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Investors with two decades of deals and exits, backed by sponsors, advisors, operators and venture partners from India, the US, the Middle East and Australia.
Partners
Founder & Managing Partner
Ajay has spent more than 23 years as an investor, operator and entrepreneur. He leads Silverneedle Ventures, whose Fund I launched in 2022, and SilverX Fund II. His career runs through Intel and AMD, Xseed Partners and T-Hub, Hyderabad's startup incubator.
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Dhiraj brings more than 25 years across venture capital and large corporate houses. He leads mergers, acquisitions and exits for SilverX and runs fund operations. His career spans SucSEED Indovation, Air Costa, Max India, Vatika and PVP Group.
Partner
Abishek has more than 11 years of experience as a VC and PE investor, with investments and exits from early to mature stage. At SilverX he leads deal sourcing and investment management. He previously worked with Nirvana Ventures, Xander, JM Financial and Nomura.
Sponsors
Rajesh K. Agarwal
Sponsor
President, Applied Information Systems (India). More than 30 years driving IT transformation, engineering and AI at Microsoft, Cigna and AIS.
Dr. Ramesh Kancharla
Sponsor
Chairman and Managing Director, Rainbow Children's Hospitals. Healthcare Leader of the Year at the Financial Express Healthcare Awards 2024.
Dr. Ravindranath K.
Sponsor
Founder and Chairman, Global Hospitals and Global University. More than 27 years in healthcare leadership.
Dr. Prabhat Lakkireddi
Sponsor
More than 26 years in healthcare leadership and clinical roles, including Yashoda Hospitals, Apollo Health City and Croydon University Hospital.
Tanmay Kapoor
Sponsor
Founder of logistics firms since 2014 and former Partner at EY. Silicon Valley AI startup investor with more than 20 years in global consulting.
Advisors
Advisor
Ramakanth Alapati
President and Chief Strategy Officer, Cyient DLM. Has held senior leadership and strategy roles at KCK Group, Yield Engineering Systems, PsiQuantum and GlobalFoundries.
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Advisor
Venkat Nalam
Chartered accountant with ICWAI qualifications, previously with Ernst & Young.
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Prashant Panday
Operating Partner
More than 30 years across consumer, advertising, FMCG and media.
Rama Iyer
Operating Partner
More than 20 years in technology, across AI, blockchain and deep tech.
Sanjay Rastogi
Operating Partner
More than 25 years in technology and six years in health tech.
Venture partners
Nanda Kodimyala
Venture Partner
Hyderabad
Data and AI leader with more than 25 years driving enterprise analytics and machine learning at global firms.
Santosh Kaveti
Venture Partner
Georgia, US
CEO and Founder of ProArch. Entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist with more than 25 years in enterprise transformation.
Suhit Anantula
Venture Partner
Australia
Founder of Helix Lab and AI strategy leader with more than 25 years of experience. Author of The Helix Moment.
Subramanian C.
Venture Partner
Bengaluru
CEO of Vrddhi Business Solutions, with more than 21 years in industry including a decade in sales training and consulting.
Puneet Jain
Venture Partner
Dubai
Chief Strategy Officer, Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone. Previously with Google, Henkel, P&G, Arvind, McKinsey and Accenture.
Amith Lulla
Venture Partner
Hyderabad
CEO of OptCulture, specialising in customer engagement, AI-led loyalty platforms and omni-channel retail.
Investment team
Natasha Kumar
Fundraising, IR and fund operations
MBA from ISB and a chemical engineer. Previously with KPMG and HCLTech.
Prashant Rathee
Deal sourcing and evaluation
Covers AI, energy and semiconductors. Previously on the founding team at Ather Energy and co-founder of The Energy Company.
Pooja Akkem
PR and media, deal sourcing, fund operations
MBA from IESE and MS from Arizona State. Previously with Dell and OLX, across fintech, climate tech, analytics and product.
Manjari Alluru
Fund operations and IR
BA LLB from Symbiosis Law School, with experience across fintech, edtech, IP and corporate law.
Nishaanth R
Deal sourcing and evaluation
Covers defence, materials and healthcare. CFA Level 3 cleared, B.Com (Hons) from Loyola.
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