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.
Passionate about all things startups – Akhil is a founding member of the Supply Chain Labs fellowship and fund. He has worked on evangelizing the program and onboarding various partners like corporates, fellow investors, mentors and supply chain experts.
As part of the core team of SCL, Akhil drives market thesis building, sourcing and evaluating startups for the fellowship and fund.
Akhil is a Bsc. in economics and finance from Ashoka University. In his free time, he likes to read, write, go for a run, play chess, or spend some quality time with his family and friends.
Daksh is an Investment Analyst at Supply Chain Labs. Passionate about the supply chain space, he enjoys solving complex problems and analysing businesses from a variety of perspectives.
Lalit has 25 years of experience across key functions like Investment Banking, Transaction Advisory, Financial Planning & Analysis.
His prior experiences include senior positions with leading organizations like SRF Finance, PWC, HCL Comnet, and Genpact. He is a Chartered Accountant from the ICAI and Cost Accountant from the Institute of Cost & Works accountants of India.
Prajakt has been a participant in the startup eco-system since 2004, when he had taken a sabbatical to be the director of TiE Asia. His personal goal in life is to encourage and assist a 100,000 people to become entrepreneurs.
Previously, he was Vice President at Indian Angel Network and Asia Director for The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE). Prajakt also co-founded Orange Cross and was a founding member of Idealake Technologies.
Prajakt’s book, ‘Starting Up & Fund Raising’, helps entrepreneurs understand the perspective of investors and the building blocks of a business.
Ankur Bansal is the Co-founder and Director of debt fund, BlackSoil Capital.
Prior to co-founding BlackSoil, Ankur was with JP Morgan, where he led and successfully managed deals such as JSW Energy IPO, Persistent Systems IPO, and Axis Bank, among others. He has also been associated with the CitiGroup, where he had completed over two dozen capital market transactions.
Ashish is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of GrowX Ventures, a venture firm that invests in entrepreneurs building tech focused B2B companies in India (with a bias towards deep/ emerging technologies) to solve hard, real-world problems.
Over the years, GrowX has backed 38 teams leveraging technology to build disruptive businesses. Few of the investments include Locus (Automating supply chain decisions); Fynd (Helping consumer brands leveraging technology); Ziploan (building easier access to working capital loans for MSMEs); Quandl (building a data marketplace); Pixxel (building a constellation of nano-satellites); Wellthy (developing digital therapeutics platform), RACE (building EV infrastructure specifically for 2/3W segment) and many other market creators.
Ashish has led investments in a wide range of sectors including technology, financial services, tech-enabled marketplaces, and renewable energy, and sits on the Board of multiple firms.
Prior to GrowX, Ashish was the Country Manager at Vertex in India (private equity backed – Oak Hill Capital, GenNx360), and was responsible for managing business growth and service delivery. Ashish was the part of the start team at Vertex, responsible for managing project transition and enterprise quality, scaled to 2,500+ strong organization.
Before Vertex, Ashish spent a few years in management consulting with Accenture/ Andersen consulting and led various assignments for leading Indian business groups covering strategy, business process reengineering, and large-scale ERP implementations.
Ashish is a Chartered Accountant and has participated in the Executive Management Program at IIM Ahmedabad.
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.
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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