Our speakers

Kunal Khattar, General Partner, advantEdge Partners

Kunal is a serial entrepreneur and an investor with over 24 years of global experience in varied corporate and entrepreneurial roles. He co-founded Carnation Auto - India’s first and largest independent Multi-Brand Auto Solutions company.

Kunal leads the investment initiatives as well as operations at advantEdge Partners. Kunal has been actively mentoring and investing in startups in his individual capacity as well. He is passionate about partnering with companies across the digital spectrum including mobile commerce, digital media and other technology fields. Kunal is on the Boards of Rapido and Smartivity and is a Charter Member of TiE.

Kunal has global experience of working in companies such as Aptuit, InfoPro Solutions, Vodafone and Razorfish. He previously cofounded SimplyLook.com in the Bay Area and also led the investment for a US based PE firm into Laurus Labs which is a BSE listed entity. Kunal has a Bachelors degree in Economics (Honors) from Delhi University, an MBA from FSM, New Delhi and an MS from Kellogg and Medill School, Northwestern University.

Kunal Mehra, MD, TableSpace Technologies

Kunal works in the capacity of an Managing Director/CoFounder in TableSpace He plays a pivotal role in strategizing end-to-end real estate solutions for key corporate occupiers and porperty aqqcusitions. Kunal’s responsibilities include providing comprehensive and innovative real estate solutions aligning with TableSpace clients' business strategy.

Kunal has over 10+ years of experience in the real estate sector and has been very well exposed to corporate real estate practices and developer operations. He has successfully transacted over 10 million sq. ft. of office space for Corporate Occupiers across lease acquisitions, renegotiations, asset dispositions, sub-leasing etc. in his prior leadership role in JLL.

Prior to joining  TableSpace, Kunal Mehra was looking after key transactions at Jones Lang LaSalle, Kunal also co-founded Liquid Krystal,  a firm that specialised in providing clients with a host of real estate consulting services. He also has over 3 years of experience with the Indian Hotels Company Limited.

Kunal Palta, Head of Investments, Dhanuka Agri Family office

Kunal Shah, Partner, Price Waterhouse & Co LLP

Kunal Shah has over 14 years’ experience in the field of Indian tax and regulations.

He advises clients in the private equity and venture capital space (domestic and foreign), including real estate, infrastructure and debt funds, onshore and offshore fund structures, distribution waterfall, structuring of earned interest and tax due diligence. He has wide experience in the area of laws including Income tax, Corporate law, Foreign Exchange laws, FDI Policy, SEBI regulations, NBFC regulations, etc.

Kunal helps clients obtain regulatory approvals and tax certificates for investments or exits, and advises them on tax due diligence, and restructuring of their Indian businesses, profit repatriation strategies and capital structures, including waterfall sharing and transaction-related tax negotiation, at the time of exits, etc. He also advises NBFCs, portfolio managers, stock broking organisations, mutual funds, merchant banks, asset management companies, etc., on tax and regulatory matters. In addition, he works closely with leading financial services players and industry bodies in  their representations to policy-makers and tax authorities.

Kunal has a postgraduate degree  in Law and is also a Chartered Accountant.

Kunal Shah, Head - Solution Engineering - ERPM, Oracle India

Kunal Shah is a passionate business savvy management professional with 21 years of cross functional experience in the Information Technology industry. His experience spans multiple disciplines of Solution Engineering, Business Strategy, Business Development, Strategic Program Management and IT Consulting. Kunal is currently an integral part of the management team for Oracle India’s SaaS business, and leads the Solution Engineering team for the Office of CFO, Projects and Digital Supply Chain solutions.

Kunal Sinha, Founder & CEO, HealthcareMagic

Kunal is the founder and CEO of HealthcareMagic, an online health management platform. HealthcareMagic is a pioneer in the web based interaction between doctors and patients across the globe, with many globally acclaimed doctors on its panel. Everyday, thousands of online users find answers to their health queries at HealthcareMagic. Before starting HealthcareMagic, Kunal was the founder and CEO of TechUnified, a mobile banking product company. TechUnified’s product was used by banks across many countries. TechUnified was acquired by a public listed entity in 2007. Kunal graduated from IIT Kanpur and was working at IBM before starting TechUnified.

Kunal Sood, Managing Director - Private Equity, Pantheon

Kunal Sood, Managing Director, Pantheon Ventures

Kunal Varma, Co-Founder and CEO, Freo

Kunal Varma, the Co-Founder and CEO of Freo, is a seasoned entrepreneur with a rich background in technology and business development. Before Freo, he successfully founded and led Tapstart, a job discovery platform, and Aspirare in the learning and assessments space.

His career also includes significant experience in engineering management at Texas Instruments, where he worked on next-generation semiconductor products. Kunal holds a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Roorkee and an MBA in Marketing & Strategy from ISB Hyderabad.

He is known for his dynamic leadership, deep involvement in all aspects of business growth, and passion for fitness and food.

Kunal Wadhwani, Principal, HDFC Capital

Kunal Wadhwani is a Principal at HDFC Capital, the real estate private equity platform of HDFC Group, where he is responsible for Investments and plays a central role in driving the investments function. Kunal was part of the initial core team that established HDFC Capital in 2016 and is a member of the Internal Investment Committee at HDFC Capital.

With over 20 years of experience and more than USD 5 billion in cumulative real estate investments, Kunal brings extensive experience across debt and equity investments, with expertise in deal sourcing, underwriting, structuring, development oversight, portfolio management, and special situations, with a focus on affordable and mid-income housing.

Prior to HDFC Capital, he was part of the investment team at HDFC Asset Management Company, managing the Real Estate PMS platform, which received multiple awards including “Best Real Estate Fund” (2013–2015) and “Real Estate Fund of the Decade” (2016) by CNBC-Awaaz.

Kunal holds a Master’s degree in Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Master’s in Management Studies, and a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai.