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Siddharth Das, COO, Flipkart Payment Gateway Pvt. Ltd

Siddharth heads Flipkart’s payment product, PayZippy and oversees all strategic and operational functions.

Before joining Flipkart, he led the creation of High Mark, the country's first Credit Information Bureau, to enable formal lending to the country’s underprivileged (Microfinance and Rural) borrowers.

Prior to that he spent close to a decade in the San Francisco Bay Area, working initially with technology start-ups and eventually leading data analytics practices at Acxiom and FICO.

He holds degrees from IIT Roorkee, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He builds audiophile sound systems in his spare time.


Siddharth Dhondiyal, IC member, GrowX Ventures

Siddharth Dhondiyal, is an experienced healthcare investor. Currently he is an independent buy side advisor and an  IC member of growX Ventures. Till recently he was a Managing Director with Truenorth where over the last 11 years Siddharth has focused on tracking the evolution and growth of the Indian healthcare sector and has been actively involved in Truenorth's investments in the healthcare sector including Aster DM Healthcare, Manipal Hospitals,Trivitron Healthcare and Cloudnine Hospitals.

A Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur, Siddharth also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Kolkata and did his Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD, France.


Siddharth Dhondiyal, MD, India Value Fund Advisors

Siddharth Dhondiyal, a Director in the IVFA investment team joined IVFA in 2006 and is involved with investments in healthcare, consumer and technology sectors.   Based in Bengaluru, he contributed to improving IVFA’s internal processes and developing the “The IVFA Way” - the Firm's approach to building admired businesses.

Over the last 10 years Siddharth has focused on tracking the evolution and growth of the Indian healthcare sector and has been actively involved in IVFA’s investments in the healthcare sector including Aster DM Healthcare, Manipal Hospitals, Trivitron Healthcare and Cloudnine Hospitals.

A Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur, Siddharth also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Kolkata and did his Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD, France.   He had a six-year stint with Accenture in its strategy consulting practice, where he worked with companies in the pharmaceutical, consumer goods, industrial products and telecom industries.


Siddharth Iyer, Investment Banking, Equirus Capital


Siddharth Jhunjhunwala, Head -Fund of Funds, Waterfield Alternatives Fund


Siddharth Kothari, Chief Investment Strategist, Om Kothari Group

Siddharth is Chief Investment Strategist at Om Kothari Group. The Group has interests in Engineering Infrastructure, Automobile Dealerships, Manufacturing, and Real Estate. Their flagship company, Om Infra, is listed on the NSE and BSE.

Siddharth invests in listed and private companies across sectors and stages. 

His notable startup investments include Beardo (acquired by Marico), Sirona (acquired by GoodGlamm), and Innov8 (acquired by Oyo). His growth stage investments include MobiKwik, Progcap, NSE, Waaree Energy and Nazara Tech.

Vegan since 2010, Siddharth has a special interest in plant-based ventures. He is a Partner at Ahimsa VC, India's first fund investing exclusively in sustainable alternatives to animal-based products.

Siddharth is a Partner at 2Point2 Capital PMS, a Venture Partner at Venture Catalysts, and an LP at Carpediem Capital. He is also a member at EO Gurgaon. 

Siddharth is Chief Investment Strategist at Om Kothari Group. The Group has interests in Engineering Infrastructure, Automobile Dealerships, Manufacturing, and Real Estate. Their flagship company, Om Infra, is listed on the NSE and BSE.

Siddharth invests in listed and private companies across sectors and stages. 

His notable startup investments include Beardo (acquired by Marico), Sirona (acquired by GoodGlamm), and Innov8 (acquired by Oyo). His growth stage investments include MobiKwik, Progcap, NSE, Waaree Energy and Nazara Tech.

Vegan since 2010, Siddharth has a special interest in plant-based ventures. He is a Partner at Ahimsa VC, India's first fund investing exclusively in sustainable alternatives to animal-based products.

Siddharth is a Partner at 2Point2 Capital PMS, a Venture Partner at Venture Catalysts, and an LP at Carpediem Capital. He is also a member at EO Gurgaon. 

 

Siddharth is Chief Investment Strategist at Om Kothari Group. The Group has interests in Engineering Infrastructure, Automobile Dealerships, Manufacturing, and Real Estate. Their flagship company, Om Infra, is listed on the NSE and BSE.

Siddharth invests in listed and private companies across sectors and stages. 

His notable startup investments include Beardo (acquired by Marico), Sirona (acquired by GoodGlamm), and Innov8 (acquired by Oyo). His growth stage investments include MobiKwik, Progcap, NSE, Waaree Energy and Nazara Tech.

Vegan since 2010, Siddharth has a special interest in plant-based ventures. He is a Partner at Ahimsa VC, India's first fund investing exclusively in sustainable alternatives to animal-based products.

Siddharth is a Partner at 2Point2 Capital PMS, a Venture Partner at Venture Catalysts, and an LP at Carpediem Capital. He is also a member at EO Gurgaon. 

Siddharth is Chief Investment Strategist at Om Kothari Group. The Group has interests in Engineering Infrastructure, Automobile Dealerships, Manufacturing, and Real Estate. Their flagship company, Om Infra, is listed on the NSE and BSE.

Siddharth invests in listed and private companies across sectors and stages. 

His notable startup investments include Beardo (acquired by Marico), Sirona (acquired by GoodGlamm), and Innov8 (acquired by Oyo). His growth stage investments include MobiKwik, Progcap, NSE, Waaree Energy and Nazara Tech.

Vegan since 2010, Siddharth has a special interest in plant-based ventures. He is a Partner at Ahimsa VC, India's first fund investing exclusively in sustainable alternatives to animal-based products.

Siddharth is a Partner at 2Point2 Capital PMS, a Venture Partner at Venture Catalysts, and an LP at Carpediem Capital. He is also a member at EO Gurgaon. 

 

 


Siddharth Shah, Co Founder & Managing Director, Ascent Health


Siddharth Shah, Partner, Khaitan & Co

Siddharth is a Partner in the Funds and Corporate Practice Group in Mumbai. Prior to joining Khaitan & Co, he was a Partner at Nishith Desai Associates. He has vast experience in the funds space having over the years advised large number of clients on matters related to fund formation involving structuring & organisation of domestic and offshore funds across asset classes, corporate and regulatory advice in relation to operations of the funds, foreign investment and exchange control laws. In addition to fund formation, he also has substantial experience in corporate transactional space including fund investments (including PE investments in real estate sector), public and private acquisitions, corporate restructuring and capital markets (involving public and private offerings).

In his areas of expertise, some of the clients that Siddharth has been involved in advising include:
Fund Formation:Represented the following clients in respect of their onshore and offshore fund formations and other related regulatory advice: ICICI Ventures, IL&FS Investment Managers, Indiareit Investment Advisors, Ascent Capital (formerly UTI Ventures), Kotak Realty Funds, BTS India Private Equity Fund, Sandstone Capital, Soros Fund Management, Zephyr-Peacock, Global Investment House (Kuwait), Aditya Birla Private Equity and Real Estate Funds, JM Financial Investment Managers, Sequoia, NEA, Nirvana, Blueridge Capital, Milestone Capital, Arthaveda (formerly DHFL Venture Fund Limited), SEAF Agri Business Fund,Omnivore Capital, Aditya Birla Private Equity and Real Estate Funds, etc.

Fund Investments: Represented many private equity, venture capital, real estate funds, debt / mezzanine funds on their investments such as General Atlantic Partners, Farallon Capital, Temasek, Sequoia, Blueridge Capital, Nirvana Ventures, ComVentures, Indiareit, Kotak Realty Funds, Milestone, PHL Finance, Godrej Properties Limited (for creation of their offshore funding platform), Aditya Birla PE Fund, etc.


Siddharth Varadarajan, Founder Editor, The Wire

Siddharth Varadarajan is a Founding Editor of The Wire. He was earlier the Editor of The Hindu and is a recipient of the Shorenstein Journalism Award and the Ramnath Goenka Award for Journalist of the Year. He taught Economics at New York University and Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, besides working at the Times of India.


Siddhartha Butalia, CMO, AirAsia