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2020-2021
2021-2022
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The Backbone

Founder & CEO

Before Campus Fund, Richa co-founded Goodera (backed by Zoom Ventures, Omidyar Network, Elevation Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Binny Bansal amongst others), and also NextGen  -  A Renewable Energy Company in her Dorm Room (supported by RBS Foundation). Richa has served on the Investment Committee of The Creator Fund in UK & Europe. Richa also advised a boutique PE firm headquartered in London, called Blue Knot Partners backed by Relay Investments. Richa has done her MBA from London Business School and has also been recognized as part of the Forbes 30u30 India (2014) & Asia (2016) list, MIT Innovators under 35 India (2016) List and Young Global Leader (2024) by World Economic Forum.

Founder & CEO

Before Campus Fund, Richa co-founded Goodera (backed by Zoom Ventures, Omidyar Network, Elevation Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Binny Bansal amongst others), and also NextGen  -  A Renewable Energy Company in her Dorm Room (supported by RBS Foundation). Richa has served on the Investment Committee of The Creator Fund in UK & Europe. Richa also advised a boutique PE firm headquartered in London, called Blue Knot Partners backed by Relay Investments. Richa has done her MBA from London Business School and has also been recognized as part of the Forbes 30u30 India (2014) & Asia (2016) list, MIT Innovators under 35 India (2016) List and Young Global Leader (2024) by World Economic Forum.

Chief Advisor

Co-founder of HDFC Bank (world's 5th largest by market cap), Bharat has been with HDFC Bank since its inception. Presently he is a Board Member in 3M India, Exide and Strides Pharma.

Director

Bijou is Chairman of the Retail Association of India, and Board Member in BrigadeGroup and LTIMindTree. Previously President of Reliance Retail, COO at Titan, and advisor to LVMH, Premji, World Retail Congress.

Director

Ex MVision Private Equity, Macquarie, BT Financial Group; Michelle is Managing Director at CC Strategic and also holds a Board Member position at Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust.

Director

Phani is the founder of redBus (World’s Largest Online Bus Ticketing company, acquired by Naspers). He is also an Advisor to Westbridge Capital, and a Founding Partner at Kakatiya Sandbox.

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Director

Ex MVision Private Equity, Macquarie, BT Financial Group; Michelle is the Managing Director at CC Strategic and also a Board Member at Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust.

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Director

Phani is the founder of redBus (World’s Largest Online Bus Ticketing company, acquired by Naspers). He is also an Advisor to Westbridge Capital, and a Founding Partner at Kakatiya Sandbox.

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Director

Srivathsala is the founder of 3 companies and an Independent Director at Sobha Limited. She is a  certified financial planner, strategic business advisor,  and an angel investor.

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Chief Administrative Officer

Manjesh is a Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA), Company Secretary (CS). He has previously worked with Goodera, Sobha Developers and also founded a Finance Consulting firm. Manjesh is an MBA from National University of Singapore.

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Investments

Anuj founded a B2B trading house for lab-grown diamonds, and led India investments for Rise Capital (Tiger Cub). He is an IIT Kharagpur graduate and has worked with Entrepreneur First, Kalaari Capital, Axis Capital, Housing.com, and is also a certified sky-diver.

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Growth & Investments

Sanket is a State Level Cricket and Table Tennis Player. He previously worked with TheCapitalNet (CRM for VCs), and in his Real Estate Engineering Family Business post his BTech at Manipal University.

Director

Srivathsala is the founder of 3 companies and an Independent Director at Sobha Limited. She is a  certified financial planner, entrepreneur, strategic business advisor, angel investor and start-up expert.

Chief Administrative Officer

Manjesh is a Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA), Company Secretary (CS). He worked with Goodera, Sobha Developers and previously founded a Finance Consulting firm, and is an MBA graduate from NUS.

Growth & Investments

Sanket is a State Level Cricket and Table Tennis Player. He previously worked with TheCapitalNet (CRM for VCs), and in his real estate engineering family business post his BTech at Manipal University.

Founder's Office

A recent graduate from IIT Bombay - Mokshit previously worked as a Student Investment Associate at Campus Fund, with internships at SGVerse (Singapore Web 3 Investor), KPMG, Oyo, and DB.

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Founder's Office

A recent graduate from IIT Bombay - Mokshit previously worked as a Student Investment Associate at Campus Fund, with internships at SGVerse (Singapore Web 3 Investor), KPMG, Oyo, and DB.

Executive Assistant

Nirja is a commerce graduate with 3 years of experience in financial content writing, working as a virtual assistant and will soon be appearing for her CA finals.

Executive Assistant

Nirja is a commerce graduate with 3 years of experience in financial content writing, working as a virtual assistant and will soon be appearing for her CA finals.

Chief Advisor

Co-founder of HDFC Bank (world's 5th largest by market cap), Bharat has been with HDFC Bank since its inception. Presently he is a Board Member at 3M India, Exide, Strides Pharma and HDFC Credila.

Director

Bijou is the Chairman of the Retail Association of India, Advisor to Premji Invest and World Retail Congress, Board Member at Brigade Group, LTIMindTree and many others. Previously President of Reliance Retail, COO at Titan, and an Advisor to LVMH.

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Director

Kartik is a Professor at Wharton with his research work focussing on AI and Digital Economy. He is a serial entrepreneur having founded Yodle Inc (acq. by Web.com for $342M), SmartyPal Inc, and JumpCut Media. He graduated from BITS Pilani and did his MPhil & PhD from Carnegie  Mellon.

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