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.

Rohit Bhayana is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Lumis. He deeply epitomizes Lumis’ philosophy – solving complex problems which are globally relevant, at scale, by leveraging India’s deep foundations in talent, technology, data, demographics, and frugal innovation.

Passionate about the intersection of fragmented value chains, communities and technology, Rohit has been in the thick of Lumis’ focus areas – Supply-chain Labs, Aging, Future of Work, and Food Security. He and the team at Lumis have been taking a ‘Build-Buy-Invest’ approach to create value with purpose in collaboration with exceptional entrepreneurs and management teams.

Rohit believes we haven’t even seen the tip of consumption of services on technology. The largest demographics are marginalized on technology, be it SMEs, Elders or Rural – and the headroom is so large that few decacorns will be built on the back of serving these segments.

Before co-founding Lumis, Rohit held the position of CEO at GE Software Solutions. His career at GE traversed multiple businesses. Prior to GE, Rohit worked with HCL Corporation, and Cadence Design Systems.

Rohit is a postgraduate from the London School of Economics and an Engineer in Computer Science from Delhi University.

An avid reader, Rohit enjoys collecting original manuscripts, travelling and running.

Sandeep Sinha is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Lumis.

Sandeep is an operator-investor, with a clear focus on Build-Buy-Invest approach to deliver market leading returns along with building purposeful businesses.

Sandeep is committed to the world of education and work, backing innovative business models disrupting the world of education and learning; work and livelihood; inner wellness and overall development of human potential to live a fulfilled life.

At Lumis, Sandeep has set an audacious goal to build Work10M platform, an initiative focused on co-creating 10M work opportunities across India by 2030.

Sandeep is equally passionate about the world of entrepreneurship and has been working on alternate funding models to support entrepreneurs. At Lumis, Sandeep has been leading charge in building debt based solutions to support entrepreneurs allowing them to scale their business with alternate source of capital.

Over the last decade, Sandeep has worked hands-on with some of the most promising Lumis portfolio companies, including – PeopleStrong, Wheebox, Sheroes, Talentedge, Awign and Unilodgers. Sandeep is also on the investment committee of Stride Ventures, a venture debt fund backed by Lumis.

Sandeep has been an integral part of the ‘National Skills Committee’ and Co-Chair of ‘TiE Education SIG’ which is a platform that brings to the forefront discussions on the opportunities in the Education sector, the bottlenecks that entrepreneurs face and solutions and methods to overcome the same.

Prior to Lumis, Sandeep worked as the Senior Director for 3Com Technologies and was a part of the global technology leadership program at General Electric. Sandeep completed his undergraduate studies in Computer Science from the Delhi Institute of Technology followed by Master’s from the London School of Economics.

Sneha takes up the responsibility of Investor Relations at Lumis.

At Lumis, Sneha also handles corporate communications and marketing. She has been passionately running marketing strategies and ensuring that lumis’ synergies are well with various partners in the industry.

She also contributes by diligently working closely with Lumis’ portfolio companies. Her assistance and hard work helps these companies execute their marketing and PR strategies.

Prior to her association with Lumis, Sneha was part of Zomato’s International Operations Team for 5 years, where she actively led global cross functioning teams. She has a strong experience in content management, localisation, social media marketing that she undertook across markets of US, Canada, Australia, Turkey, UAE & The Philippines. Sneha has also worked at SHEROES, as a Product Marketer, where she was an active team player and catered to the world’s largest community for women.

Sneha has a BTECH in Computer Science, and has been a motivated volunteer with AIESEC in Russia & Taiwan.

Madhvi is an experienced Finance Planning and Analysis Manager, responsible for Financial Modelling, Business Development Plans Preparation and Tracking. She also helps portfolio start-ups to raise capital for meeting their short term and long term Capital needs and scaling them, managing the PE fund and Portfolio companies MIS, cash flow, IRR and drive operational efficiency. Madhvi aslo assists the portfolio start-ups in managing the Due diligence and Valuations for all deals. At Lumis, she is also involved in Investor relations and fund raising.

Madhvi is a Chartered Accountant, holding a degree in M.com and Certificate in Business Management from IIT Delhi.

A nature lover, Madhvi likes travelling and meeting new people. Additionally, she is an avid fan of reading books and cultural activities.

Richa is a lawyer with over 7 years of experience in corporate and commercial law.

Primarily a transactions lawyer, Richa has been involved in numerous complex domestic and cross border transactions and has considerable experience in due diligence, drafting documentation and negotiation of PE, VC, M&A transactions.

Before joining Lumis Partners, Richa has worked at law firms in Mumbai and NCR such as Solicis Lex, New Delhi Law Offices and Alpha Rajan & Partners, where she has worked on transactions, general corporate and commercial advisory, corporate  litigation and insolvency matters.

At her time with New Delhi Law Offices, Richa has also worked rigorously with the consulting team on advising overseas clients on their entry strategy in India.

Richa holds a degree in B.A.LL.B from Law College Dehradun. She is a member of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa and is a GDPR Practitioner certified by Copenhagen Compliance-Global GRC Solutions since July 2019.

A first generation lawyer, Richa takes pleasure in travelling, reading and enjoying good music.

Saumyajit has been playing industry leading roles specifically in the eldercare space for over a decade now. With diverse experience spanning over 19 years across technology, real estate development, alternate assets – education & healthcare growth, and senior care, SR blends multi-industry knowledge and best of business process design. His passion for elder care and the product design construct of Emoha emerges from his personal experiences of taking care of his parents, in-laws, and years of working with elders across the country.

Saumyajit holds a B.Tech. (Urban Planning) degree from School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi (1st Rank) and an MBA (Marketing and Finance) from ISB, Hyderabad (Young Leader Awardee). Being actively involved in industry advocacy, he is currently the co-chair of the CII Task Force on Senior Care and the founding board member of the Association of Senior Living India. Saumyajit has been a founding member of the award winning Antara Senior Living, a part of the Max India group before turning into an entrepreneur.

Neha Sinha is a dementia specialist and has gained international recognition for creating dementia services in India. Initial work stint of Neha was as a counselor with Sanjivini, a Delhi based non governmental organisation for Mental Health. Thereafter she joined hands with Epoch Elder Care homes as the Head of Operations and later she became the CEO of Epoch Elder Care homes. Epoch Elder Care is India’s experts in Dementia and Assisted Living for elders.

Neha has been passionate about working for the elderly and is committed to bring a difference in the field of dementia and elder care in India. Since childhood, Neha has been influenced by the elders, specially her both the grandparents (Dadu and Dida). Neha was the favourite grandchild of the family. One day her grandmother was detected with Alzheimer’s that had an indelible impact on the young mind of Neha.

Enterprising Neha has farsightedness to improve lives of people with dementia and is endowed with sensitivity and belief, grit and passion towards establishing eldercare homes that provides comfort and happiness to elders.

As is rightly said, “Culture eats strategy over breakfast”; Neha has accorded distinctive culture at Epoch homes advocating the laws of gratitude, recognition and integrity. Neha envisions creating access to global standards of elder care in India. Deep at heart her goal is to lessen the stigma associated with dementia and assisted living for elders. She spends time in educating larger set of people that dementia is a demanding condition and that one must reach out for professional care of their parents to places like Epoch homes.

The entrepreneur in Neha gets delighted when solving problems and courageously standing and voicing against stereotypes and rhetoric unpopular beliefs. Neha is trained in clinical psychology and palliative care from Stockholm (Sweden). Her interests rests in adventure sports and travelling.

Neha has featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list 2016. She is one of the 100 selected worldwide participants to be invited for Dementia Forum X, which is under the patronage of Queen Silvia of Sweden at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. In this Forum, Neha has brought focus to the dementia related challenges in India, as a developing country. Given her experience and expertise, she has written many articles, and is invited to speak at various forums on dementia and elder care.

Passionate about healthcare and technology, Vibhor leads Lumis’ healthcare portfolio, and is a member of the founding team at Age Care Labs – a platform to build and invest into businesses that enable active aging for people aged 60 and above.

In his role, Vibhor looks after fundraise, expansion strategies, and M&A opportunities in senior care – aimed at improving clinical outcomes, enhancing quality of life and managing longevity risk. In his previous role at EY, he looked at mid-market M&As, disposals and fundraisings as part of the Transaction Advisory Team.

A typical nerd, Vibhor loves his books, board games and Quora. He’s an automobile enthusiast and an ardent follower of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.

He’s always keen and looks forward to meet passionate founders and thinkers in ageing science, preventive healthcare, care @ home, mental health, financial wellness and global policy in senior care.

Pankaj Bansal is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PeopleStrong. He is responsible for building strategic partnerships and managing the overall growth of the company, both in Indian and international markets. A visionary, Pankaj is passionate about technology and truly believes that HR will take the leap into the next orbit by embracing technology. With this thought, he has led the team to develop PeopleStrong Alt, an on-demand technology product that aims to simplify work life for its users.

Prior to establishing PeopleStrong in 2005, Pankaj worked with the Aricent Group, a global innovation and technology service company (erstwhile Hughes Software), where he was a part of the founding team of the company’s BPO division. An active member of CII’s National Committee on Skills & Jobs, Pankaj is also the Non-Executive Director at The HR Fund, India’s first Venture Capital Fund, dedicated to investment in HR, and Wheebox, the fastest growing talent assessment company in India.

Dr N S Rajan is a PhD from IIT Delhi, in the area of Strategic Leadership Competencies, a postgraduate in business management from XLRI, Jamshedpur and an Economics graduate from Loyola College, Chennai, with over 37 years of work experience, both India and overseas, across multiple functions. He is the former CEO of IDFC Foundation and led the HR, Marketing and Communications of IDFC Bank. He was the erstwhile Group CHRO and member of the Group Executive Council at Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, a USD 150 billion conglomerate with over 700,000 employees. Prior to that he was Global Leader of the People Advisory consulting, worldwide, at Ernst & Young (EY).

Rajan is a Director on the board of Dalmia Bharat Ltd. and has served on the boards of Tata Services and Indian Hotels (TAJ). He is also a member of the XLRI Board of Governors.

As Chairman of Group Affirmative Action of the Tata Group, Dr Rajan received a national award from Shri Narendra Modi, the honourable PM of India, for the Group’s contributions to the cause of the under-served and the under privileged. He was invited by the United Nations’ Economics and Social Council, to be part of policy makers panel to deliberate on achieving sustainable development through employment creation of 600 million jobs to meet future global needs. He has been a member of the governing council of CDC, of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Dr Rajan is former National President of the NHRD Network, the country’s largest association of HR professionals, and has also served on the national committees of CII. He was conferred the “Distinguished Alumnus Award” by XLRI, Jamshedpur, and has received accolades such as Outstanding HR Leadership Award by Hindustan Times , “HR Professional of the Year” by National HRD Network and also been recognised by SHRM as amongst the top ten social media influencers. He has been part of a think tank of IIT Delhi, Faculty of Management Studies, to re-articulate its vision in spearheading management education.

Rajan is the author of ‘Quote Me If You Can’, a compilation of his thoughts on business and currently authoring a book on Happiness at Work. He is a visiting faculty at premier business schools. He speaks many languages and writes poetry in three of them. He is an avid writer, speaker, blogger and photographer with an active presence on social media. He is an angel investor and mentor of start-ups in HR and Technology.

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.

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 over 30 years of multi-faceted experience as an entrepreneur, professional, startup eco-system builder, mentor and angel investor. For past 17 years Prajakt has been an active participant in the startup eco-system in India.

Prajakt is the Managing Partner of Supply Chain Labs by Lumis Partners, a PE Fund.

Prajakt is also driving the formation of India CXO Fund, a platform to provide seed capital for MVP/pilot-stage startups. Previously, Prajakt was head of operations 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.

Ishpreet Gandhi started his career with Standard Chartered Bank in the SME banking division. This was followed by a term in Citibank commercial banking and thereafter, he managed MNC business for the northern region for Kotak group. He was the team leader at Yes Bank managing MNC relationships for northern operations in 2014, where he started sourcing growth-stage startups. Ishpreet managed relationships with Venture Capital funds like Omnivore, Matrix Partners, Sequoia Capital, Mayfield Advisors & Bertelsmann during his term at YES Bank and IDFC. He closed his first VC-backed transaction as a first lender to BIRA (Alcoholic beverages) in late 2015, when the company attracted Series A investment from Sequoia Capital. BIRA has a distinguished business model in terms of positioning & taste in the Indian market with an aggressive price point, high gross margin, experienced founders & strong VC investors. Due to all these factors, Ishpreet was able to convince the management of the bank for a credit call of INR 6crores, despite the company being an early stage startup. This facility was further enhanced from the bank book to INR 25cr & then to INR 50cr overtime. In terms of performance, there have been no delinquencies for the past 5 years & the company has shown tremendous progress (including an upside on valuation which currently stands at INR 2200cr)

The second company Ishpreet identified was Lendingkart, (Series A in 2016) backed by Mayfield & Bertelsmann. The company was amongst the earliest fintech companies in India. The unique business proposition included disbursing money within a TAT of 72 hours by leveraging algorithms & technology, while generating IRRs of ~28-30%. It focused on the underserved population seeking formal credit. The fact that the company had developed adequate risk parameters, was being led by strong ex- bankers & had strong investors on-board presented a great opportunity of being an early lender to the company. The proposal was presented with strong underwriting & adequate structuring to the top management of the bank and obtained an approval for INR 25cr . The company went on to raise $87M in equity in 2017 & has raised debt of ~1000 crs ever since (including venture debt from Altera capital). Current valuation of the company is INR ~6000cr denoting significant valuation upside since the time of investment by the bank.

Similar companies which Ishpreet successfully onboarded amongst startups were Leap India backed by Mayfield Advisors, Sixth Sense Ventures & TVS Capital (2016), Rivigo backed by SAIF Partners & Warburg Pincus (2018), Securens backed by Mayfield Advisors (2017), Ofbusiness backed by Matrix Partners and Norwest Venture Partners (2017). All these companies have witnessed significant increase in valuations with no delays in principal repayments or servicing of coupons.

An IIT Delhi and IIM Calcutta alumnus, Abhinav has been working in the financial services industry since 2004 in large organisations like Citibank, GE Capital, ANZ and IDFC, with a focus on Credit Risk Management. He has lending experience ranging from personal loans to large institutional borrowers like RIL and Tata Group, and across industries and loan structures – trade finance, working capital lending, equipment loans, acquisition finance and project finance. He was part of the reputed Global Risk Management Leadership Program at GE Capital, and was instrumental in setting up the risk management policies and credit rating models for Commercial Banking business at IDFC after they received their banking license from RBI in 2015 and transitioned from a Project Finance lender to a Universal Bank. In his last role at IDFC, where he was Corporate Credit Head (for North and part of West), he was a Credit Approver with a delegation of up to INR 200 Cr.

At IDFC, over the last 3-4 years, Abhinav was an advocate of lending to growth stage start-us using a credit framework and regular monitoring with monthly financial covenants. This resulted in the bank lending to growth stage start-ups like B91 Beverages (Birla), RIvigo, ECom Express, Livguard, Ottomate, Nykaa, Blackbuck, Ofbusiness and others, with limit ranging from INR 10 Cr to INR 150 Cr. This portfolio has performed very well without any delay in debt servicing, and the limits have been enhanced. The credit framework used to select and structure this lending, involved selection criteria based on founder background, quality of VC backing, minimum capital raised, high revenue growth, disruptive business model, industry etc. and credit structuring by funding mainly the working capital of the company with short term revolving credit facilities with monthly checks on cash runway and end use monitoring through stock statements and bank statements.

Abhinav brings the same credit underwriting and monitoring rigour to Stride to support these companies with debt solutions. He has since refined the early framework built at IDFC to include a 20-point scale, which along with detailed due diligence of business and financials is used to structure debt facilities at Stride. The detailed Credit Appraisal Memo (CAM) prepared at Stride, while used primarily to document the investment decision, is also shared with banking partners to help startups augment their debt and lower their cost of borrowing.