Our Purpose

Dr Shyam Vasudev

Dr. Shyam holds a doctorate in Real Time Embedded Systems, specialising in Parallel Computer Architecture from Indian Institute of Science (Gold Medal) & has been with CG Smith, Ericsson, Tata Consultancy Services and as Director of Technology at Philips. He was instrumental in devising one of the first hardware based antivirus solution - KNOX CARD, in the 90s. In his illustrious career Dr. Shyam has established university relationships for joint research programs to work on wireless technology and medical electronics with IISc, IIT Mumbai, IIT Karagpur, IIT Guwahati, Maastricht University & Alborg University. While at Philips he established the innovation framework for the Consumer Electronics and the Medical Systems division. He exponentially grew the patent portfolio of both the above divisions and established working relationships with best known academic and research institutions.

He currently holds the posts of :

• Founder and Director - Forus Health Pvt Ltd
• Founder and Director - RenalyX Health Systems Pvt Ltd
• Founder and Director - Rx Digi Health Platform
• Technical Director Faculty of Health Medicine & Life Sciences - Maastricht University
• Director - MYMO Wireless and Thalesat Innovations Private Limited Society for Innovation and Development, IISc Bangalore
• Chief Mentor - BMS College of Engineering, Center for Innovation in Medical Electronics

He is also in the Academic Council of renowned Engineering colleges such as PESIT Bangalore, SJCE Mysore, ATMA Mysore, Adarsha Institute of Technology, T John Institute, East West Engineering, and GSSK Institute of technology. He is also on the board of studies of Viswesweswariah Technological University, BMS Engineering College, MSRIT Bangalore, Manipal University, and BNMIT to name a few.

He is also a Mentor/Advisor to several successful startups like Cyclops, iTriangle, Pathshod.

He has filed more than 25 international patents, 5 US patent grants and published around 40 papers in international conferences and journals.

Anand Daniel

Anand Daniel joined Accel in 2010 and focuses on consumer, healthcare technology, and marketplace investments. Anand led Accel’s investments in Forus, EduPristine (acquired by DeVry), TaxiForSure (acquired by Ola), Swiggy, BlackBuck, and Vedantu. Prior to Accel, Anand worked for many years at Intel and Intel Capital, and was also an investor at Flybridge Capital. Anand grew up in Chennai and graduated from the University of Madras. He has a MBA from MIT and an engineering Master’s degree from Purdue. Find his blog here.

Sachin Khandelwal

Sachin Khandelwal is Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Management at NewQuest Capital Partners. Sachin joined NewQuest in 2017 and is responsible for portfolio management (India and SE Asia) wherein he works closely with the senior management to accelerate value creation and realization. Sachin has over 15 years of consulting and operating experience. He has also worked at a leadership role at Bain & Company’s consumer practice in India where he advised owners, CXOs, and PE funds on strategy, operations, organization, M&A, marketing & sales, and profit improvement. He has consulted both Indian and MNCs companies ranging from early-stage growth to Fortune 500. Prior to consulting, Sachin worked with Hindustan Unilever for 5 years across marketing and sales. Sachin received an MBA from IIM Calcutta and holds an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from IIT Bombay.

Sameer Wagle

Sameer Wagle joins the Fund from Nomura Securities where he headed the India team for their Prop book Private Equity division. He has an overall 18 years of investing and operating experience including over 14 years in the Private Equity / Venture Capital space across leading Indian and International platforms like Nomura, IL&FS;, Vertex Management, and GVFL. During his PE career, Sameer Wagle has invested in and worked closely with a number of companies and entrepreneurs in the consumer services and technology sectors in India and South East Asia. He has extensive experience in deal origination, due diligence, deal execution, exits, and portfolio management including working with early stage portfolio companies in areas like corporate strategy, business development, M&A;, and new business initiatives. Sameer Wagle is an Electrical Engineer from the University of Pune, an MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the CFA Institute, US