The firm works with small businesses that are looking to start-up, scale-up or turn around.
Founded in 2013, CBA Capital is an Impact focused investment management firm. The firm focuses on empowering young start-ups and works with them to make them sustainable. Apart from helping them scale-up, the firm ensures that they also make a positive impact on the society. The firm also offers financial advice and complete investment management for investors, domestic or foreign, who want to invest in the impact space. These investments intend to generate measurable social and environmental impact alongside a solid financial return. The firm currently manages two Education Funds.
Ashwin Bhatia
Contact Person / Founder
Ashwin Bhatia is the SEBI-designated contact person for Education Catalyst Trust, an education-focused Category II AIF registered in April 2017 at Bandra East, Mumbai.
Amit Ratanpal
PARTNER
Chartered Accountant, Executive MBA (NMIMS)
Amit is responsible for origination efforts at ECF. He was a founder Director at Kaizen - the first education focused investment manager in India. Amit has 15 years of experience in investment management starting with ICICI Bank. Amit is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds an Executive MBA degree from NMIMS.
Bhavesh Hemani
COO
Chartered Accountant
Bhavesh brings 15 years of PQE with Private Equity funds as head of Funds and Finance. His areas of experience include fund management, deal execution, investor relations and financial management. Prior to joining CBA, Bhavesh was Director at Lok Capital. Bhavesh is a Chartered Accountant and becoming a CFA.
Vishal Bharat
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
Vishal is an advisor and investor in small businesses. He has more than 25 years of experience in financial services industry including impact investing and SME financing. He has experience in promoter management, business planning, financial planning and corporate governance.
Praveen Prasad
INVESTMENT ANALYST
Praveen holds a Master's Degree in Finance from Goa Institute of Management. Earlier, he has worked at Infosys and a start-up where he worked on software testing. At CBA he actively manages various portfolio companies.
Rimzhim Mathur
INVESTMENT ANALYST
Rimzhim Mathur is an Investment Analyst at CBA, managing investments in the Education and Skilling sector companies. She hails from Delhi and holds an Integrated Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Indore. She has a keen interest in music and dance and holds a diploma in Kathak and Tabla.
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Geeta Goel
AdvisorICOM MEMBER
Geeta is the India CEO of Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. She manages the strategy and implementation of the foundation's work in India in areas of Education and Family Economic Stability. In 2017, Business Today called Geeta one of India's 30 Most Powerful Women in Impact. She is an alumni of the IIM (A) and Lady Shri Ram College (Delhi).
Gopalkrishna Kulkarni
AdvisorICOM MEMBER
Gopal is a serial entrepreneur, currently on his third venture. He has 25 years' experience in operations and leadership positions in multinationals like GE and BP. Over the past 15 years he has set-up and run 4 enterprises. Currently managing a mid-budget hospitality company in an asset light model. He is an engineer/MBA from IIT/IIM.
S Viswanatha Prasad
AdvisorICOM MEMBER
M.S. in Management Studies (BITS Pilani)
Prasad founded Caspian Advisors (currently $150M AUM) in 2004. He has a demonstrated exit track record in the impact space in India. He serves on several ICom of impact funds around the World like Prospero Microfinance. Earlier Prasad was CEO of Basix, a leading MFI in India. Prasad holds a M.S. in Management Studies from BITS, Pilani.
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