Salone Sehgal

About Salone Sehgal

18+ years across global venture capital, M&A banking, private equity and building a company from scratch. Founder of Lumikai, India\'s first dedicated interactive media, digital platforms and gaming VC fund. We back companies building for India\'s interactive media economy: digital platforms, games, new media, frontier tech, and systems of play companies where engagement and retention are the product. Invest in seed to Series A with cheque sizes of $200K -$2M. Investors in Eloelo, Supernova, Bombay Play, Loco (exited to Redwood Group), Cloudfeather (exited to MPL), AutoVRse, Nprep and several others. Before Lumikai, I was a Principal at London Venture Partners (LVP) in Europe, the world\'s first interactive media VC fund with a portfolio that has generated $20Bn+ in shareholder value. I led the Fund raise from global strategics, financial institutions, and family offices.Prior to that, I co-founded TrulySocial, a UK-based venture-backed social gaming company. I know what it means to build, fundraise, and wind down. That experience shapes how I work with founders today. Earlier in my career, I executed ~$10Bn+ in M&A transactions at Barclays, Morgan Stanley, and KPMG.Across these roles: invested and sat on boards from seed to scale, led fund raises, negotiated strategic partnerships, helped founders navigate restructurings, pivots, and exits and executed multi-billion deals.Founder and host of Alpha Women, a podcast series in conversation with trailblazing women across investing, start-ups, law, media, and business, in partnership Spotify and Outlook Business.Recognition - World\'s first female GP of an interactive media and gaming VC fund (100+ global funds) I Jury Member, BAFTA Games Awards — Best Mobile Game (2017) I Endorsed as Exceptional World Talent in Technology, Tech City UK (2016) I Iconic Women Leader, Women Economic Forum (2018) I Serve as charter and sub-committee members of TIE, WAVES, IAMAI, and India Digital Society

Experience

1. Founder and Managing Partner

   Lumikai Fund

   Nov 2019 — Present · Delhi, IN

   We are India\'s pioneering interactive media, digital platforms and gaming focused fund. We focus on seed investments across 5 main areas - games content and original IP; social, creator, digital platforms; tools/tech/infrastructure; game mechanics which make apps more engaging and playful and finally, AI native bets.We are backed by some of the world\'s largest media and gaming conglomerates and bring a high caliber, operator driven team with 40+ years of hands-on experience of funding, operating, building, scaling and exiting games & media companies, combined with massive global reach to facilitate partnerships, publishing deals and eventually acquisitions & exits. We enter early, leverage domain expertise and unparalleled global networks to drive strategic value. Board member & Investors in - Bombay Play - Deftouch - Loco (exited to Redwood Group)- Studio Sirah- Eloelo - Supernova- Singularity- Cloudfeather Games (exited to M-league)- Buystars- Qurious Bit- Autovrse - Gigafun Studios - Vobble-AskmyGuru and many others

Education

• IESE Business School

  MBA

  2009 — 2011

• Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University

  B.A Honours, Economics

  2003 — 2006

Skills

• Valuation
• Corporate Finance
• Economics
• Banking
• Finance
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Analysis
• Client Relations Skills
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Portfolio Management
• Mergers
• Project Management
• Due Diligence
• M&a Due Diligence
• Business Strategy
• Investments
• Analysis
• Private Equity
• Strategy
• Renewable Energy
• Business Development
• M&a Experience
• Investment Banking
• Equities