Adith Podhar

An Entrepreneur by heart and an investor by profession. My experience as a PE investor and as an Entrepreneur has given my unique skill sets to understand businesses and people.

Currently I am the Founding Partner at Gemba Capital (www.gembacapital.in) looking at seed investments in startups based in India with a focus on companies in Fintech and Consumer Tech.

Prior to this worked at Motilal Oswal PE fund (MOPE) in Mumbai. Responsibilities across the investment cycle from deal sourcing - due diligence - negotiation - execution - monitoring - exit.

Prior to MOPE, I was part of a boutique investment bank for 18 months.

I had started my own entrepreneurial venture called 'Crepeteria" (www.crepeteria.in) - a chain of Quick Serve Restaurant operating in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Pune which I ran for 4 years. I understand all aspects of running a QSR in-depth including franchise development, back/kitchen operations, opening of new stores, supply chain etc

I started my career with ICICI Bank, as a product manager for PE in the International Private Banking division. Assisted a couple of PE funds in fund raising from ICICI Bank's network of relationship managers and clients based outside India.

I am a foodie, amateur cook and love traveling, music and movies !