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Shahan Sud is an Investment Manager at JAFCO Asia. He is responsible for co-building JAFCO Asia in India. He is managing end-to-end investments in the Indian geography and is responsible for JAFCO Asia’s investments in India, together with the South Asia team.
Prior to joining JAFCO Asia, he worked with Indian Angel Network (IAN) and AnandRathi Advisors.

As a passionate trend analyst and columnist, he actively authors thought pieces on consumer trends, Indian economy and the start-up ecosystem. Some of his notable insights have been published in Business Standard, HT Mint, The Economic Times, CNBC TV18 and VCCircle, among others. In addition to these editorials, he is frequently quoted by DealStreetAsia, Financial Times, Business Insider India and Nikkei Asia.He tweets at @shahan_sud Shahan has a bachelor's degree in Economics (Honours) from Christ University, Bengaluru.