Rajeev brings over 23 years of extensive and intensive financial experience across India in growth-stage private equity, investment banking, and M&A. With experience across the lifecycle of investment management, Rajeev is skilled in deal-making, capacity building for scale-up in portfolio companies, governance, and exit management. Most recently he was at FidelisWorld, a US$100 million private equity fund, leading consumer and technology investments in India (with several marquee businesses like Wildcraft, Raw Pressery, Techfront, and Sportz Interactive).

Rajeev was a director on the boards of 5 Indian companies guiding management on business strategy & growth, business development, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder management. He has a strong network and relationships with corporate groups, investment banks & intermediaries, audit firms, and lawyers across Asia for deal sourcing. Before FidelisWorld, Rajeev established the New Delhi investment banking office for Edelweiss Capital and Cipher Capital and was an executive committee member of SMC Capital.

Rajeev started his career with HSBC and DBS as a corporate banker. Rajeev graduated in Economics from the Shriram School of Commerce (SRCC) and has a master’s degree from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He also has an MBA from the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. Currently based in Bangalore, Rajeev speaks English, Hindi, Konkani, and Bengali. A proud husband and father of two, Rajeev enjoys adventure sports, is an avid reader, and unwinds with rock, blues, and pop music of the ‘80s and ‘90s