Ganesh Krishnan

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Ganesh is a serial entrepreneur with four successful green field ventures and exits. Most recently, he founded and led TutorVista which was acquired by US and UK listed education leader Pearson for $ 213 MM in January 2011.He is a strategic investor / promoter of India based consumer Internet and ecommerce companies bluestone.com (online jewellery), Bigbasket.com (egrocery), MustseeIndia.com (travel packages and content), bookadda.com (academic focused online books) and delyver.com (hyper local delivery).

Ganesh was also Chairman, Investor and Advisor in the data analytics BPO firm Marketics until March 2007, when the company was acquired by NYSE listed WNS for $ 63 MM. His earlier venture, CustomerAsset was started in mid 2000 and later acquired by ICICI (NYSE listed, India's largest bank) and is now publicly listed in India as First Source Solutions. In 1990, as his first entrepreneurial venture, he co-promoted IT&T. And as its Founder and CEO, he played a major role in making the company one of India's top multi-vendor IT service and support till the business was sold to iGate (a listed company) in 2003.He is also on the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and has a post-graduate degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi University.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
4
Ganesh Krishnan has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 10, 2018, when OTO Capital raised ₹50M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Mar 4, 2021 Euler Motors Series A ₹300M Automotive Detail
Sep 15, 2020 Newton School Seed $650K E-Learning Detail
Jun 1, 2019 Newton School Seed $430K E-Learning Detail
Dec 10, 2018 OTO Capital Seed ₹50M Auto Insurance Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
3
Ganesh Krishnan has 3 current jobs including Strategic Investor & Promoter at BigBasket , Chairman at Portea Medical and investor at Portea Medical .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
BigBasket Strategic Investor & Promoter Jul 1, 2011 Detail
Portea Medical Chairman Detail
Portea Medical investor Detail