2021: A Watershed for Indian startups
What does 2022 hold?

Sanjeev is the founder of Info Edge India Ltd. the company that owns India’s leading job site - Naukri.com. Starting off in 1997 with a seed capital of just two thousand rupees, the company has grown exponentially. Info Edge listed on the BSE back in 2006, and is now is now worth over $10 billion. Over the past 25 years, Sanjeev has pioneered some of the most iconic internet brands in India like 99acres.com, Jeevansathi.com and Shiksha.com. Sanjeev has also been an early stage investor in several promising start-ups including Zomato and Policybazaar.com. In 2020, Sanjeev was conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri Award by the Indian government. Sanjeev is active in various industry fora like The Indus Entrepreneurs, All India Management Association & NASSCOM. A distinguished alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, he also a founding trustee of the Ashoka University.

Souvik is the Founder of Infra.Market, a con-tech solutions company that is transforming the construction ecosystem in India. A platform that is a one-stop-shop for every category of construction materials, Infra.Market is one of the fastest-growing unicorns in India. Souvik shapes Infra.Market’s strategic vision and transformation agenda including mergers and acquisitions. Souvik is also board member of Equiphunt, a platform that aims to create India's only fully integrated Equipment Solutions Platform. An alumnus of IIM Bangalore, Souvik is a Chartered Accountant and has worked with major infrastructure players in the past.

Radhika started her career with McKinsey & Company, and then progressed to become a hedge fund manager with AQR Capital. An asset management professional with experience across classes and investor segments, she moved to India in 2014 to start her own venture, Forefront Capital Management, which was acquired by Edelweiss in 2014. In 2016, she successfully led Edelweiss’s acquisition of JP Morgan’s Mutual Fund business and Ambit Capital’s AIF business. She is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania, and a Board Member of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).

Abhay is General Partner at A91 Partners - an India focused fund that invests in emerging private companies across consumer, technology, healthcare and financial services. Abhay likes to spend his time mentoring entrepreneurs building exciting businesses. He brings over two decades experience as a consultant with McKinsey & Co, investment banker with Merrill Lynch and investor at Sequoia Capital. Abhay has also served on the boards of Bira 91, La Renon Healthcare and Indigo Paints. He is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta. Abhay is a Trustee at Ashoka University and BECT, and also serves on the Executive Committee of IVCA.