Overview

Gender

male

Investor Stage

Early stage Venture,Venture

Anand is a member of the founding team of Z3Partners and is responsible for leading investments and portfolio management. He has over 12 years of experience across operations, strategy, investment banking and venture capital.

Prior to joining Z3Partners, Anand was a Principal in the investing team at IvyCap Ventures, focusing on early stage investments in India consumer and technology enabled businesses. Before starting his career as an investor, Anand was a part of the core Management Team at Pepperfry and headed up Category Management (P&L). During his stint as Business Head for Home Categories, Anand transformed the business to achieve breakeven at an operational level, while maintaining high levels of customer experience and buyer retention. Prior to this, Anand headed up the Strategy function at Pepperfry, where he worked closely with the founder to raise $170M across 3 rounds of fundraising. Anand started his career in Investment Banking with Lazard and Avendus Capital. Anand holds a Master’s degree in Finance from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Narsee Monjee College, University of Mumbai.