Pradyumna Dalmia is the Managing Partner for Triton and responsible for overseeing investments, divestments, investor relations, and other operations of the AIF.
Pradyumna Dalmia is the Managing Partner for Triton and responsible for overseeing investments, divestments, investor relations, and other operations of the AIF.
Pradyumna Pradyumna completed his MBA at the London Business School and started his career in 2005 as a Derivatives Strategist and Trader and formulated and executed trading strategies for the proprietary trading desk, with a focus on arbitrage trading, and led a team of 10 traders, investing cumulative capital of approximately USD 50 million.
Dev is a Partner at Triton. He brings over 30+ years of experience in investing, fundraising and M&A. He is also the Founder & Managing Partner at Lastaki Advisors which was set up in 2009 with a vision to advise and partner with entrepreneurs, especially in new-age industries and technology space. Ever since then, Dev has led Lastaki from the front and advised over 100+ sector-agnostic fundraising, M&A, and Management Advisory transactions.
Dev has been a pioneer in the Enterprise-SaaS-technology investing space and firmly believes in the power of new-age technologies in transforming and disrupting businesses globally.
Throughout his professional journey, Dev has partnered with several successful Indian businesses in the capacity of an Investor, Board Member, and Investment Banker.
2004 was when Dev turned an entrepreneur as the Founder and CIO of Tricolor Advisory Services, advisor to an India-dedicated hedge fund (AUM US$190 million) and also advised Fortress Investment Group, a global hedge fund (AUM US$20 billion) on its India investments (In 2006 Tricolor India Fund was nominated as the Best Performing India Hedge Fund by Eurekahedge).
Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, his stints included holding Director-level and senior leadership positions at Credit Suisse and HSBC. Dev is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Dev likes to run long distances and has participated in over 10 ultra-marathons & other marathons across different locations and terrains. He is also a voracious reader across genres and an avid follower of classical music.
Rahul is a Partner at Triton. He brings 15+ years of experience in the financial services industry having worked across a spectrum of sectors within the industry. His experience spans from working in Merrill Lynch, New York, to Merrill Lynch, Mumbai, and DSP Blackrock in Mumbai. This has enabled him to get a holistic View of the industry with a varied international exposure. Rahul’s experience spans institutional broking, wealth management, and equity research.
Currently, Rahul is a Director at Stewart & Mackertich which focuses on providing high-quality research and broking services to domestic and foreign financial institutions. He is instrumental in maintaining and adding new clients across various geographies. He has also been instrumental in leading several investments on the group’s behalf across the listed and unlisted space. At the same time, his passion is equity research which forms an integral part of investment decisions. This has required him to meet companies across various industries throughout India.
Rahul is a Co-founder of Calcu–ta Angels – the first angel investment group in Calcutta. He is also a part of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization – the world’s most diverse and influential community of entrepreneurs. He has travelled extensively across the globe and is a keen collector of coins and currency.
Rahul holds a B.Sc. in Finance and Marketing from the Stern School of Business, New York University, obtained in the year 2008.
Gaurav Kaul is a Senior Advisor at Lastaki Advisors and brings over two decades of cross-geography international financial services experience in Global Banking, Wealth & Investment Management, and Entrepreneurship across Asia andthe Middle East region. He has previously held director-level positions in Private Banking with Credit Suisse, DBS Bank, Societe Generale Bank, Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management, and Citibank N.A.
Based in Singapore, the leading financial hub of Asia, Gaurav brings a deep understanding of the investment landscape of Asia – ranging from developed markets to high-growth emerging economies which present a wide range of opportunities for investment in diverse sectors. His passion for enabling growth and value creation for mid-size entrepreneur-led companies has led him to advise clients across sectors including Aviation, Transportation & Logistics, Media & Entertainment, Technology, Consumer, Healthcare & Wellness, Fashion & Luxury, and Financials.
His expertise lies in building and managing long-term client relationships, networking in the cross-border space of banking/ treasury/ capital raise/ business development/ governance & family offices, and risk balancing while adopting new products across credit, global banking, lending, and investments.
Gaurav is an entrepreneur at heart, continuously looking for opportunities in upcoming growth sectors. He took the initiative (pre-COVID-19) to create and launch an innovative Health Care & Wellness business targeted to UHNW clientele in India and the Middle East region. Scaled up the business through B2B partnerships/ commercial tie-ups with leading Hospitals and worked closely with Family Offices and Investors in Asia & Middle East.
Outside of work, Gaurav is a sportsman who enjoys playing squash and likes long-distance running.
Reena is the CFO at Triton. She brings over 20+ years of post-qualification experience in leadership finance positions with companies in India and abroad across investment banking, private equity, and financial advisory including financial restructuring and due diligence functions. She is responsible for managing fund operations and compliance.
Reena is also the CFO and Partner at Lastaki and has expert experience in managing M&A & fundraising transactions, financial operations, restructurings, setting up investment vehicles, fund accounting, internal audit, due diligence, and designing & implementing MIS & risk control structures.
Previously, Reena served as the CFO of Tricolor Advisory Services, India (a hedge fund) for 3 years, where she managed financial operations and accounting functions of the advisory company (India), investment management company (Mauritius), and hedge fund (Mauritius). She has also been in charge of the fund accounting function of Alliance Capital Asset Management, a large domestic mutual fund in India. Prior to that, she was based in California as the financial controller of Moksha Technologies, a US-based software consulting company.
Neha is part of the Investment Team at Triton and is responsible for deal sourcing and evaluation of opportunities. She brings over 15+ years of experience across investing and investment banking. She also holds an Executive Director position at Lastaki Advisors.
As a young student, Neha was passionate about decoding businesses, and formulating strategy and had a flair for storytelling. Investing and Investment banking was a perfect professional choice for her to combine her strengths and serve her purpose of putting Indian businesses on the global map. She started her journey as an investment banking analyst with Credit Suisse, followed by Barclays (US/ New York offices supported by Adventity/ Sutherland).
Since joining Lastaki in 2011, Neha has been instrumental in building the technology practice at the firm and subsequently joined Triton to leverage her network & experience in the investing business.
She has successfully helped several tech start-ups across SaaS/ EnterpriseTech, Consumer, Healthcare, and B2B Platform businesses, raise funds, and advised on M&A deals. Neha also assists several early-stage businesses, especially those focused on health and wellness, strategizing business and ideating, on a pro-bono basis.
In her breaks, Neha is often planning her next travel escapade, favoring the countryside and mountain treks. She also loves baking/stirring up her favorite treats and kicking back with a good read or a period film.
Gautam is part of the investment team at Triton and is responsible for deal sourcing and evaluation of opportunities. He is also an AVP at Lastaki Advisors and works on fundraise and M&A across Technology and Media verticals.
Prior to Lastaki, Gautam worked at TresVista in Mumbai and London where he focused on natural resources mid-market-oriented fundraising and M&A transactions. Before this, he worked in Deloitte’s risk consulting division.
Gautam is a CFA Charterholder (CFA Institute, USA) and has graduated in Bachelor of Management Studies (with distinction) specializing in Finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai.
Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, Gautam enjoys learning about new business models and understanding how they scale. In his free time, Gautam is always dabbling around trying to learn some new skill. He is a dance & drama enthusiast and enjoys watching investigative web series during his downtime.
