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
Serial entrepreneurs with 100+ years of
combined entrepreneurial experience.
Gireendra Kasmalkar
Managing Partner
Busy building businesses in novel niches.
Enjoys learning from books, people, and
travel.
Sandeep Chawda
Managing Partner
Passionate about building products & scaling organizations. An avid value investor at heart.
Madhukar Bhatia
Managing Partner
Technologist at heart. Expert in scalable and modular architectures. Fascinated by cameras and lenses.
Ashok Mayya
Managing Partner
Tech Entrepreneur, rich leadership
experience in scaling products. Ashok
will be the Managing partner for
Pentathlon in the US.
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.
Navjeet Kumar
Principal
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.
Praneet Parameshwar
Analyst
An analyst with sharp investment instincts; Praneet strengthens sourcing, diligence, and founder-first decision making.
Saurabh Lahoti
Founding Partner
Ace investment manager of early-stage
startups. Enjoys bringing structure to
chaos.
Shashank Deshpande
Founding Partner
Expert at product-market fit and design-
driven innovation for startups. Enjoys
identifying patterns and trends.
Hemant Joshi
Founding Partner
Champion of customer relations and
global transformation of startups. Keen
interest in birding.
- Our Strategic Minds
The Advisors Behind Our Success
A carefully selected advisory board helps Pentathlon make it’sÂ
evaluations more accurate, and it’s support to partners more valuable.
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.
Abhishant Pant
Abhishant Pant is the founder of The
Fintech meetup, India’s largest early-
stage Fintech ecosystem.
Monish Darda
Technologist with deep expertise; Monish propels scalable innovation, global growth, and transformative business impact.
Ajit Mayya
A tech entrepreneur with expertise in
scaling businesses. Ajit will be the founding partner for Pentathlon in the US.