SCL FUND
SCL Fund invests in startups disrupting supply chain
We are an early-stage and growth stage fund with a focus on startups that have innovative, tech-enabled products and solutions for optimizing supply chain, warehousing and logistics.
Supply Chain Labs is supported by Partners from Lumis, an Operating Investment firm with deep focus on global supply chain and logistics.
A global leader, Lumis portfolio companies work globally with 70 of the Fortune 500 companies.
We are committed to supporting and partnering with visionary founders who share our passion for solving complex problems with global relevance. We invest in and nurture startups whose solutions can create extraordinary impact and in the process create tremendous value at scale.
Akhil is an Analyst at Lumis. He joined Lumis in June 2018, having previously interned with them in the summer of 2017. Akhil works on enriching the Supply Chain and Logistics portfolio, looking at companies across geographies. He has a keen eye for distinguishing and identifying distinct business models.
Ashutosh is a Vice President at Lumis Partners. Ashutosh is the Domain Leader for the Supply Chain portfolio of Lumis. He has a dual role of Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis. In the Portfolio Management role, he helps in building expansion strategies, developing sales & marketing processes and in M&A. In the Investment Analysis role, Ashutosh is actively involved in investment evaluation, financial analysis, structuring, documentation, review of contracts etc.
He is respected among the entrepreneur community, specialist advisors in technology domain and investment bankers.
Prajakt is the founder of Applyifi, Managing Partner at Let’s Accelerate and the founding partner of The Growth Labs
Before starting Applyifi, Prajakt was the head of operations at IAN, founding member of a leading incubator, and the Asia-Director for TiE (2004 – 2007). Previously Prajakt had co-founded Orange Cross, a healthcare services company, and was part of the founding team member of Idealake Technologies. While in college Prajakt had founded a printing business and has spent over 10 years working in leading advertising agencies.
Prajakt’s book, ‘Starting Up & Fund Raising’, helps startups understand an investor’s perspective, and helps them improve their odds of getting funded. The book also helps entrepreneurs understand the building blocks of a business.
Rohit is Managing Partner and co-Founder of Lumis Partners. He has been working across a global footprint, in creating strategies & building a synergistic portfolio of businesses for the Firm, whose philosophy is – investing, building and scaling Managed Services Companies in domains with fragmented value chains. Rohit’s background has been in running technology & services businesses; managing M&As; and leading large Initiatives.
Frank is a senior advisor to a leading global consulting firm and to C-Suite executives on major cost transformations and business development. He specializes in creating and executing cost transformation strategies that are an integral part of challenging business transformations. Over the past five years, Frank has also been an educator and coach to senior executives from one of the largest global consulting firms at their symposiums on how to develop strong relationships with C-suite executives and win new business.
Narayan brings on board more than 24 years of experience across diverse portfolios like general management as well as sales & marketing.
A seasoned entrepreneur, Narayan was also the Founder and CEO of Denave, India’s largest technology powered sales enabling services company, prior to forming Power2SME. He continues as a Board Member at Denave.
Vineet Joined TCI in 1996 as the Executive Director after completing his Bachelor of Science in Economics and Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University, USA & has held various finance and management roles within the company.
Under his leadership, TCI has adapted to new technologies and work systems to grow from strength to strength. He has played a key role in orienting the organization to move from being a mere trucking company to evolve as one of Asia’s foremost integrated supply chain solutions provider.
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