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Siddharth Bafna, Partner, Lodha & Co

Siddharth Bafna leads the Corporate Finance practice at Lodha & Co. He is a rank holding CA and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA. Siddharth has several years of Corporate Finance experience, having led a number of M&A and Private Equity advisory engagements.

He has led many transactions in the consumer and retail industries, e.g., majority stake sale in Moshe’s to New Silk Route (a USD 1.4 billion Asia focused Private Equity Fund), majority stake sale in BookmyShow.com to Network18 group, Rs. 50 crore private equity capital raise by Indian Master Franchisee of Papa John’s (the world’s third largest pizza chain) from TVS Capital, Mirah Group’s (owners of Rajdhani Thali) Rs. 40 crore investment in Impresario (owners of Mocha, Smoke House Deli) and its investment in the new restaurant venture promoted by Zorawar Kalra (co-founder of the ‘Punjab Grill’ restaurant chain), Costa’s India entry and franchise agreement with Devyani International, etc. He is currently the advisor on several on-going deals across multiple sectors (including for retail apparel, dairy, logistics, packaging, auto component, restaurant companies, etc.)

Siddharth Borkar, Head M&A and Investor Relations, Orkla India

Siddharth Borkar currently Heads M&A and Investor Relations for Orkla India. In the past he has worked in the Group M&A team of Mahindra Group and Deloitte’s financial advisory vertical. His decades of experience spans across mergers, acquisitions, JV, private equity fund raise, divestment, capital market transactions, IPO, startup investments, internal restructuring etc. He has also been involved in cross border transactions involving companies in India, USA, Asia and EU. Siddharth’s transaction experience inter alia covers consumer, automotive, financial services, technology sectors.

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.