People behind the capital

Arijit brings a diverse set of experiences to the firm and its portfolio companies, having worked across multiple domains in financial services, health care and retail. His investments at Trifecta Capital span across health care, mobility, education, consumer brands, fintech and B2B services - both e-commerce and SaaS.

He loves the journey of building something new, especially in areas where technology can create non-linear value. He is also a foodie as well as a voracious reader interested in philosophy, economics, history and science communication. Further, he is an animal lover who dotes on his pet cat.

• 13 years of experience as an investor, repeat entrepreneur, senior business leader, strategy consultant, and quant specialist.
• Previously a founder of a Fintech startup, Tavaga, India’s first goal-based passive investment platform.
• Led expansion strategy, store performance improvement drives and margin initiatives at Pantaloons as Executive Assistant to the CEO, helping to implement a turnaround in profitability during its turbulent post-acquisition phase.
• Was a Strategy Consultant at McKinsey, where he served several of India’s largest financial institutions across areas such as driving growth, improving sales and collection force effectiveness, and capital management.
• Before his MBA, laid the foundations for a sustainable primary health care business, Sugha Vazhvu, which he led as CEO. He also developed models of equity trading liquidity for Lehman Brothers.

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Portfolio relationships
‍Arzooo, Bank.Open, Bizongo, BharatPe, Box8, Builder.ai Chalo, CueMath, Furlenco, Healthians, Infra.Market, Innoviti, Intello Labs, Kitchens@, KreditBee, Livspace, Loconav, MyGlamm, Nobroker, Plum, Practo, Servify, Sigtuple, THB, Vedantu, Vinculum, Zoomcar

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Education
‍IIT Bombay (2006)
IIM Bangalore (2012)

Abhijit has been a career banker, with active involvement in the start-up ecosystem for the past six years. He has sourced and managed start-up relationships across sectors, by providing a host of financial services covering customised debt offerings, transaction banking services, trade solutions, forex and investment advisory.

Abhijit specialises in building new businesses ground up and has been the founding member of start-up focused business verticals in both his stints at Kotak Mahindra Bank and Centrum Group. Having catered to multiple financial needs for start-ups across their lifecycle, he brings to the table a holistic view of these businesses

He is a travel and fitness enthusiast and loves globe-trotting, driving and participating in fitness events. He is also an avid writer and has translated books, written travel blogs, scripts and poems. He has also created digital marketing content for small businesses.

• 15 years of experience across venture debt, banking & financial services and IT sectors with previous stints at Centrum Financial Services (Practice Lead – Start-up funding), Kotak Mahindra Bank (Founding member and South Head – E-Commerce Business) and ICICI Bank (Senior Relationship Manager – Large Corporates)
• Instrumental in the formulation of start-up credit underwriting policy, sourcing strategy and set up of a venture-debt fund for Centrum
• Built a start-up asset book of more than INR 1,000 Cr, sourced and managed the relationship for the largest Indian E-Commerce player during his stint at Kotak.

Portfolio relationships
‍Big Basket, Blackbuck, Chaipoint, Eatfit, Jai Kisan, Ninjacart, Quikr, Slice, Udaan, KISSHT, Stashfin, Cogoport, Wellbeing Nutrition, Ripplr, Rootr, Log9, Rapidbox, AceTurtle, Ergos, Metalbook

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Education
‍Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore (2005)
MDI Gurgaon (2008)

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Sahil comes with extensive banking and financial services experience and has been a co-founder of a cross-border eCommerce start-up. He has worked with some of the largest global and domestic banks and financial institutions.

With his deep credit and lending and entrepreneurial experience, Sahil has the expertise to assess and structure debt requirements for a start-up. On the personal front, Sahil loves travelling and wildlife.

• 15 years of experience across banking, financial services, and start-up.
• Previously at Citi, HSBC, HDFC Bank, RBL Bank and KraftDirect (co-founder).
• Have managed a portfolio of over USD 1 Bn in past roles, including many structured and complex credit cases.
• At KraftDirect, he handled operations and finance functions including setting up supply-chain to have a just-in-time procurement of over 2,000 SKUs of handmade products and managing cross-border logistics.

Portfolio relationships
‍Bira, CrelioHealth, Ekincare, FableStreet, Kapiva, Klub, Maximl, Pando, Scripbox, The Ayurveda Co, The Whole Truth Foods, Toddle, Wiz Freight, XYXX

Education
‍IIT Delhi (2006)
IIM Indore (2009)

Hemangi has been a seasoned banker all her career with stints across investment banking, corporate banking and debt syndications.

More recently, she was part of the founding team setting up the startup and technology coverage bottom up at ICICI Bank. Over the last four years she has extensively partnered with startups being their banker of choice across debt, treasury, trade, forex and investment solutions.

She also brings with her access to a vast network of financial institutions that she has built through her stint in debt syndications previously. In her early years, Hemangi has also spent time covering M&A and ECM for south east asia and United States markets as an investment banker at Nomura.

Hemangi brings in a 360 degree approach to partner with the founders, investors and startups. She is also an angel investor and advisor to early stage companies in her personal capacity. A passionate traveller and foodie, she loves to eat and cook new cuisines.

• 12 years of experience across investment & corporate banking in various stints
• Led a team of 15 people covering startups and technology companies across Western India
• Managed an asset book of INR 500 crore across startups
• Built customized digital solutions startups through product alliances across the Bank

‍Portfolio relationships
‍Rebel Foods, Practo Technologies, Slurrp Farm, Waycool, Captain Fresh, Jiraaf, NOTO Icecream, Bonito Designs, Creditwise Capital

‍Education
‍Economic Hons from St Xaviers College, Kolkata
MBA Finance , NMIMS, Mumbai

Surbhi brings extensive transaction experience to the Trifecta team including structuring and negotiations within diverse regulatory frameworks, both domestic and across the border.

She has managed multiple transaction closures across the deal lifecycle (due diligence, documentation & compliance). She has also worked with portfolio company founders to chart their growth trajectory and established strong corporate governance standards.

• 10 years of investing and portfolio management experience in digital tech and retail domains
• Previously at Jio (Strategic Investments) and GenNext Ventures Fund (a corporate VC fund backed by Reliance Jio)
• Successfully completed a strategic investment in a leading pharmacy e-tailer for Reliance Retail in a USD 85 Mn+ transaction.
• Acquired a conversational AI product for Jio Platforms in a USD 100 Mn+ transaction.

Education
‍BITS Pilani (2007-11)
IIM Bangalore (2011-13)

Ruchir is a start-up enthusiast with extensive experience across Venture Capital, Venture Debt, Impact Investing, Structured Credit and NBFCs. He brings in 12 years of transaction experience, having invested in debt and equity through multiple economic cycles. He believes that perseverance is paramount as it leads to either success or learning. He is an avid traveller and a cricket fanatic.

• 12 years of professional experience across Aavishkaar Group & IvyCap Ventures in investment origination & execution, portfolio management, fundraising and fund structuring
• At IvyCap, led the domestic institutional fundraising activities and managed institutional investor relationships for the fund. Formulated investment strategy, built credit policy and risk modules for the fund.
• At Aavishkaar Group, created and managed a portfolio of over USD 60 Mn. for its NBFC, evaluating over 200 early-stage high growth enterprises.

Portfolio relationships
‍Arzooo, BharatPe, Mobikwik, Bank.Open, Rupifi, Infinite Uptime, Captain fresh, Celcius, Ekanek, Biryani By Kilo.

Education
‍MBA-IES MCRC, Narsee Monjee (NM) CFA Level II Candidate