AdvantEdge is an early stage tech fund investing across consumer sectors with a focus on mobility.
Fund thesis
We back founders who are passionate about solving big problems and support early stage companies with strong growth potential.
Rapid Urbanisation Transforming India
Quality of urban life is deteriorating fast due to inadequate infrastructure, unprecedented pollution and gridlocked streets across the country. Innovation in mobility to be one of the key drivers in the transformation of India led by an electric, shared and connected mobility paradigm.
Disruption of the Automotive Supply Chain
The onset of Autonomous Vehicles, evolving notions around car ownership, rise of the shared economy, improvements in battery technology, and growth in electric vehicle/charging infrastructure will redefine the automotive supply chain.
India's Mobility Transformation
Regulatory support, manifested in policies such as FAME, Green Mobility Fund, Smart Cities Mission, Digital India, and Make In India, will continue to support the evolution,and expansion of mobility infrastructure in India.
Technology Changing Consumer Behaviour
Introduction of technology is leading to an evolution in the way consumers interact with goods and services they consume. From online presence being a luxury, consumers in India across sectors expect businesses to be technology enabled and this is revolutionising India into a digital first society.
Investorpreneurs
Everyone at AdvantEdge is a former founder. We have built companies, scaled them, sold them, and failed. We understand an entrepreneur's journey as we have lived through it, and we hope to support our founders with the learnings we've had.
Kunal Khattar
Kunal is a serial entrepreneur & investor with 20+ years of global experience.
His previous ventures include Carnation (exit to Mahindra Group), Laurus Labs (IPO NSE & BSE), Aptuit Inc., InfoPro Solutions Inc. (exit to Aptuit), Razorfish axnd Vodafone.
Kunal has completed his Economic (Hons) from Delhi University, MBA from FSM and MS from Northwestern University’s Kellogg & Medill Graduate Schools.Ridhish Talwar
Ridhish has co-founded two startups including a poker focused gaming brand called The Shark and EasyLaw, a platform for legal services in India.
His previous experience includes stints in the financial services industry with Cantor Fitzgerald and Grant Thornton.
Ridhish has studied Economics at University of Cambridge, Finance at University of Manchester and has a B.Sc. in Business and Management from University of Bradford.Nitin Garg
Nitin is a seasoned investment banking professional with over 14 years of experience working with top tier organizations like Goldman Sachs, KPMG, BMR Advisors and Ernst & Young. He has advised companies at different stages of the life cycle i.e. early, growth, maturity and late on Corporate M&A (buy-side, sell-side and JV formation) and fund raise transactions. A few sectors where Nitin has spent most of his time includes auto & auto ancillary, retail, media and entertainment, healthcare, information technology, financial services, and education.
Nitin is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a B.Com Honours graduate from Delhi University
Ashwin Sinha
Ashwin co-founded Decimated Sanity, an AR platform for smartphones, which was acqui-hired by Fantasmo Studios (a TechStars backed company).
He was previously with Yang Ventures, based in San Francisco.
Ashwin has a B.Sc. degree in Game Design from The Art Institute of California -- Los Angeles.Samir Khurana
(Advisor)
Samir is an entrepreneur and an active angel investor with 14+ years of experience in capital raising, M&A and investment management.
In his previous stints, he co-founded a boutique investment banking firm with specialization in equity fund raising and restructuring advisory. He also played a key role in helping S Chand emerge as a leading school education content player - raising over $150 MN of external equity, acquiring multiple education assets for the group and taking the company public. Prior to that he worked at Och-Ziff Capital, E&Y, and Kotak Mahindra Bank.Samir is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a B.Com Honours graduate from Delhi University.
