Pawan Lakhwani

About Pawan Lakhwani

Part of the India Investments Team at Dream Incubator, a Japanese Venture Capital fund with investment interests in technology startups in India, Japan, USA, China and South East Asia. Previously worked as a part of the Strategy Initiatives Group and Chairman\'s office for Rainshine Entertainment where he was responsible for fundraising, M&A, investor relations, strategic initiatives (setting up Media Finance Fund), capitalization and other related initiatives. Pawan has been an Investment Banking & Corporate Development Professional with experience in coverage and execution of transactions in Banking and Financial Services Industry (BFSI), Healthcare (including Hospitals, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices), Consumers, Chemicals, Media & Entertainment practice. He has been part of Private Equity Fundraising, Domestic & Cross-Border M&A and Capital Market Transactions. He is well-equipped to originate transaction and execute them end-to-end including collaterals authoring, financial and business plan preparation, transaction marketing, negotiations, hand-holding the due-diligence and definitive closure documentation. Strong proven ability to build trust relationships with CEOs/ CFOs and other CXOs. He is well-experienced in working closely with CxO\'s to identify and propose strategic initiatives for their companies. He is also well-equipped to deal and liaison with various agencies including due diligence, lawyers, regulatory bodies, BRLMs and others. Specialties: Venture Capital Investing, Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Advisory, Capital Markets, Fundraising and analyzing different investment opportunities across the value chain, Investor Relations, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Development

Experience

1. Investment Professional

   Dream Incubator

   Jan 2021 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Investment interests in Indian tech segments with an active portfolio of 30+ investments across health tech, consumer tech, fintech, ad and media tech, edutech, AI/IoT, e-commerce sectors.\\\\nGlobally, DI has invested in more than 180 startups, of which 30 have gone public till date.\\\\n\\\\nSelect India Portfolio: Pharmeasy, Purplle, Turtlemint, Moneyview, Healthifyme, Koo, GetVantage, Blowhorn, Niramai, THB, Medfin and others\\\\n\\\\nResponsible for scouting new investments, current portfolio management activities, portfolio exit strategies and supporting global DI consulting offices for investments in India\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• N L Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research

  PGDBM, Finance

  2011 — 2013

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  Healthcare Leadership & Management Programme, Strategy & Leadership

  2018 — 2018

• Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics

  B.COM, Finance

  2004 — 2009