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  • delhi ncr vp

    Prashant Gupta

    Prashant is a seasoned Professional having 28 years of Global work experience across Big 4 and BFSI in the field of Consulting, Financial Controllership, Strategy, Business Process Transformation and setting up of CFO Teams He has had Global leadership responsibilities and managed teams across multiple locations in India, US and Europe. Working in diversified multi-cultural teams and being actively engaged in employee engagement and promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at work-place. Prashant’s last assignment was as a Senior Director, Credit Suisse and his prior senior positions have been at HSBC, Prudential, Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan Chase. Prashant has worked at the Corporate headquarters of GE Capital. He began his career as a Consultant in the Audit and Business Assurance practice of Arthur Andersen. He is a Chartered Accountant and Green Belt from GE Corporate Quality. It’s his passion for Restructuring, Process Excellence, and Human Capital Agenda, his strong belief system on Political-Socio Economic Issues that impact World Order have driven him to set up a Caerus3 Advisors & Think Tank; an Advisory Firm with a difference. The Firm focuses on Advisory & Assurance; with key catalyst being a Think Tank and his Venture Philanthropy Foundation : PraRit Cares Foundation which promotes dialogues on issues impacting People, Economy, Environment, Sustainability, Governance and International Relations. His Firm was rated as “Bast Company 2021” by Fortune India Exchange in its January 2022 edition.

    delhi ncr vp

    Ritesh Anand

    Ritesh Anand has 22 years of cross-functional experience in Sales, Strategy, Product, and Heading Business – in the Internet, Media, Consulting, and Software industries. He worked with organizations like Radio Mirchi, Monster, SHL consulting, TBSL, and Times Internet before starting Fairpockets. He is also passionate about teaching and had been a visiting faculty at IIM Raipur & IMT Ghaziabad. Ritesh is a Co-founder and Director of India Canada Alumni Network (ICAN), an organization that represents Canadian Alumni residing in India. Ritesh is also the President of Ivey Alumni Chapter in India. Ritesh has been a long-time real estate investor in multiple cities – having executed residential/commercial/land/JV with developers and related transactions. He completed his MBA from Ivey Business School, Canada.

    delhi ncr vp

    Manish Yadav

    Knowledgeable and dedicated Investment research Analyst with history in accounting able to utilize economic knowledge in identifying investment opportunities. Extensive experience analyzing and evaluating investment possibilities, market trends, and businesses. An individual who combines market awareness, quick, accurate work and prioritizes excellent communication to ensure success.

    delhi ncr vp

    Mohit Yadav

    Entrepreneur with a background in D2C and tech startups. I specialize in creating scalable solutions and driving business growth through innovative, user-focused technology.

  • pune vp

    Prashant Gupta

    Prashant is a seasoned Professional having 28 years of Global work experience across Big 4 and BFSI in the field of Consulting, Financial Controllership, Strategy, Business Process Transformation and setting up of CFO Teams He has had Global leadership responsibilities and managed teams across multiple locations in India, US and Europe. Working in diversified multi-cultural teams and being actively engaged in employee engagement and promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at work-place. Prashant’s last assignment was as a Senior Director, Credit Suisse and his prior senior positions have been at HSBC, Prudential, Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan Chase. Prashant has worked at the Corporate headquarters of GE Capital. He began his career as a Consultant in the Audit and Business Assurance practice of Arthur Andersen. He is a Chartered Accountant and Green Belt from GE Corporate Quality. It’s his passion for Restructuring, Process Excellence, and Human Capital Agenda, his strong belief system on Political-Socio Economic Issues that impact World Order have driven him to set up a Caerus3 Advisors & Think Tank; an Advisory Firm with a difference. The Firm focuses on Advisory & Assurance; with key catalyst being a Think Tank and his Venture Philanthropy Foundation : PraRit Cares Foundation which promotes dialogues on issues impacting People, Economy, Environment, Sustainability, Governance and International Relations. His Firm was rated as “Bast Company 2021” by Fortune India Exchange in its January 2022 edition.

    pune vp

    Nikhil Jathar

    Rooted in both corporate and entrepreneurial domains, I've spearheaded significant SAP ERP projects alongside industry front-runners. Operating from Pune and San Jose, I produced mobile apps from 2014-17 that garnered acquisitions. Presently, I steer a SaaS e-commerce solution and commit to crafting innovative micro-apps each month.

    pune vp

    Pravin Uttarwar

    Pravin Vazirani is a seasoned entrepreneur and the co-founder of Mindbowser, a leading technology consultancy firm specializing in digital transformation, product engineering, and innovation. With a passion for driving business growth through technology, Pravin has led numerous successful projects and initiatives, helping startups and enterprises alike to navigate the complexities of the digital landscape and achieve their strategic objectives. With a focus on cutting-edge technologies such as AI, IoT, and blockchain, Pravin brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the table, empowering organizations to thrive in the ever-evolving digital ecosystem.

    pune vp

    Ayush Jain

    Founder CEO of Mindbowser- A Health IT Technology Services Company. Also a TedX Speaker and author of The Zero Hiccup Way to Building a Technology Company. A Berkeley HaaS School of Business alumni.

    pune vp

    CA Makarand Athavale

    Makarand is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI (India) and an Executive MBA from S P Jain School of Global Management. His other certifications include DipIFR (ACCA, UK) and a Leadership program from Indian School of Business (ISB). Makarand has over 16 years of experience, demonstrated excellence in Financial Planning & Analysis (FPnA), Investor Relations, Fund Management, Compliance and controls for well-established organizations. Through the recent years, he has led foundation of a Health-Tech Startup, managed Fundraising Strategies, appointed as India Board Member and is Functioning Strategic Finance Leader.

  • mumbai vp

    Prashant Gupta

    Prashant is a seasoned Professional having 28 years of Global work experience across Big 4 and BFSI in the field of Consulting, Financial Controllership, Strategy, Business Process Transformation and setting up of CFO Teams He has had Global leadership responsibilities and managed teams across multiple locations in India, US and Europe. Working in diversified multi-cultural teams and being actively engaged in employee engagement and promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at work-place. Prashant’s last assignment was as a Senior Director, Credit Suisse and his prior senior positions have been at HSBC, Prudential, Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan Chase. Prashant has worked at the Corporate headquarters of GE Capital. He began his career as a Consultant in the Audit and Business Assurance practice of Arthur Andersen. He is a Chartered Accountant and Green Belt from GE Corporate Quality. It’s his passion for Restructuring, Process Excellence, and Human Capital Agenda, his strong belief system on Political-Socio Economic Issues that impact World Order have driven him to set up a Caerus3 Advisors & Think Tank; an Advisory Firm with a difference. The Firm focuses on Advisory & Assurance; with key catalyst being a Think Tank and his Venture Philanthropy Foundation : PraRit Cares Foundation which promotes dialogues on issues impacting People, Economy, Environment, Sustainability, Governance and International Relations. His Firm was rated as “Bast Company 2021” by Fortune India Exchange in its January 2022 edition.

    mumbai vp

    Sunil Kumar Roy

    I am an Investor and Trader. I have about 3 years of experience in Investing. I have already invested in 10 start-ups. I have also played State Level Basketball.

    mumbai vp

    Mukul Jain

    Mukul has vast experience working and advising startups and SME's. He has tremendous experience in the fund raising space. Mukul is the Founder Director at Redbrick Capital Advisors Pvt Ltd, a boutique Investment Banking firm advising small and medium size enterprises. Mukul ventured as an entreprenuer in 2007 with a mission to help SME's raise funding at the best possible terms. At Redbrick, Mukul is responsible for deal origination and execution including structuring, negotiation and due diligence. Prior to starting Redbrick, Mukul was working with Prabhudas Lilladher Pvt Ltd, one of the oldest Institutional Equities firm in the country; heading the Capital Goods and Engineering vertical.

    mumbai vp

    Hemal Shah

    Extensive experience in Consulting, Sales, Business Development. Global exposure of living 6+ years in USA with software consulting and sales to Fortune 1000 companies. Skills in glocal GTM strategies, Lead Generation, Territory Administration, P&L management, Client Relationship Management, Product Research and Vetting. Widely travelled across US, UK, Singapore and some other parts of Asia and EU. Experience in start-ups, medium, large, old and new economy companies. Know what works. 5) Extremely passionate to help start-ups scale and succeed. Currently consulting with 2 startups on their GTM strategy, Talent Hiring, Product Market fit etc.

    mumbai vp

    Harsh Modi

    Harsh Modi is a Entrepreneur, Social Worker and Trainer who has trained more than 10000 students and mentees in various institutes. He had his own educational institute and elearning company which he co founded in 2012. Since then he has moved on founding a 2 more companies which are focussed on mentoring other startups, helping them raise funds and also empowering communities which create self employment in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. He is the managing partner of Rudraksha Advisory LLP, a company founded with a vision of providing financial solutions to multiple clients based on their needs with an indic perspective. He is responsible for the overall development of the company including acquiring new clients, mentoring and nurturing new startups, advising startups and investors on fund raising and investment & exploring other avenues for investment.

    mumbai vp

    Jaideep Singh Gaur

    Started my journey with Altamount Capital, a Multi-Family Office with an Investment Banking team based out of Mumbai where I was introduced to the world of number crunching, understanding business models, developing financial models, pitch decks, valuation, networking, scaling up businesses, operations, managing team and closing a deal. Worked with organizations like KPMG, Mobikwik, Altamount, & MaGiC Private Equity and led and built a consumer electronics brand to the 10th fastest-growing brand in India. Developed a good understanding on various business models and overall investor-company ecosystem. I have helped companies find the right set of investors and vice-versa.

    mumbai vp

    Raju Dokania

    I am a proud member of ICAI and CFA Institute and Co-founder of Narayani Foods, A FoodTec Company. I have worked with ABG, JSW and Solvay at senior level and driven the business to the next level. I help startups to grow through fundraising and mentorship.

    Mumbai VP

    Vivek Shrivastava

    I am an Investment Banking professional with more than 13 years of rich experience in Private Equity, M&A, Venture Capital, Debt Syndication transactions. Earlier, I have managed SEBI Cat-1 SME VC Fund of Government of Madhya Pradesh namely, Madhya Pradesh Venture Fund (Rs.150 Crore), Investment Advisor to Govt. of Maharashtra subsidiary SEBI Cat-2 AIF of Rs. 1,500 Crore, and worked at SBI Capital Markets Ltd., PNB Investment Services Ltd. (subsidiary of Punjab National bank).

  • Nashik VP

    Ankur Surana

    CA Ankur Surana is an exemplary representing the qualities of a great leader like dedication, guidance and fore-sightedness. He serves as the Managing Partner at SKD Consultants the Managing Director on the Board of SKD Advisors Pvt. Ltd and it is his contagious energy and dynamic leadership that is a driving force for creating sustained value addition through decisive and strategic choices in businesses. With a rich experience of over a decade in the finance and industry sector, he has worked in multiple domains of financial advisory and consulting services such as Industrial Subsidy Consultancy, Film Financing, Project financing. He has dealt with 150+ renowned clientele all across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and including Multinational clients from seven countries such as China, Japan, USA, Switzerland, Austria, Hong Kong

  • Ahmedabad VP

    Anju Gupta

    She has more than 15 years of experience in sales. She was part of various MLM like Oriflame, Modi, Herbalife, Amway She ran a store of ready-made garment for ladies and gift items. Which closed due to covid. Now she is immigration consultant helping students and others in migration to various countries

  • Indore VP

    Vivek Shrivastava

    I am an Investment Banking professional with more than 13 years of rich experience in Private Equity, M&A, Venture Capital, Debt Syndication transactions. Earlier, I have managed SEBI Cat-1 SME VC Fund of Government of Madhya Pradesh namely, Madhya Pradesh Venture Fund (Rs.150 Crore), Investment Advisor to Govt. of Maharashtra subsidiary SEBI Cat-2 AIF of Rs. 1,500 Crore, and worked at SBI Capital Markets Ltd., PNB Investment Services Ltd. (subsidiary of Punjab National bank).

  • Chennai VP

    Sivagami Subramanian Nambi

    I have 6+ years of experience in AI/ML working across big tech and startups. I did my Master's in Computer Science with Georgia Tech and worked as a Machine Learning Engineer in Amazon Go Research. I am an Angel Investor and Consultant to early-stage startups.

  • Hyderabad VP

    Rajiv Sohini

    Rajiv has 17 years of experience in the wireless telecom domain, is a Real Estate Investor and an Angel Investor. He had worked with many leading Fortune 500 companies like – Apple, Reliance, Blackberry, Samsung in the US. After his amazing enterprising stint in the US, he has moved back to India to work in the Indian Startup ecosystem. Rajiv has been a prolific Angel Investor, investing in over 15 Startups, most of them via ah! Ventures.

  • Kolkata VP

    Sunil Kumar Roy

    I am an Investor and Trader. I have about 3 years of experience in Investing. I have already invested in 10 start-ups. I have also played State Level Basketball.

Our Presence

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  • Dubai

  • Dubai SP

    Arun Deep Bakshi

    Mr. Bakshi is a seasoned finance executive with over 20 years of international work experience including 10 years of experience in financial leadership role spanning several industries and multiple geographies Transactions include: Establishment of an investment vehicle between DP World and CDPQ and sale of equity stake in Canadian assets by DP World to CDPQ ($3.7 bn), leading on multiple working capital transactions and debt refinancing transactions over $1 bn from US capital markets, raising $700 mm for acquisition financing of assets in Australia, organizing over $500 mm of trade credit lines in Singapore, raising over $600 mm for infrastructure financing from China, Sale of a technology business at Soltius for $45 mm Key activities- Corporate Advisory & M&A Private Equity Debt Advisory

  • Hong Kong

  • Jerusalem

  • London

  • Singapore

  • New York City

  • Silicon Valley

  • USA VP

    Gaurav Anand

    Gaurav has 14+ years of experience in M&A Strategy and Transactions Advisory with over 150+ M&A deal transactions (Pre: 70% and Post: 30%) in Technology Operational Transaction Services, IT, Back-office IT, Legal Entity Separation, Ops Due-Diligence, Strategy & Business Transformation advising Corporate Firms, Private Equity, and VC Firms clientele to add value to their portfolio. Gaurav formulates strategies, performs corporate right-sizing, and executes large-scale enterprise-wide IT integrations while supporting complex divestitures, spin-offs, split-offs, and carve-outs. Gaurav also works as an M&A strategy consultant from pre-announcement planning to post-merger integrations, acquisitions integration, and divestitures for the Day 1-100 days. During leisure, Gaurav dotes on reading & writing. He has a knack for reading well-curated reports and researched statistics from finance and economics. He reads books and articles on a plethora of topics and has a wide range of interests like life sciences, stocks, funds, investment management, strategy & corporate governance, humanities, nature, evolution, public policies, politics, CSR, ESG, literature, psychology, foreign policies, food, poetry, coffee, travel and everything on National Geographic.

    usa vp

    Pravin Uttarwar

    Pravin Vazirani is a seasoned entrepreneur and the co-founder of Mindbowser, a leading technology consultancy firm specializing in digital transformation, product engineering, and innovation. With a passion for driving business growth through technology, Pravin has led numerous successful projects and initiatives, helping startups and enterprises alike to navigate the complexities of the digital landscape and achieve their strategic objectives. With a focus on cutting-edge technologies such as AI, IoT, and blockchain, Pravin brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the table, empowering organizations to thrive in the ever-evolving digital ecosystem.

    usa vp

    Ayush Jain

    Founder CEO of Mindbowser- A Health IT Technology Services Company. Also a TedX Speaker and author of The Zero Hiccup Way to Building a Technology Company. A Berkeley HaaS School of Business alumni.

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Venture Partners

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International Venture Partners

Our Venture Partners are Startup enthusiasts from India and across the world. They actively connect us to potential Investors and promising Startups to catalyse fundraising opportunities and accelerate growth.

USA

Gaurav Anand

San Francisco

Pravin Uttarwar

San Francisco

Ayush Jain

San Francisco

Regional Venture Partners

Delhi

Prashant Gupta

Mumbai, Pune & Delhi

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Manish Yadav

Delhi

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Gujarat

Anju Gupta

Ahmedabad

Madhya Pradesh

Vivek Shrivastava

Indore

Maharashtra

Prashant Gupta

Mumbai, Pune & Delhi

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Ankur Surana

Nasik

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Sunil Kumar Roy

Mumbai & Kolkata

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Mukul Jain

Mumbai

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Nikhil Jathar

Pune

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Hemal Shah

Mumbai

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Pravin Uttarwar

Pune

Ayush Jain

Pune

Harsh Modi

Mumbai

Jaideep Singh Gaur

Mumbai

Raju Dokania

Mumbai

Vivek Shrivastava

Mumbai

CA Makarand Athavale

Pune

Tamilnadu

Sivagami Nambi

Chennai

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Telangana

Rajiv Sohini

Hyderabad

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Uttar Pradesh

Ritesh Anand

Noida

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Mohit Yadav

Noida

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West Bengal

Sunil Kumar Roy

Mumbai & Kolkata

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Lead Partners

Our Lead Partners connect potential investors from their network, group or organization to the ah! Ventures platform. Adding our Startup investment options to your portfolio is an opportunity to generate new revenue streams.

Syndicate Partners

Our Syndicate Partners are organized groups, associations or syndicates who leverage on their network and strength of membership. Adding our Startup investment options to your portfolio is an opportunity to generate new revenue streams for your syndicate.

Arun Deep Bakshi

Dubai, UAE

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