Alteria Capital India Fund I

Ankit has been part of the Venture Lending space since early days of the Venture ecosystem in India. Ankit carries over 11 years of experience in managing and leading Venture Debt investments including leading equity investments into portfolio companies. At Alteria Capital, Ankit has led various investments including Dealshare, Good Glamm Group, Pratilipi, Jumbotail, Wizfreight, Alpha Vector, Exotel, Cars24, Believe, Loadshare, Supertails, Superbottoms, Early Salary among others. Prior to joining Alteria Capital as Partner, Ankit was a Director at InnoVen Capital India (formerly SVB India Finance) where he led 100+ venture debt investments in companies like Firstcry, Eruditus, Boat, Licious, Dailyhunt, Medgenome, Ofbusiness amongst others. Ankit also helped set up and support InnoVen's lending business in South East Asia in its early days.

Ajay is one of the early pioneers of the Indian venture industry. He has worked with startups for more than 20 years. He was acknowledged as being among 'The 40 Who Matter in the Indian Start-up Ecosystem' and among 'Top 100 Leaders shaping finance across Asia' by LiveMint and FintechAsia respectively. Ajay developed India's first Venture Debt program in 2005 when he created a path-breaking lending group within Citibank to lead the first of several debt deals ever done for startups in the country. He leveraged that experience to launch InnoVen Capital, formerly known as SVB India Finance, the country's first specialty venture debt business in 2007. Following a buyout of the business in 2015, Ajay led the Group's expansion into Singapore and China. Ajay left InnoVen in 2017 to start Alteria Capital along with co-founder Vinod Murali.

Jinal is Director, Finance and Head of Investor Relations at Alteria Capital. She is responsible for managing finance, operations, taxation, treasury and investor relations. Prior to joining Alteria, Jinal was a Vice President at InnoVen Capital and has extensive experience in finance and operations. Jinal has also worked with Haribhakti & Co., one of the country's largest accounting and auditing firms as a part of their risk assurance practice where she led and managed projects for due diligence, internal audits, concurrent audits, process reviews as well as business outsourcing assignments.

Previously Associate Director at Northern Arc Capital (origination, financial institutions sector). Before that, at EY's Restructuring and Turnaround team, working on some of India's largest IBC cases. Also worked at a boutique investment firm in Delhi. MBA; CFA Level 2.

Focuses on investments in financial services, food & beverages, consumer packaged goods, and durables. Previously on the investment team at InnoVen Capital (20+ investments). Began career at PwC's regulatory services practice, advising banks, NBFCs, funds, and payment companies. Graduate of the London School of Economics and Fergusson College, Pune.