Our team
Investors. Builders. Partners. Samir Shah Managing Partner & CEO
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Managing Partner & CEO
Samir Shah Samir previously co-led technology investments for General Atlantic in India, managing and deploying approximately $2B across category leaders like PhonePe, ACKO, KFintech, Snapmint, and PNB Housing. Prior to General Atlantic, he worked in Bain & Company’s Private Equity Group and Citigroup’s Investment Banking division. Before business school, Samir founded India Grooming Club, a men’s personal care brand that was successfully acquired.
Education
IIM Bangalore, MBA (Gold Medalist)
CA, CFA, Actuarial Science
LinkedIn Past Investments and Portfolio Companies at General Atlantic
A history of investments across sectors and stages. * Samir’s experience at General Atlantic spans investing, portfolio management and exits. These are General Atlantic investments, not personal or Vara23 investments.
Investing with conviction. Building with you.
The people behind Vara23 Krishna Wadhwa Vice President
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Vice President
Krishna Wadhwa Krishna was previously a growth equity investor at General Atlantic, focusing on technology and financial services investments across India and Southeast Asia. Prior to General Atlantic, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Barclays, advising on private credit, leveraged finance, and structured capital transactions. He began his career at KPMG across management consulting and statutory audit.
Education
IIM Bangalore, MBA
CA
LinkedIn Aayush Shah Investor Builder
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Investor Builder
Aayush Shah Aayush was previously the Founder and Managing Partner of Change Wealth AIF, a digital platform and fund of funds. Prior to Change Wealth, he was a Growth Equity Investor at Morgan Stanley’s Global Investment Office ($150B AUM) and a Venture Growth Investor at Rosecliff Ventures ($1B AUM). Earlier in his career, he served as Chief of Staff at fintech platform Buttonwood Network.
Education
NYU Stern School of Business, BS in Finance & Data Science (Summa Cum Laude)
LinkedIn Dhvit Mehta Investor Builder
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Investor Builder
Dhvit Mehta Dhvit previously worked in M&A Advisory at Arpwood Capital, advising on marquee transactions across consumer, technology, and industrials. Prior to Arpwood, he was a Software Engineer at Microsoft in Norway, developing core generative AI features for Copilot and M365 Cloud platforms, and earlier worked in tech at Nutanix.
Education
IIM Bangalore, MBA (Gold Medalist)
IIIT Allahabad, B.Tech & M.Tech in Information Technology
LinkedIn Devadatta Rajadhyaksha Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer
Devadatta Rajadhyaksha Devadatta brings over 25 years of experience across fund finance, operations, risk management, and compliance. He was an early team member and Finance Controller at Kedaara Capital (~$3B+ AUM), where he spent 11 years institutionalizing fund operations, controls, and investor reporting. Devadatta also served as CFO at Lumikai Capital and is the Founder and Managing Partner of Serendipity Fund Advisors.
LinkedIn Sharad Mirani Tech Operating Partner
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Tech Operating Partner
Sharad Mirani Sharad is currently Co-Founder of AiStudio. He previously worked as a Quantitative Trader at Tower Research Capital and Optiver, executing automated trading strategies across global financial markets. Sharad began his career at Goldman Sachs in credit market risk modeling.
Education
IIT Bombay, BTech and MTech in Electrical Engineering
LinkedIn Monish Pathare Tech Operating Partner
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Tech Operating Partner
Monish Pathare Monish is currently Co-Founder of AiStudio. He previously led Technology and Data Operations at Lightbox Ventures, architecting proprietary data systems and driving analytics across a $400M+ portfolio. Monish began his career as a management consultant at EXL.
Education
IIT Bombay, B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering
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Our Advisors. Karthik Raghupathy Founding Team and Board Member, PhonePe
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Founding Team and Board Member, PhonePe
Karthik Raghupathy Karthik currently heads Strategy and Investor Relations at PhonePe. He brings nearly two decades of strategy and operational transformation experience across financial services and technology, having previously served as Executive Director at United Overseas Bank (UOB) in Singapore, Head of Planning & Projects at Standard Chartered Bank, and a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Education
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MBA
Cornell University, M.S. in Electrical Engineering
IIT Madras, B.Tech in Electrical Engineering
LinkedIn Varun Dua Founder & CEO, ACKO
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Founder & CEO, ACKO
Varun Dua Varun is the Founder and CEO of ACKO, India’s leading digital-first insurance company. Prior to founding ACKO in 2016, he co-founded online insurance aggregator Coverfox and served as its CEO. A serial entrepreneur and early-stage angel investor, Varun has played a foundational role in pioneering India’s insurtech ecosystem.
Education
MICA Ahmedabad, MBA
R.A. Podar College of Commerce & Economics, BCom
LinkedIn Keshav Reddy Founder, Equal AI; Board Member, Aragen Life Sciences
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Founder, Equal AI; Board Member, Aragen Life Sciences
Keshav Reddy Keshav is the Founder of Equal AI, a leading consent-based identity verification and financial data-sharing platform. A third-generation entrepreneur, he has backed over 30 technology companies globally through the Reddy Family Office and serves on the board of Aragen Life Sciences. Keshav was previously recognized in Fortune India’s 40 Under 40 and as a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer.
Education
MIT Sloan School of Management, MBA
University of Michigan, BSE in Industrial & Operations Engineering
LinkedIn Abhay Pandey Founder & General Partner, A91 Partners
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Founder & General Partner, A91 Partners
Abhay Pandey Abhay is the Founder and General Partner at A91 Partners. He previously spent a decade as Managing Director at Sequoia Capital India, partnering with category-defining companies across consumer and healthcare, including Vini Cosmetics, Indigo Paints, and B9 Beverages. Prior to Sequoia, Abhay was an investment banker at DSP Merrill Lynch and a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. He is also a founder sponsor of Ashoka University.
Education
IIM Calcutta, MBA
IIT Bombay, BTech in Computer Science & Engineering
LinkedIn Siddhartha Gupta Founder & Managing Partner, Alta Capital (Hillhouse)
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Founder & Managing Partner, Alta Capital (Hillhouse)
Siddhartha Gupta Siddhartha is the Founder and Managing Partner of Alta Capital Management, the sole operating partner of Rava Partners (Hillhouse's real assets arm) in India. He brings over 20 years of real asset experience, previously serving as Managing Director at Blackstone Real Estate from 2010 to 2020 and Vice President at Merrill Lynch. Over his career, he has closed more than $8B in real estate investments across India and played a key role in structuring India’s first two REIT IPOs.
Education
IIM Lucknow, MBA
CA
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$1.1Binvested by General AtlanticPhonePe is India’s largest digital payments platform.
$250Minvested by General AtlanticACKO is India’s first fully digital, direct-to-consumer insurance provider across motor, health, life, and travel.
$150Minvested by General AtlanticKFintech provides digital investor services as an RTA to 31 of India’s 59 mutual fund AMCs and is the country’s #1 corporate registrar.
$30Minvested by General AtlanticSnapmint is India’s largest EMI-on-UPI platform.
$29Minvested by General AtlanticPNB Housing Finance is India’s third-largest housing finance company by loan assets.
$100Minvested by General Atlantic360 ONE is India’s largest independent wealth and asset management firm.
$35Minvested by General AtlanticPixis is a codeless artificial intelligence infrastructure and marketing automation platform that helps brands scale advertising performance, optimize ad spend, and generate creative assets without requiring code.