Following a most successful and well attended Annual Boat Race Dinner on April 3, hosted by the British Deputy High Commissioner, we are pleased to invite you to an interactive discussion with a leader in Startup Venture Capital - Kanwaljit Singh, Founder & Managing Partner of Fireside Ventures, followed by a  drinks and dinner reception. The discussion will focus on the Startup Ecosystem space in India.

Our guest for the evening,  Kanwaljit Singh has been investing in the early stage startup ecosystem in India for the past 20 years, first as a Director at the Carlyle Group, India, and later as a Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of Helion Venture Partners. Kanwaljit has been passionate about mentoring and helping build consumer brands in India for the past 20 years, and has been involved as an investor with brands like Paper Boat, ID Fresh, Epigamia, Yogabar, Licious, Mama Earth, Vahdam Teas, boAt etc. Prior to his investing career, Kanwal spent over 13 years in consumer marketing with Hindustan Unilever, and Intel India. Fireside Ventures is a focused early-stage investment platform for consumer brands, manages a corpus of Rs 3.4 Bn to be invested in exciting consumer brand startups in multiple rounds, from Seed to Series A funding.

Dress code: smart casual