The Start-up Journey is Hard and Lonely.
We Know, Because We've Been Through It.
We believe entrepreneurship is the way to harness technology's true potential, and
we believe we can be of help.
- Our team of Entrepreneaurs
With a Combined Experience
of 100+ Years
combined entrepreneurial experience.
Gireendra Kasmalkar
Managing Partner
Busy building businesses in novel niches.
Enjoys learning from books, people, and
travel.
Sandeep Chawda
Managing Partner
Madhukar Bhatia
Managing Partner
Saurabh Lahoti
Managing Partner
Ace investment manager of early-stage
startups. Enjoys bringing structure to
chaos.
Ashok Mayya
Managing Partner
Tech Entrepreneur, rich leadership
experience in scaling products. Ashok
will be the Managing partner for
Pentathlon in the US.
Hemant Joshi
Founding Partner
Champion of customer relations and
global transformation of startups. Keen
interest in birding.
Shashank Deshpande
Founding Partner
Expert at product-market fit and design-
driven innovation for startups. Enjoys
identifying patterns and trends.
Navjeet Kumar
Assistant Vice President
With a Dual Degree in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Bombay and AI/robotics Experience, offers a unique perspective to venture capital. Passionate about supporting innovative entrepreneurs to bring groundbreaking
ideas to life.
Abhinav Mahipal
Senior Associate
A startup enthusiast seeking visionary founders with a blend of financial foresight and innovation. Let’s connect,
transform ideas into fortunes.
Ajit Mayya
Venture Partner
A tech entrepreneur with expertise in
scaling businesses. Ajit will be the founding partner for Pentathlon in the US.
Anandsagar Shiralkar
Venture Partner
A Pune-based startup enthusiast who has founded 7 companies and invested in over 10, driven by his mission to create a positive impact.
Samir Karande
Founding Partner
A seasoned technology builder and team leader who has helped hundreds
of startups scale their products and led Fortune 100 customers and unicorn startups.
Pravin Patil
Venture Partner
A versatile professional with a passion
for entrepreneurship, technology
leadership, investing, and advising. He
brings a wealth of expertise to help
businesses thrive and succeed.
- Our Strategic Minds
The Advisors Behind Our Success
evaluations more accurate, and it’s support to partners more valuable.
Shirish Deodhar
Serial entrepreneur with a history of
founding and scaling multiple
companies.
Martin Umaran
Responsible for Globant’s mergers and
acquisitions process. Exemplary
experience of seeding a company.
Mohan Kumar
Mohan manages the growth stage B2B
fund at Avataar Ventures. Was
Managing Partner at NVP.
Pravin Bhalerao
Pravin is a financial wizard – started
Pranitya Wealth, earlier Finest Wealth
that managed assets for HNIs.
Abhishant Pant
Abhishant Pant is the founder of The
Fintech meetup, India’s largest early-
stage Fintech ecosystem.
Shantanu Deshpande
