Accelerating the firm's green future
Green Frontier Capital is India's first investment firm that focuses on growth companies which are delivering breakthrough innovation in green industries. These industries include electric mobility, foodtech, agtech, renewable energy, biofuels, waste management, clean water, sustainable lifestyles, etc. The firm's portfolio companies deliver game-changing results to combat climate change and advance the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
Sandiip Bhammer
Founder & Managing Partner
MBA, M.Sc. (Fin.), B.S. (Hons.)
Mr. Bhammer was previously an Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Finance at the Isenberg School of Business at UMass-Amherst. He also served as Co-Portfolio Manager of the DA Capital South-Asia Investment Fund, based in New York. As a veteran investor, Sandiip has a combined 30 years experience in, both, buy and sell side roles within the USA and Asia. He was, formerly, the Portfolio Manager and Head of South-Asia Investments at Balyasny Asset Management, L.P., an Associate Portfolio Manager at Amaranth Advisors LLC, and a senior investment banking executive at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., and CLSA Emerging Markets respectively. Considered a Super Angel by his peers, Sandiip has been an early investor in many successful global green start-ups such as Amogy (USA), AngelList (USA), Clip Bike (USA), Cloud Agronomics (USA), Eat Just (USA), Good Meat (USA), Kingdom Supercultures (USA), Living Carbon (USA), The Newlab Group (USA), Van Leeuwen Ice Cream (USA), Yank Technologies (USA), General Fusion (Canada), Mantel Capture (Canada), Next Gen Foods (Singapore), Umami Bioworks (Singapore), Mootral (Switzerland), Pure Harvest Smart Farms (UAE), Blu-Smart Mobility (India), Jalpak Foods (India) and Upgrid Solutions (India). Sandiip has co-authored India's Green Startups, with Jayant Sinha, Senior Advisor to Green Frontier Capital, published by Juggernaut Books in January 2025. Member, Advisory Board, Oxford India Forum, University of Oxford, England, MB100 (2022) Award Winner, Climate Wisdom Fellow (2023). M.B.A., Johnson School of Management, Cornell University; M.Sc. (Fin.) and B.S. (Hons.) in Business Administration, Carroll School of Management, Boston College; VC Unlocked Program (2023), Stanford University.
Karan Mehta
Venture Principal; SEBI Contact Person
Karan Mehta has 16 years of experience in asset management, with 12 years of direct impact and climate investing at a Switzerland-based asset manager (USD 4.5B AUM) and subsequently at an early-stage climate tech VC in India. He has led deals across energy, water, smart agriculture, alternative proteins, and climate technologies. Holds MSc in Financial Economics (University of Wales, Cardiff) and BBM (Bangalore University). CFA charterholder.
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Karishma Gajaria
Venture Associate
MBA (HBS), CA, CFA Level III passed
Karishma has worked as a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group in the renewable energy, electric mobility, agrochemicals and public sectors across India and the United Arab Emirates. She was also part of the early team at ACT Grants, a COVID-relief venture philanthropy fund initiated by the venture capital and startup ecosystem in India. Most recently, she worked with a Series B startup building cost-effective green hydrogen electrolysers on commercializing the technology, as well as a venture capital fund focused on early-stage clean energy investments in the US. MBA, Harvard Business School; Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (All-India Rank 22); Bachelor of Commerce, Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, University of Mumbai. Karishma has also passed all three levels of the CFA exam held by the CFA Institute.
Apoorva Rathore
Analyst
B.Com.
Apoorva is a Venture Analyst at Green Frontier Capital, where she supports investment research, commercial due diligence and sector analysis across all climate-focused themes. Her work spans market mapping, financial analysis and policy-informed evaluation of early and growth-stage opportunities. Prior to joining Green Frontier Capital, Apoorva was with L.E.K. Consulting, advising investors, regulators, and government bodies on commercial due diligence and strategic assessments. She previously interned at Invest India, where she developed exposure to India's agri-tech innovation and investment landscape. Apoorva holds a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) degree from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi.
Rudra Dalmia
Partner Emeritus
MBA (Cornell), B.A. (Hons.)
Mr. Dalmia is a business leader with over 22 years experience in Fintech, Digital Payments, eCommerce, Real Estate and Asset-backed Private Equity, and Blockchain. Rudra was an Executive Director and CFO of Paytm E-Commerce Pvt Ltd, former Country Head/CEO and MD of Saxo Bank (India), Founder and CEO of a multi-family office advisory firm RD Capital, former Investment Director of GBP 10 Bn PE fund Dawnay Day International, and former Country Head of eBookers Shared Services India. He has also been an Angel Investor in several start-ups such as Phunware (USA), Premfina (UK), Black Insurance (Estonia), Newlab Group LLC (USA) and Launcher (USA). Rudra is currently, the President of Khushii, India's pre-eminent private educational charity/NGO with over 45,000 beneficiaries. M.B.A., Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University; B.A. (Honours) in Business & Economics, SRCC (Delhi University).
Punita Kumar-Sinha
AdvisorFounding Advisor
B.Tech. (IIT Delhi), M.S. (Finance), Ph.D. (Wharton)
Dr. Kumar-Sinha is Chief Investment Officer for Pacific Paradigm Advisors, an independent investment advisory and management firm with a focus on Asian-investing. She is an Independent Director for several companies including Lupin, JSW Steel, Embassy REIT, and Tata Rallis, a Member, Board of Governors at the CFA Institute, and Chairperson, Investment Committee of The CFA Institute and IIT (Delhi). In addition, Dr. Kumar-Sinha is a seasoned Portfolio Manager and investor with 30 years of experience in investment management in emerging and international markets, and well-known expert with regular media appearances on CNBC (India and US), ET NOW (India), and Bloomberg. Formerly, she was SMD at The Blackstone Group and Oppenheimer & Company, managing the largest US-based India fund for 15 years, and former Independent Director for Infosys and Fairfax India Holdings. B.Tech. - IIT (Delhi), M.S. (Finance) and Ph.D. (Empirical Finance) - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Distinguished Alumni Award - IIT (Delhi).
David Belt
AdvisorCo-Founder/Executive Chairman, The Newlab Group, LLC
Newlab is an interdisciplinary space designed to support entrepreneurs working in emerging technologies in NYC and is a public private partnership within the City of New York, which supports over 200 start-ups in a variety of fields including robotics, A.I., urban technology and energy. Mr. Belt was voted one of the top 50 most powerful people in tech in NYC in 2019 by City & State and one of the top 100 most influential people in Brooklyn by Brooklyn Magazine. He is also Founder of Macro Sea, a New York-based real estate development firm that repurposes unused space. Mr. Belt has been a guest lecturer for institutions such as Columbia University, RPI, Penn Design, Community Design Collaborative, the Atlantic Conference, the Venice Biennale and MoMA.
Nishith Desai
AdvisorFounder and Managing Partner, Nishith Desai Associates
Mr. Desai is the Founder of an internationally acclaimed, research-based law firm, Nishith Desai Associates. He pioneered innovation in the Financial Services sector in India and advised the Government of Mauritius and the Government of India in launching their respective offshore financial centers; he has also played a seminal role in structuring several PE funds in addition to structuring several VC funds. His firm has won several accolades most notably being recognized by the Financial Times and RSG Awards as Asia-Pacific's Most Innovative Law Firm in 2017 and India's Most Innovative Law Firm for the past 5 years consecutively.
Tarun Khanna
AdvisorHarvard Business School, Harvard University
Ph.D. (Harvard)
Prof. Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and the first Director of the Lakshmi Mittal & Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University. He is a Board Member of global energy company AES (USA) and adtech group InMobi (Singapore) and a Founding Partner of Axilor Ventures (India). Prof. Khanna received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University.
Jin-Goon Kim
AdvisorFounder, Chairman and CEO, TLGY and LIC
Immediately prior to founding TLGY Holdings, Mr. Kim was with TPG Capital, a leading global private equity firm, where he served as a Partner and Member of its Asia Investment Review Committee. At TPG Capital, Mr. Kim co-led four major transformational investments across China's consumer sector. Before TPG, Mr. Kim served as President of Dell Korea, the Korean affiliate of Dell, and successfully established Dell as a leading player in Korea, where it had struggled previously. Prior to 2002, he served as a VP of Internet Business Capital Corporation, a USA-based early-stage VC firm which founded/participated in early investments in successful ventures including Cambridge Technology Partners and Razorfish. Mr. Kim started his career in 1996 in the Seoul and Boston offices of McKinsey & Company. Mr. Kim earned an MPP from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard College, a diploma from the Hopkins-Nanjing Centre, and an AB in East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Government from Harvard College.
Lim Chuan Poh
AdvisorChairman, Singapore Food Agency
Mr. Lim is the former Chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). Prior to A*STAR, he was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces respectively. He is the inaugural Governing Board Chairman of the Joint Nanyang Technological University/Imperial College Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and also chaired the National Infocomm Security Committee. Mr. Lim received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Mathematics from Cambridge University, his M.B.A. from Cornell University and attended the A.M.P. at Harvard Business School.
Roy Salamé
AdvisorBoard Member, Investor & Entrepreneur
MBA (Finance), B.A. (Economics)
Most recently, before his retirement, Mr. Salamé was the Managing Director and Head of Global Investment Opportunities (GIO) Group at JP Morgan Private Bank, responsible for managing over 100 investment and credit professionals covering over 1,000 clients from five global offices. Previously, Mr. Salamé was Vice-Chairman of Global Commodities at JP Morgan, was Managing Director and Head of Oil, Metals, Mining and Forest Products at Goldman Sachs and former VP and Head of Marketing for the Financial Institutions Group for the Middle East and Africa divisions for Citigroup (New York / Bahrain). He is a Member of the Councilor's Program of the Atlantic Council and Vice-Chair of the Advisory Board for the JP Morgan Center for Commodities at the University of Colorado, Denver. Mr. Salamé received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and his M.B.A. (Finance) from The George Washington University.
San Ling
AdvisorDeputy President & Provost, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ph.D. (Berkeley)
Professor San Ling is also President's Chair in Mathematical Sciences at NTU Singapore. He was the Founding Head of the Division of Mathematical Sciences in the School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (SPMS) upon joining NTU Singapore in April 2005. He was, subsequently, the Chair of the SPMS and Dean of the College of Science. Prof. Ling's research interests are in applications of Algebra and Number Theory. He is VP of the Singapore National Academy of Science and serves on the Management Board of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the NUS. Formerly, Prof. Ling was the President of the Southeast Asian Mathematical Society and the Singapore Mathematical Society. Prof. Ling received his Bachelor and Master of Arts in Mathematics from the Univ. of Cambridge and his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Univ. of California (Berkeley).
Josh Tetrick
AdvisorFounder and CEO, Eat Just Inc. and Good Meat Inc.
Cornell and Michigan Law graduate
Mr. Tetrick is CEO & Co-Founder of Eat Just, Inc., a food technology company with a mission to build a healthier, safer and more sustainable food system. Eat Just created America's fastest-growing egg brand, which is made entirely of plants, and the world's first-to-market meat made from animal cells instead of slaughtered livestock. Prior to founding Eat Just, Mr. Tetrick led a UN business initiative in Kenya and worked for both former President Clinton and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. As Fulbright Scholar, Mr. Tetrick taught schoolchildren in Nigeria and South Africa. He has been named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business, Inc.'s 35 Under 35 and Fortune's 40 Under 40. Mr. Tetrick is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Michigan Law School.
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