Santosh Kumar

Experience

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  Wipro Consulting

  Dec 2010 - Feb 2011

  Management trainee
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  Vijaya Bank

  Dec 2011 - Jun 2016

  Business monitoring, Business development, Retail business development. My role involves Audit Management, human capital management and responsibility spans across the team that I manage. Also, has dealt with Customer Relation Management, monitoring and promoting Government business and handling Alternate Delivery Channel.

  • Manager

    Jul 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Asst.Manager

    Dec 2011 - Aug 2015
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  Canbank VC

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2023

  Assistant Vice President

  During my stint at Canbank VC, I have handled full life cycle of an early stage focused Fund, and my role in erstwhile growth stage Fund was limited to managing 3 portfolio companies (post investment) of which 2 companies were divested with good returns another entity was filed in NCLT for liquidation. I have setup the early-stage Fund, and I have led 8 investments (7 invested +1 term sheet stage) from the Fund. The diversified portfolio includes companies in Medical Devices, Health Care Technology, E-Commerce, and SaaS (Out of the 7 investee companies, 1 is exited to strategic investor, 1 has completed Series -A investment round and another 2 entities have received interest from global companies/ investors for Series A investment). The aforementioned divested portfolio entities were operating in life science (CRO) - acquired by a PE firm, ESDM (Manufacturing) acquired by renowned investors (Ultra HNIs), early stage B2B e-commerce company from the latest Fund was acquired by strategic investor - M/s. Schaffler India Pvt. Ltd. During my tenure in Canbank VC, I have advocated and focused on incorporating Good Corporate Governance practice in the portfolio companies. Show less

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  Deeptech focused VC Fund

  Aug 2023 - now

  Family Fund Management and VC Fund Operations

  At present, working on structuring a Midsize VC Fund focused on early-stage Indian Deep tech startups, apart from Managing investee portfolio and operations of the overseas setup HNI Family Fund.