Jatin Karani

Investment professional focusing on identifying high potential early stage ventures and partnering with them to scale them up. We invest $500K to $2M in Pre-seed / Seed / Series A rounds in DeepTech / DefenceTech & SpaceTech ventures and are happy to roll up our sleeves to assist passionate founders build sustainable ventures. Notable investments in India : Agnikul, GalaxEye, ePlane, Aimtrex, Planys, Modulus Housing, Spacefields, Elecbits, GetWork, MProfit, Nutrifresh, The Health Factory, Jewelbox, InfoBay.ai, OnFinance, Runable, Ruzo, NavaGlobal Investments: Groq, Perplexity, Orbit Fab, Aalo Atomics, Safety Bolt, Little BirdFull list of Portfolio Companies: https://www.samarthya.vc/Experience includes investing in PE & VC opportunities for a leading family investment office based in Mumbai. Role covered Transaction Sourcing and Evaluation, Negotiation and Deal Closure, Investment Monitoring, Exit Planning and Restructuring of portfolio companies. Prior to the investing role, spent 6 years in the consulting world. Consulting experience included turnaround consulting / restructuring advisory services to management teams and financial sponsors of underperforming / stressed companies to maximize enterprise value. Specialties: • Building a founder first investment firm focused on DeepTech and DefenceTech in India • Assisting founders to scale their businesses, act as a sounding board on growth strategies and tap global network for business development• Invested in PE/VC opportunities across Consumer, Agri / Farm to Fork Food Value Chain, Media, Technology and FinTech for a leading Family Office in India• Assisted Management teams of portfolio companies on business development, financial planning & capital allocation decisions, operational improvement and long term value creation • Reviewed business plans, prepared financial models, analyzed capital structure & debt capacity, valued distressed assets, negotiations with stakeholders, new market entry strategy and due diligence • Industry experience: DefenceTech, DeepTech covering Robotics, AI, Manufacturing, Engineering, Earlier experience covered Consumer, Agri/Food, Media, Technology, Travel & Tourism, Automotive, Real Estate, Retail, Chemical and Pharmaceutical industries.• Operate with an entrepreneurial mindset and willing to support a portfolio company and management team to reach the set performance milestones by doing whatever it takes