About Us

Pravin Gandhi, Partner, Mumbai

• Key sponsor and General Partner of Infinity Venture Fund I.
• With over 30+ years of experience in Indian technology industry.
• Co-founder of India’s early technology company (Hinditron) which merged with Digital Equipment Corporation.
• First IPO of a technology company. Exited at 80x.
• Infinity Venture Fund I – most successful early stage fund out of India.
• Exited 2 investments at 10X+ and a few at 3-5X+.
• Funded and exited 3 Technology Companies in Singapore and India at 2x -8x.
• Brings an extensive network of contacts, and operational experience as entrepreneur. President, TIE Bombay
• BS in Industrial Engineering from Cornell University.

Mahesh Murthy, Partner, Mumbai

• 20 years in marketing and entrepreneurship
  
• Grey India, Ogilvy Hong Kong, CKS Silicon Valley, iCat Seattle
  
• Turnaround CEO for Channel V India, sold to Newscorp
  
• Founded “hot” startup Pinstorm
  
• Founder, sole investor Passionfund
  
• 15 investments:
  
• 3 duds, 3 exits (300x, 1.5x, 2.5x)
• 9 profitable private companies, 2 more exits in 12 months
• IPR-driven businesses, or unique business models
• Overall IRR >35%
• Deep, wide connections across IIT’s, B-schools, TIE
• Conducting b-plan competitions across 6 campuses annually

Bharati Jacob, Partner, Bangalore

• Investment Principal at Infinity Venture Fund I.
• Senior most at the fund, part of start up team that established it
• Senior most operating officer (non-investor) of the Fund-Head, Lazard India, earlier analyst with NWA, TNS-Mode
• Strong grounding in US, India investments, capital markets
• 16 years’ experience
• Strong base in Bangalore
• Has an extensive network within financial, venture capital and technology community in India and the Silicon Valley.
• Graduate of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Anand Lunia, CFO, Mumbai

• Over 11 years of experience as entrepreneur, venture investor and corporate executive
• Currently ED and CFO at Seedfund, led investments in tech, internet, education and retail ventures
• Co-founder of Brainvisa, leading e-learning company of India. Created the business plan, led the team in fund raising and eventual exit of 5x for the investors
• Exec. VP Operations of Hurix Technologies- a leading publishing KPO. Responsible for 800 people strong operations, sales and marketing
• Worked at Asian Paints, ICICI Treasury, Lionbridge
• MBA from IIM and Bachelor of Engineering
• Guest Faculty, Biz-plan mentor and Jury member at IITs, IIMs, SP Jain, NITIE
• Charter member of TiE, active mentor and faculty

Paula Mariwala, Executive Director, Mumbai

• MS (Applied Physics) from Stanford University, USA .  Several papers and patents in the field of Laser Physics and Optical Communication.  Taught at Stanford and Oregon State Unversity.
• A technocrat by profession, wit experience of over 15 years with leading high technology companies in USA and India in the fields of Communication, Instrumentation and Fiber Optics.
• Worked with leadnology technology companies like Photon Kinetics, Tektronix and with innovative venture funded start up companies like Aurionics and Optivideo.
• Director with Hinditron Group, one of India’s oldest IT / Technology companies where she started and ran the Telecommunication and Broadband business.
• Consults with companies to develop innovative technologies.
• Deep connections within business community, IT induustry and academic institutions in India and US.