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Ashish joined Kalaari as an Investment Associate in 2014 and focuses on investment opportunities in Mobile, Internet, E-commerce, and Education companies. At Kalaari, he is actively involved in sourcing new opportunities and helping existing portfolio companies. Some of the noted portfolio firms he works with includes - Zivame, Vyome, AppsDaily, Via, Crowdfire, Holachef, Cashkaro, Truebil, RKSV

Prior to joining Kalaari, Ashish co-lead efforts at Mumbai Angels, where he analyzed seed stage ventures across Mobile, Internet, and E-Commerce. He was responsible for deal sourcing, investment evaluation, execution, and portfolio management. Before Mumbai Angels, he started his career with focus on BFSI and front trading technology platforms with MCX & FT Group. There he worked with product teams for the earliest web-based and mobile based front end trading applications in India.

He received his MBA (Honors) in Finance, Strategy and Entrepreneurship from IE Business School, Spain. He did his Bachelors of Engineering (IT) from Mumbai University. Ashish is originally from Mumbai, India.