Sumer Juneja

Sumer is Managing Partner and Head of EMEA & India at SoftBank Investment Advisers. He joined SoftBank in 2018 to set up its local investing presence in India before expanding his remit to also oversee the firm’s investment activities in EMEA. Sumer has partnered with growth-stage tech companies across multiple sectors including logistics, e-commerce, SaaS, and edtech. He serves on multiple Boards including Lenskart, Swiggy, Meesho, Autostore, Content Square, Eruditus, and Rimac.

Sumer has been investing since 2006. Before SoftBank, Sumer was a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners, focusing on growth equity and venture investments in Indian companies across various sectors. He has led and successfully exited multiple investments, including Swiggy, Indusind Bank, Shriram City Union Finance, Cholamandalam Finance, and National Stock Exchange

Before joining Norwest India in 2009, Sumer was a founding member of Goldman Sachs' Asian Special Situations Group in India, a balance sheet investing group. In this role, he invested in Bharti Infratel, IRB Infrastructure Developers Cremica, and OnMobile, amongst others.

Before this role, Sumer was an analyst for the Industrial and Natural Resources Team in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs in London.

Sumer obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in politics and economics from the London School of Economics.