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Hola everyone! Certainly, the learning has been amazing so far and I also got a chance to submit my BOT “Debi-check” for review and was excited but due to some server errors http was not responding and it got rejected. After this, I have again submitted my BOT for a review, hope this time it gets approved! Fingers crossed!
For the time being, I have been able to identify the following investors from IAN Companies.
1)Amitabh Shrivastava is currently a Partner with the IAN Fund. Prior to this he has led a major initiative for the government of India, been a serial entrepreneur, an angel investor, a venture capitalist and also a senior executive with large MNCs in the past. He is a B.E. (Mechanical Engineering, 1986), from Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute (VJTI), Bombay.
Amitabh led a major initiative for the government of India to monetize Intellectual Property and Technology held with India’s premier R&D and academic institutions. In his last assignment, he was the founding CEO of CSIR-Tech Pvt Ltd, a technology transfer company, and the Founder of India Science Venture Fund, with a mandate of funding commercially sound high technology spin-offs and start-ups that were led by Techno-entrepreneurs.This organisation was created on the back of recommendations of ‘Padma Vibhushan’ Dr Vijay Kelkar to the Prime Minister of India. Amitabh raised private equity funding from prominent financial institutions and from publicly eminent HNIs. This was a first of its kind business model in India.
2) Priyank S. Garg- He started his career as a consultant with Deloitte Consulting in Chicago providing IT solutions to large corporations to solve their business needs. Priyank has a Masters in Computer Science from Stanford University and a B. Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Delhi where he graduated among the top 5 students of his class. He has published multiple papers and filed for more than 13 patents over his professional career.
3) Nitin Singhal- is the Founder and Managing Partner of Fresco Global, a mid-market investment firm. Nitin has over a decade of experience in finance, investment banking and investing across all asset classes and geography. Nitin also advises family offices on their investments and set up multi-billion dollar multi-asset class investment portfolios for clients. Nitin also managed a portfolio of funds invested mainly in Asian and Indian private equity and real estate.
4) Saurabh Srivastava is one of India’s leading entrepreneurs and institution builders, widely acknowledged in India and globally, as one of the architects of the Indian IT Industry and as leading the creation of a vibrant entrepreneurial eco system in India. In March last year PM Narendra presented him an Award for contribution to the Indian IT Industry and in January this year the Indian Government awarded him the Padma Shri .
He co-founded and Chaired key institutions of modern India focussed on entrepreneurship: NASSCOM; Indian Venture Capital Association; TiE New Delhi NCR (also served 5 years on the Global Board); Indian Angel Network (now arguably the world’s largest investor group with 100 portfolio companies, 400 investor members globally and 7 chapters). At the UK government’s invitation IAN’s chapter was launched in London at 10 Downing Street by PM David Cameron, with 4 cabinet Ministers present
5) Mr. Anand Ladsariya- is Managing Director of Everest Flavours Ltd. (EFL), a Govt. recognised Star Export House for the last 20 years, manufacturing and exporting Menthol, Peppermint Oil and essential oils. EFL is a leading manufacturer of these items in India and has received many export awards, including National Export Award at the hands of the Prime Minister. The Company has two factories located in Vasai, Dist Thane and another at Jammu and group turnover is over Rs.200 crores. Everest Flavours Ltd. is ISO:9001:2000, ISO:22000:2005, GMP certified and has various other quality certificates. Mr.Anand Ladsariya has over 30 years wide experience in international trade. He has an outstanding academic career. He is a ranker in SSC Board, a gold medalist from Bombay University.