit is active in the startup ecosystem as an entrepreneur, speaker, mentor & startup investor.

Ritu Kapur is the co-founder of Quint and Board Member at Oxford University’s prestigious Reuters Institute Of Journalism. She used to head Programming at History Channel, was Features Editor at CNN IBN, where she launched the popular CJ (Citizen Journalist) Show, among others. She has also conceived and produced Bhanwar, a docu-drama based on real-life incidents. Her shows ran to popular and critical acclaim, and went on to win several awards. She has also led successful campaigns like Register To Vote and Power Of 49, that championed a manifesto for women, who comprise 49 per cent of the population. An obsessive Net zealot, she burns up serious Gigabytes daily on social media, apps and what-have- you, obsessively looking for early trends in news and views. A heavy foodie, she likes her news to be like her steak: all meat and juice, no fat.

Krishna Mehra, Co-founder & CTO of Capillary Technologies. He has provided excellent insights about how their solution manges consumer relationship by integrating it with social media, with behavioural analysis & personalization for targeted coupons, offers & creating stickiness with consumers. Krishna Mehra defines the Services Matrix and the Product Vision and Strategy for Capillary Technologies. He is closely involved in sales and client relations and is instrumental in expanding the Capillary business in international markets. He has experience in research and development. At Capillary, he has created powerful products that address the gaping void of customer engagement in the Retail industry. He was associated with Microsoft Research. He is a Frequent Speaker at industry forums and some of the world’s top schools including NASSCOMM, Wharton, Harvard Business School and the IIMs.

Rajul Garg is the founder, managing partner and chairperson of the investment committee at Leo Capital. He is based out of Delhi, but is frequent traveler to rest of India and the US. 

Pankaj has more than 15 years of rich experience in various human resource (HR) functions at large corporate houses with strong HR domain and process understanding. Prior to establishing PeopleStrong in 2005,  Pankaj worked with Aricent Group, a global innovation and technology service company (erstwhile Hughes Software Systems), where he was a part of the founding team of the company’s business process outsourcing (BPO) division. 

Sandeep is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Lumis Partners. At Lumis, Sandeep brings an entrepreneur spirit, a hands-on investing experience in India, and over fifteen years of global operating experience.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the founder & CEO of One97 / Paytm  – one of India’s largest growing mobile Internet & mobile commerce company.  Vijay also invests in early stage mobile Internet startups from his company’s One97 Mobility Fund. An avid admirer of great design, Vijay believes his ultimate moment is yet to arrive. He says and that too with a straight face, if not in his current job, he would have been singing along with Bono.

Indus Khaitan is an entrepreneur and has been in the startup space for close to two decades. Associated with startups like Tejit, Veritas, and more which were acquired by bigger giants, he went on to be a part of The Morpheus Accelerator in India. After the initials years at The Morpheus, he moved to co-found Bitzer Mobile along with Ali Ahmed and Naeem Zafar in the Silicon Valley.

Mr. Mekin Maheshwari has been Advisor of Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd. since October 2015. Mr. Maheshwari served as Chief People Officer at Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd. until October 2015. Mr. Maheshwari served as President of Technology at Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd. He is responsible for overseeing Flipkart's technological operations.

Raghav Bahl is a serial entrepreneur and investor, with several successful exits to his credit. Besides founding and scaling Network 18, India’s leading media group. Raghav has also seeded moneycontrol.com, bookmyshow.com, firstpost.com, yatra.com, among others.

Rajan Anandan is the Vice President of Google, South East Asia & India and is responsible for sales and operations in this region. Rajan is also one of the investors and advisers at TravelKhana, Socialblood, Capillary Technologies and Cardback.

Pankaj regularly kicks ass & takes names of Desi founders to help build a vibrant startup ecosystem in India. When he isn’t firing up Startup Weekend in Bangalore or Mumbai, you will find him at Delhi’s best vegetarian sushi joint.

Widely regarded as the pioneer of e-commerce innovations that redefined shopping and consumer behaviour in India, Binny is keenly aware of the power of women in the workplace and believes that an organisation’s sustained success and competitive edge rests in its ability to embrace a diverse talent pool.

Girish Mathrubootham, is an Indian entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the founder and CEO of Freshdesk Inc., a leading cloud-based customer engagement software provider.