Team

Our team has extensive experience investing in and building businesses. We have a complementary combination of investing, engineering, financing, operational, sales and marketing, business development, entrepreneurial and political expertise.

Abhishek Agarwal, Managing Partner

• Private equity experience (Cohen & Company)
  
  • Seven years of operationally-focused investment experience
    
  • Focused on technology and developing infrastructure assets
    
  • Active engineering, business development and finance roles in portfolio companies
    
• Entrepreneurial experience
  
  • Wireless and ecommerce start-ups
    
• Education
  
  • Columbia University, graduate coursework in Electrical Engineering
    
  • University of Rochester, BA in Economics and BS in Chemical Engineering (cum laude)
    
• Interests
  
  • Extreme running, squash and philosophy
    
• Email Abhishek

Paul Sheppard, Partner

• Investment banking experience (Schroders and Evercore)
  
  • Seven years corporate M&A, financing and strategic/industry analyses
    
• Corporate experience (Pearson)
  
  • Evaluating, analyzing, executing and overseeing investments and divestitures
    
  • Business development and operating experience
    
  • Wrote for the Lex column of the Financial Times
    
• Political experience (Advisor to former UK Prime Minister)
  
  • Economic researcher for Gordon Brown's team focused on macro-economic issues
    
• Education
  
  • Fulbright Scholar
    
  • Wharton, MBA in Finance (honors)
    
  • Cambridge University, MA in Social & Political Sciences
    
• Interests
  
  • Rugby, chess and dogs
    
• Email Paul

Tushar Adya, Partner

• Management Consulting experience (McKinsey & Co.)
• Former Associate Principal with strategy and operational consulting experience
• Focused on consumer, retail, and foodservice verticals
• Led several M&A and commercial/operational transformation related engagements
• Entrepreneurial experience
• Founded agricultural trading company in India focused on wholesale and retail
• E-commerce start up
• Education
• Smith School of Business, MBA
• Delhi University, Bachelor of Business
• Interests
• Cooking, travel, and tennis
• Email Tushar