Gemba Capital - Trust II

Adith has a total of 21+ years of work experience. Started his career with ICICI Bank as the Product Manager for Alternates in the International Private Banking Division. In 2007, he started his first venture in the F&B space called Crepeteria. Raised seed funding and grew it to 3 cities and multiple franchisees. Post exiting Crepeteria, Adith joined a boutique investment bank, where he learnt the fundamentals of investing and analysing companies. In 2014, he joined the investment team at Motilal Oswal PE Fund. 4 years at the private equity fund with 2 growth stage investments and 2 successful exits, laid the foundation of Gemba Capital. Adith has invested in 50+ startups over the years. He brings a mix of growth stage investing, early stage investing and IB experience along with himself being an Operator and an Entrepreneur. Adith has followed an unconventional path and has been a risk taker. His style of investing is more about assessing Founder Market Fit and directional tailwinds in the market. Besides investing and reading, he enjoys music, movies, travel and food.

Govind hails from a traditional Indian business community and has completed a full circle as an early-stage investor, startup operator, and Principal at Gemba Capital. He is passionate about Consumer Internet, Agri-tech, and FinTech. Most recently he was VP at Upscalio (joined as 5th employee; grew to 300+ employees and INR 300 Cr+ revenue in 2 years), where he led 7 M&A transactions and managed integration for 5 acquired consumer brands. Before that, he spent 5+ years at Contrarian Capital (seed-stage VC), leading end-to-end investments including Pratilipi (Series C+), Progcap (partial exit at 20x MOIC), Signzy (exit at 3x), SquadStack (Series B+), Minjar (exit at 3x), and Zvolv (Series A+). Earlier, he worked at the family office of the ex-MD of Castrol India, with exits in First Energy (3x) and Xoxoday (30x). MBA and CFA.

Kamini is a founding team member of Gemba Capital, with 10 years of overall experience and 6+ years in early-stage investing. She focuses on SaaS, HealthTech, and Consumer Tech and plays an active role in building sectoral thesis and writing investment blogs. Prior to Gemba, she was an Associate at Axilor Ventures (SaaS and Enterprise Tech) and a Business Analyst at Indus Valley Partners (technology solutions for global PE and hedge funds). She began her career in EdTech, including as part of the early team at BYJU's (content creation, product development, and Chemistry teaching for engineering entrance exams). Holds an MMS in Finance from JBIMS and B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from NIT Nagpur. Has completed 7 high-altitude Himalayan treks and a full Tata Mumbai Marathon.