Founder-First. Hands on.
Human-centric approach.
Top 20
Multiple Top-20 ranks
#1
India’s Best Mid-Sized workplace in 2017 by Great Places to Work
General Partners
Anurag Goel
Company builder across continents; strategy that ships.
Anurag is the Co-founder & Chairman of Cactus Communications, a global science and technology enterprise with 8 international offices across 7 countries. He brings 23+ years of expertise across strategy, M&A, technology, AI and corporate development.
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His key interest areas are strategy, people management, B2C branding and marketing, B2B sales, organisation design, operations, and leadership development. His unique approach to building a conscious organisation has resulted in Cactus achieving multiple Top-20 ranks and the coveted #1 rank as India’s Best Mid-Sized Workplace in 2017 by the Great Places to Work Institute.
Over the past 6 years, Anurag has invested in 30+ start-ups in consumer technology, SaaS, alternative energy, and healthcare. Anurag started with McKinsey & Company between Amsterdam and India offices and spent 3+ years leading strategy and corporate finance projects for clients across logistics, telecom, financial services, metals, and mining industries. Anurag graduated from the prestigious Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology with degrees in Computer Science and Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Anurag is a father of 3, a voracious reader and enjoys learning.
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Rajeev Kalambi
Banking, markets, PE - now compounding in VC.
Rajeev brings 23+ years of extensive financial experience in early-growth private equity, investment banking and M&A. With experience across the lifecycle of investment management, Rajeev is skilled in deal making, capacity building for scale-up in portfolio companies
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, governance, and exit management.
Most recently Rajeev was at FidelisWorld, a US$100 million private equity fund leading consumer and technology investments in India (with several marquee businesses like Wildcraft, Raw Pressery, Techfront, and Sportz Interactive).
Prior to FidelisWorld, Rajeev had investment banking stints with Edelweiss Capital, Cipher Capital, and SMC Capital. His corporate banking roles prior to that included HSBC and DBS.
Rajeev graduated in economics from Shri Ram School of Commerce (SRCC), has a master's degree from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, and an MBA from the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.
Rajeev is a proud husband and father of two, enjoys adventure sports, is an avid reader and unwinds with rock, blues, and pop music.
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Amit Sharma
Learner–investor with deep India tech roots.
Amit brings 15+ years of experience in investing and equity research. He has made or supported some extremely profitable investments that include Cred (exit at 14x), KrazyBee (exit at 10x), Happy Easy Go (exit at 3x), Gig India (Exit at 26x), and Box8 (currently at 4x)
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Amit has led India investments for eWTP Capital, an Alibaba backed VC fund. He was one of the founding members of the team that set up eWTP Arabia Capital, a US$400mn fund backed by marquee investors such as PIF. Amit has led strategic investments for Xiaomi India briefly. He set up Ganesh Ventures, a Hong-Kong based, India-focused, VC Fund, with a colleague.
Amit started with J.P. Morgan as an equity analyst covering India IT Services, Telecom, and Internet. He has worked on several key M&A and IPO transactions. Amit holds an MBA from University Business School, Panjab University, diploma in Veterinary Sciences from Haryana Agriculture University and B.Com. from Kurukshetra University. Amit is a doting father to his 1.5-year-old daughter..
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Values
Trust to inspire trust
When you trust people, you start a positive cycle which builds meaningful connections and deep relationships. Before forming an opinion, ask questions and give the benefit of doubt.
Do what is right - even if it is hard.
Develop courage to hold onto your conviction.
Take decisions for the firm, like you would take for yourself. Prioritise long-term goals over short-term gains.
Speak up and listen actively;
differences enrich us.
Different perspectives helps us take better decisions. Offer ideas freely, express doubts openly, and share feedback constructively. Listen the way you want to be listened to, with respect and without prejudice.
