Tarana Lalwani
Director & Founding Partner @ InnoVen Capital
Mumbai, India
Tarana Lalwani is a seed investor at InnoVen Capital in Mumbai focused on Retail and Medical. Tarana Lalwani has fourteen years of experience in finance, corporate advisory and business development. She started her career in New York with Morgan Stanley, followed by Radian, a financial services firm in their structured finance group. Tarana moved to India in 2006 to manage the fund raising efforts of Webaroo(SMS Gupshup), a mobile internetstart up incubated at IIT Mumbai. Tarana worked as a senior adviser with Sky Advance, a boutique private equity firm in Mumbai, and successfully closed transactions in various sectors thereby acquiring a better understanding of investing and deal management in Asia/India. She also consulted an education start-up based in Mumbai, where she helped identify opportunities in the education sector and narrow their strategic focus to professional training and pre-schools.Prior to joining Seedfund as a Principal, Tarana was Vice President, Investment Banking at Anand Rathi, a boutique financial services firm in Mumbai. At Anand Rathi, Tarana managed the financial sponsor clients and cross border client relationships.Tarana was, until recently active with Mumbai Angels, a forum of high net worth early-stage investors, where she was involved in screening and closing transactions giving her a understanding of early stage investments.She holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from LaSalle University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Tarana Lalwani invests in
Stages Tarana Lalwani invests in
Countries Tarana Lalwani invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Retail 1 (33%)
- Medical 1 (33%)
- Wellness 1 (33%)
- Automotive 1 (33%)
- Health Care 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (67%)
- Debt Financing 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Fairdeal Market enables offline commerce, digitally with all-in-one retail solution. | $2M / Seed / Sep 29, 2023 | ||
| BeepKart is building a buyer-focused brand of used 2-wheelers. It is taking a digital-first approach to provide the trust that buyers seek in this high consideration & involvement category. BeepKart is helping write buyer-friendly rules to make the experience of buying and owning a used 2-wheeler as haggle-and-hassle-free as with new2-wheelers. | $1M / Debt Financing / Feb 16, 2022 | ||
| Allo Health is a digital health clinic seeking to normalize sexual wellness through personalized and judgment-free healthcare. | $4.4M / Seed / Jan 13, 2022 |
Co-Investors
About InnoVen Capital
InnoVen Capital is Asia's leading venture lending firm with offices in Mumbai, Singapore and Beijing. Started in India in 2008, the platform was re-branded InnoVen Capital following a buyout of the business led by Temasek Holdings and UOB Group in 2015. InnoVen Capital currently has investor commitments of US$200 million.In India, InnoVenCapital is positioned as the first and largest venture debt provider to venture capital backed start-ups in India across stages of growth and sectors. The Company has a credit rating of ‘IND AA-’ for its term borrowing and ‘IND A1+’ for its commercial paper issuances.InnoVen provides debt financing to high growth and innovative tech startups, and has since supported and provided over 190 loans to more than 150 start-ups across India and Southeast Asia. The platform offers multiple debt capital solutions, including venture debt, acquisition finance, growth loans, and syndication.
InnoVen Capital Contacts
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Ben Cheah
Associate Director
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Chin Chao
CEO Singapore and South East Asia
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Darren Chuah
Director of Governance Risk and Compliance
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Jessica Lee
Client Support & Office Administration
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Sujana Ravishankar
Client Support & Office Administration
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What does Tarana Lalwani invest in?
Tarana Lalwani invests primarily in Retail, Medical and Wellness startups, most often at Seed and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Tarana Lalwani closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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