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Natarajan R, MD & CFO, Helion Ventures | @HelionVC

Fondly familiar to most in the Financial, Investor and Entrepreneurial world as Nats, Mr. Natarajan is the Managing Director & CFO of Helion Ventures With over 26 years of experience in the diverse fields of Finance & Accounting, Taxation, Planning, Sales and Marketing, HR, Nats served proven leadership roles in Organization Building & Scaling, Governance and Compliance.

As the CFO & MD since inception of one of India’s oldest and home grown Venture Firm, Helion raised 3 funds aggregating over US $ 600 Million, invested 73 investments across various sectors and stages in India and the US, Nats lead over 200 share holder agreements and17 exits. Apart from Due Diligence, Deal Structuring and Closing, Nats continues to work for rapid scaling of portfolio companies by helping in governance, finance, business planning and operational efficiencies. In addition, he is also responsible for Internal Fund Finances and Investor Relations. Before joining Helion, he was Global CFO and Head of support services at Tavant Technologies Inc., a US$60M software services. Prior to Tavant, he worked 10+ years in Wipro group of Companies across all functions. Wipro electronic Peripherals was accorded the Best IT Usage award by NASSCOM in the ICT category in Sept 2003, for initiatives led by him as CIO.

Natasha Malpani Oswal, Venture Partner, Kae Capital

Nauzad Munshi, MD, Love Sugar & Dough

Nauzad has always been a thorough Bombayite and has been actively involved in his family businesses since the age of 16, dividing time between work and his education. He was always driven by passion accompanying it with a keen eye for technology.

At 18, he was made Partner in his family’s privately owned textile spinning, twisting and doubling facility at Currey Road, Mumbai. At 25, he joined his other family run textile manufacturing unit at Kurla, Mumbai. A year later he started his own proprietorship firm in parallel to his existing job to cater to the IT needs of his clientele giving them round the clock service.

Seven years later, at the age of 32, working 16-18 hours a day, with two businesses to attend to, Nauzad quit his family business and moved fully into the IT segment which was his true passion at the time. Moving ahead three years of tireless working with IT, he co-founded Love Sugar & Dough as an investing partner, again along with his current IT business.

His business partner, Tarannum Merchant then handled the entire operation alone from production to finance. But as the business grew to a sizeable proportion, Nauzad had to finally decide which direction to go ahead with - Computer IT or Confectionery - and he chose the latter - though he still consults his old clients over the phone!

Three years with Love Sugar & Dough and seven stores in place, the two partners, Tarannum and Nauzad sold 51% stake of Love Sugar & Dough Pvt. Ltd to Specialty Restaurants Ltd. (owners of the Mainland China brand). Now, with the business expansions scaling up to another level, Nauzad is already preparing for new adventures ahead in life!

Navaneethan M, CISO & Head - IT, PayU

Naveen Bachwani, COO, Aegon life Insurance

Mr. Naveen Bachwani is the Chief Operating Officer at Aegon Life. He is a cross-functional Business Leader with more than two decades of experience in Customer Engagement and Digital Transformation. Much of his career has been focused on bridging the gap between Enterprise and Customer, through solutions based in Technology, Process and Communication Design. His previous assignment was with Edelweiss Financial Services as Group Head – Customer Experience. Prior to that, he has also held leadership assignments with industry leaders like the ICICI Group, Times of India, Experian and others.

Naveen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from St. Xavier’s, Mumbai, and an MBA in Marketing from K.J. Somaiya, Mumbai.

Naveen Budda, Co-Founder and CTO, KarmalifeAI

Naveen Gulati, Vice President - Technology, and Head of Information Technology, Nykaa

Naveen Kukreja, Co-founder & CEO, Paisabazaar

Naveen Kukreja is the CEO & Co-founder of Paisabazaar.com - India’s largest digital marketplace for lending products and Credit Score platform.

Naveen has an experience of over 19 years in the financial services markets of India and Europe, having worked in leadership roles at Citibank, Capital One and Aviva Life Insurance before co-founding Paisabazaar.com under the Policybazaar Group in 2014. Under Naveen's strong leadership, Paisabazaar has been recognized with prestigious awards like Excellence in Consumer Lending 2021 at India Digital Awards, Most Innovative Lending Platform of 2019 by India Fintech Forum and Economic Times' Most Promising Brand in 2018.

Naveen too has been felicitated by Entrepreneur India as “Entrepreneur of the Year – Financial Services” in 2019 & by Business World with the ’40 under 40’ award in 2018 – a recognition to India’s top 40 leaders under the age of 40.

Naveen is an alumni of prestigious institutes like IIM Calcutta and the Delhi College of Engineering.

Naveen Rawat, Director, Holisol Logistics Pvt Ltd | @holisollogistic

Naveen is Logistician with more than one and a half decade of experience in Supply Chain Management. In 2009 Naveen moved out of APL Logistics to set up Holisol along with two more seasoned logisticians, Rahul Dogar and Manish Ahuja .Since 2009 Holisol has worked with various renowned companies in setting up & managing their Supply Chain Operations.

@rawatnaveen

Naveen Sharda, Investment Director, Latium Enterprises