
Lifecycle partner for India's New Economy
Trifecta Capital stands beside founders at every stage, extending venture debt, growth equity, and financial solutions advisory, all on a single platform. Trifecta Capital pioneered venture debt in India and remains a market leader in the asset class. The New Economy Index is a market-cap weighted index tracking India's top 50 public new economy companies.
Rahul Khanna
Managing Partner
Rahul co-founded Trifecta Capital in 2014 and established it as a partner of choice for the financial needs of leading startups. He has devoted his career to working with technology startups and helping them scale both as an operator and as an investor. He was part of the pioneering set of VCs who established the investing ecosystem in India in the mid-2000s.
Nilesh Kothari
Managing Partner
Nilesh co-founded Trifecta Capital in 2014 and established it as the leading financing and advisory firm serving leading Indian startups. He has devoted his career to financial management, operating finance, global investing and scaling tech businesses. As an entrepreneur, he has delivered large outcomes to investors across the past 15 years.
Lavanya Ashok
Partner
Lavanya brings deep life cycle growth equity investing experience to the firm. She has deployed funds, mentored portfolio companies through their journey and created healthy exit outcomes for investors in both India and the US. She joined Trifecta Capital to build out its late-stage equity platform, to consolidate its position as the financing partner for the new economy.
Abhishek Gupta
Partner
Abhishek brings in a combination of an operating and an entrepreneurial background to the firm. He has extensive experience in scaling marquee venture capital backed start-ups in India and SEA. He is also an active angel investor and has backed 15+ high quality founders of early stage businesses with capital and strategic advice.
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Deepak Mohan
Partner, Financial Solutions
Arijit Sarkar
Partner
Arijit brings a diverse set of experiences to the firm and its portfolio companies, having worked across multiple domains in financial services, health care and retail. His investments at Trifecta Capital span across health care, mobility, education, consumer brands, fintech and B2B services - both e-commerce and SaaS.
Saurabh Singh
Partner
Saurabh has been involved in the startup ecosystem since his graduation. During this period he set up companies in the healthcare, food-tech and e-commerce domains. He is a prolific risk-taker and revels in exploring new segments for business opportunities.
Abhijit Joshi
Director
Abhijit has been a career banker, with active involvement in the start-up ecosystem for the past 16 years. He has sourced and managed start-up relationships across sectors, by providing a host of financial services covering customised debt offerings, transaction banking services, trade solutions, forex and investment advisory.
Sahil Aggarwal
Director, Credit
Ruchir Shah
Associate Director, Credit
Hemangi Desai
Director
Hemangi has been a seasoned banker all her career with stints across investment banking, corporate banking and debt syndications. More recently, she was part of the founding team setting up the startup coverage bottom up at ICICI Bank. Over the last four years she has extensively partnered with startups being their banker of choice across debt, treasury, trade, forex and investment solutions.
Surbhi Garg
Senior Vice President
Surbhi brings extensive transaction experience to the Trifecta Capital team including structuring and negotiations within diverse regulatory frameworks, both domestic and across the border. She has managed multiple transaction closures across the deal lifecycle (due diligence, documentation & compliance).
Ayush Gupta
Head of Finance
Ayush brings a diverse set of experiences to the firm and its portfolio companies, having worked with a real estate-focused investment fund in his last role. With over 10+ years of industry experience, he has handled a wide range of activities for the firm including fund management, fund governance, investor reporting, fund auditing, investor relations, portfolio management and exit management.
Gaurav Goel
Head Finance - Equity Funds, and Operations
Gaurav brings a diverse set of experiences to the firm having worked in the captive unit of a US based Private Equity Fund and in consulting with a Big4 firm. With over 12 years of experience predominantly in Private Equity, FP&A, Corporate Finance, Audit, and Accounting advisory which entails Fund accounting and auditing, Investor reporting, Business planning, Forecasting, Internal controls and Treasury.
Sahil Kukreja
Vice President
Sahil brings extensive transaction experience to the Trifecta team. He has managed multiple transactions across life cycles as well as exits in the past. He has experience in investing across asset classes including early-stage venture capital, growth stage venture debt, and commercial real estate.
Nevil Kathiria
Senior Associate, Credit
Daivik Raval
Vice President
Daivik brings a diverse set of experiences to the firm, having worked across the domains of growth equity investment, entrepreneurship, investment banking, and capital markets. He has successfully managed multiple equity transactions across various industries.
Atul Satpathy
Associate Vice President
Atul is a start-up enthusiast with a rich experience in Corporate Finance. He is passionate about understanding and working with young, fast-paced start-ups that are innovating and disrupting. Atul was with the Strategic Finance team in OYO Rooms for ~3 years wherein he looked into fund raising, M&A, financial structuring and strategic initiatives.
Pratik Sarawogi
Vice President
Pratik is an investment professional with over 11 years of experience in product, strategy and managing treasuries across a myriad of investment tools like mutual funds, bonds, alternate assets, etc. He has managed and formulated investment strategies for large networks of treasuries while working for iconic goliaths like ICICI Prudential and DSP Investment Managers.
Jayant Singhal
Associate Vice President
Jayant is an Associate Vice President with 5+ years of experience across digital and technology investment banking, having worked with Avendus, EY, and KPMG.
Aakash B T
Analyst
Aakash is an inherently curious and growth-driven professional with a deep fascination for businesses and what makes them thrive. Always eager to learn, he began his journey by collaborating with consumer-focused startups on short-term consulting projects, where he cultivated a keen interest in the dynamic startup ecosystem and its evolving business models.
Arsh Jain
Analyst
Arsh Jain is an Analyst at Trifecta Capital, with three years of prior experience at Bain & Company, where he worked across multiple cost reduction and transformation projects, including G&A optimization, organisational restructuring, and offshoring strategy.
Ishaan Gandhi
Analyst
Ishaan is always on the lookout for disruptive startups and enjoys engaging with founders shaping the next wave of innovation. He comes with over 3.5 years of experience across the lending and funding ecosystem.
Itika
E&S Manager
Itika is passionate about environmental and social impact, with a focus on embedding sustainability into how businesses operate and grow. She brings deep expertise in ESG strategy, behaviour change communication, and sustainability reporting, built across a decade of work spanning development finance, real estate, and professional services.
Shreya Agarwal
Analyst
Shreya is an investment professional with experience across venture debt, equity fundraising, and portfolio management. She began her career with research and risk management roles at CRISIL and EY, before joining Artha Group, where she built IRR-based evaluation models and onboarded 500+ investors across retail, HNI, VC, and family office channels.
Aditya Garg
Analyst
Aditya is naturally curious about the founders and ideas, quietly rewriting the rules of how business gets done. With a genuine passion for the startup ecosystem, he brings young energy to every conversation.
Manan Jain
Associate
Manan is passionate about working with founders and understanding how young businesses grow and scale. His interest in the startup ecosystem began when he helped build and scale Feeding India during its early years.
Vaishnavi Joshi
Associate
Vaishnavi thrives on the energy of the startup ecosystem. She enjoys engaging with founders to understand what they're building and identifying the ways she can add value to their journey.
Deepanshu Kumar
Marketing
Deepanshu leads marketing, events, PR, and content for all verticals of Trifecta Capital. He has led the firm's key ecosystem programs, including, Brew with Builders, Investor Summit, Startup CFO Conclave and Common Ground (VC Mixers), engaging over 500 founders, CFOs, and investors. He has also contributed to LP materials, decks, and other fundraising collateral.
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