Alteria Capital

Vinod is Managing Partner and Co-founder of Alteria Capital. Vinod has 20+ years of experience spanning Venture Debt, Mezzanine Capital & Structured finance. He has been engaged in the startup ecosystem in India for 15 years and is acknowledged as a pioneer of Venture Debt in India having led 200+ transactions in this period. At Alteria Capital, Vinod has led several high profile deals including Spinny, Mensa Brands, Rebel Foods, One Card, Jupiter, Country Delight, BharatPe, Lendingkart, Toppr, Portea, Sunstone Eduversity, Kissht, Dunzo, Wrogn, Loadshare, Haber, Fisdom, Raw, Clover, Samunnati, LBB, Zeno Health, Cropin, Mfine, Euler Motors, Nua, Ayu Health, Kaleidofin, Fingerlix, TurnO, Intangles, Cityflo, Happay, Instamojo and Damensch among others. Prior to starting Alteria Capital, Vinod spent 9 years with Innoven Capital (erstwhile SVB India Finance), ending his stint with the role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the India business. As Managing Director (2014 onwards), Vinod was responsible for Innoven India's venture debt business which included Origination, Portfolio Management and oversight of the Investment team. Prior to joining Innoven Capital in 2008, Vinod worked in Citigroup as part of the Corporate and Investment Banking Group where he managed large Corporate relationships across Auto, Healthcare and Consumer industries besides starting Citigroup's Media lending practice. Prior to Citigroup, Vinod worked in ICICI Bank with stints across Corporate Branding, Rural and Agri Business & Corporate Banking.

Punit brings 12+ years of transaction experience involving both commercial lending and financial consulting for middle-market companies. Prior to joining Alteria Capital, Punit was a Director at InnoVen Capital India (formerly SVB India Finance) where he independently led 75+ venture debt investments in companies like Oyo Rooms, Curefit, Blackbuck, Vedantu, Agrostar amongst others. Prior to InnoVen, Punit worked with the Corporate Banking team in Yes Bank and originated and executed deals in the Media and Entertainment space. He has also worked with HSBC Ltd in India where he was responsible for providing credit facilities to SMEs in Western India, and Ernst & Young where he worked with the Transaction Support Services Department on M&A taxation.