SCL Fund invests in startups disrupting supply chain

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.

Ashutosh founded Guardian Pharmacy in India in 2003 and built it into India's second largest Pharmacy Chain. He exited from the business in 2016.

Ashutosh currently hosts the very successful video and podcast series titled “The Brand Called You – Converse with the Future” (www.tbcy.in) bringing the stories of successful entrepreneurs, professionals and senior corporate leaders to thousands of listeners.

He is a certified Business Coach and coaches / mentors several CEO’s in India on business matters, governance, strategic planning, succession planning, personal accountability, people and culture issues.

Digbijoy leads the startup BD function at Amazon Internet Services to drive adoption of cloud infrastructure for VC/Angel/Accelerator backed companies in India.

Girish is an Angel Investor and Business Intelligence Evangelist with over 23 yrs of diverse experience in IT consulting, Telecom, Media and Financial Services..

Murali comes with leadership experience in both structured and entrepreneurial environments in managing operations and building businesses in Energy, Power, Renewables and Infrastructure space.

Prior to Azure Power, Murali, co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Ostro Energy and oversaw the deployment of $280 mn equity capital raised from global PE Actis for the development and execution of 1100 MW renewable energy capacity. Prior to Ostro, Murali also co-founded Orange Renewable where he steered the enterprise from start-up stage into a profitable company, together with developing and executing projects of 180 MW capacity on Build-Own-Operate basis. Earlier, Murali worked with Indiabulls Power as COO where he executed the Group’s vision and strategy to become a serious IPP in the Power sector. Prior to this, Murali worked in Schlumberger in various field and management positions.

Murali holds a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.

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.

A consummate global executive, Neeraj’s career spans 24 years with a demonstrated history of transitioning businesses from pre-revenue to positive ROI.

Salil is an accomplished executive with broad based experience of over two decades. Proactive, adaptive, entrepreneurial and energetic team leader known for his ability to innovate, envision and create successful outcomes in complex and highly competitive business situations. He also has lead the following roles: Ex-COO of Dish TV, ex-CEO of HOOQ India and ex COO of UPBG, a Voltas company

Sameer is a Seasoned Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI) Industry professional with 20 years of progressive experience in successfully starting new businesses & managing established businesses. He has worked across diverse business functions & multiple geographies while successfully enhancing firms capabilities.

Sandeep is a VP at Capgemini Invent India, he focuses on BU's strategy and implementation using the near shore and offshore capabilities. His helps Invent India by strengthening their go to market as well as readiness to serve using scaled delivery options.

Sreevathsa is scaling Servify as it's Founder & CEO. Servify raised its Series B round funding in 2019. Sreevathsa is also a minority shareholder of B2X India. He also actively is mentoring and promoting tech startup ecosystem in India

Suman's core competency is to groom and mentor next-generation leaders, create new breakthrough opportunities and drive outstanding business growth. He is passionate about achieving gender diversity and providing equal opportunity to all.

Vishesh is a dedicated entrepreneur accomplished in concept development, feasibility analysis and securing the funding necessary for over the last 5 years founded 3 Venture funded startups with successful exits. He has raised about 10 Million over 3 rounds of Funding. And is actively Involved with Top Venture Capitalists.

Apart from that, Vishesh has also guided the development, production, promotion and financial aspects. Worked with stakeholders to drive product and service definition and design.

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.

Neeraj’s career spans 24 years with a demonstrated history of transitioning businesses from pre-revenue to positive ROI. A consummate global executive, Neeraj's previous stint was as the CEO of DHL Smart Tracking.

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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