Partners to build enduring businesses for tomorrow’s India

Abhay Pandey

General Partner

Abhay is a General Partner at A91 Partners. Prior to A91, Abhay was a General Partner at Sequoia Capital for 11 years where he was involved with multiple investments across consumer and healthcare businesses. Before joining Sequoia, Abhay spent many years at McKinsey & Co as a management consultant and Merrill Lynch as an investment banker.

Abhay is passionate about working with founders who are building challenger brands for the new India.  Both at work and outside, he loves spending time on conversations over a cup of coffee or masala chai.  

Abhay is involved with a number of causes supporting education – He is the trustee of BECT, a trust supporting underprivileged kids access quality education.  He is a founder of Ashoka University and is also involved with efforts to upgrade the Economics/Humanities program at IIT Bombay.

Education – IIT Bombay, IIM Kolkata Past Boards/ Investments – Vini Cosmetics, Indigo Paints, PI Industries, B9 Beverages, Awfis, Koye Pharma, Curatio Healthcare, ASG Eyecare, Stovekraft, Faces Cosmetics Present Investments/Boards – Sugar Cosmetics, Atomberg Technologies

VT Bharadwaj

General Partner

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Gautam Mago

General Partner

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Ruchi Khajanchi

CFO

Ruchi is the CFO at A91 Partners. Previously Ruchi worked at  Epiq Capital where she lead the internal operations, finance, compliance, investor relationship and portfolio management. Prior to joining Epiq Capital, Ruchi worked a boutique advisory firm N.A. Shah Associates, where she was part of the transaction advisory team. Ruchi was involved in various inbound and outbound transaction across various sectors including real estate, pharma, financial services. Ruchi started her career at Hindustan Unilever Limited as Business Leadership Trainee.  

Ruchi is excited to see how the new age financial services company are addressing the needs of the underserved market segments and contributing to the financial inclusion. Ruchi loves spending time with her son and answering his endless question, as she truly believes in what Albert Einstein said “ The important thing is not to stop questioning . Curiosity has its own reason for existing”.  

Ruchi Is a rank holder Chartered Accountant, CFA Level 2 Candidate and commerce graduate from University of Calcutta.

Kaushik Anand

Partner

Kaushik is a Partner at A91 Partners. Prior to A91, he was the head of the India office for CapitalG (formerly Google Capital). He started his investing career at Sequoia Capital and worked with McKinsey & Company before that. Kaushik plays tennis over the weekends and is a fan of the Chennai Super Kings and Quentin Tarantino's films.

Education: IIT Madras (B.Tech), Harvard Business School (MBA) Select past investments: Freshworks, Cardekho

Prasun Agarwal

Partner

Prasun is a Partner at A91 Partners. Prior to this, he was part of the investment team at Sequoia Capital where he spent his time working on consumer brands and technology companies. Before Sequoia, Prasun was at Bain & Co.

Prasun is excited to work with founders who are building fast-growing consumer and healthcare businesses in India. Outside of work, he enjoys a game of squash and likes to experiment with food. 

Education: IIT Bombay, Harvard Business School

Krunali Shah

Associate

Sai Akshaya

Investment Analyst

Sai Akshaya joined A91 Partners in 2019, as an Analyst.  Coming from a management consulting background, she has worked in various sectors including Consumer, TMT and Clean Energy in both India and US offices.

Sai is excited about the opportunities in EdTech and is looking forward to meeting bold founders disrupting the space. When not at work, she can be found enjoying a book sipping on a hot cup of coffee.

Education – IIT Madras

Prathamesh Jain

Investment Analyst

Mukesh Pareek

Investment Analyst

Shaswat Datta

Investment Analyst

Prajesh Dawda

AVP - Finance

Melissa Ian Xavier

Executive Assistant

I am Melissa Ian Xavier an Executive Assistant at A91 Partners. Having been in the Aviation Industry as a Senior Cabin Crew with Jetairways for the last 12 years. Loyalty & Dedication are my two best friends at my workplace. In my Me Time I like to watch my favourite Comedy Series or Cartoons from the 90's.

Ninoshka Vaz

Executive Assistant