Colossa Ventures

Ashu is a successful leader with over 3 decades of experience in Indian financial services and the global information services sector. She is currently the Founder & CEO of Colossa Ventures, a unique investments ecosystem that powers women-focused businesses with capital, capability, and confidence building. Colossa's first fund, Colossa WomenFirst Fund, aims to invest in disruptive, category-defining, scalable businesses founded/co-founded by women entrepreneurs. Ashu is an independent director on the Boards of Hindustan Unilever Limited, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited, Tata Elxsi, and the National Institute of Securities Market. Prior to setting up Colossa, Ashu was the Managing Director & CEO of CRISIL Limited (2015-2021), and a member of the Global Operating Committee of S&P Global Inc.

She has a career of over two decades across manufacturing, consulting and investment management. Having spent over 21 years in Venture Capital and Private Equity industry, Vandana has established herself as a distinguished investment professional. She has adeptly overseen portfolios surpassing USD 300 mn Cr across various sectors, significantly enhancing their value and delivering top quartile returns to her investors. Vandana has been successful in identifying opportunities ahead of the curve and led transformative investment strategies as Investment Director, ICICI Ventures and Director (Investments) at Aditya Birla Private Equity. She laid the foundation for Aditya Birla Ventures and has been working with startups as an independent consultant assisting them in strategic initiatives and raising funds. Her investment expertise spans the financial services, consumer, healthcare and technology sectors.

Six years of experience in financial services including incubation of tech focused startups

Khush Trivedi has three years of experience in research, fundraising, and M&A for startups.