Piyush Goenka

Co-Founder

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India25 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of a successful venture capital firm.
  • Expert in funding early-stage consumer businesses.
  • Over 30 years of cumulative investment experience.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital expert focused on consumer businesses.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalInvestments

Other Skills

Angel InvestingPrivate EquityDeal SourcingGrowth CapitalBusiness StrategyStructured FinanceInvestment BankingCorporate Finance

About

Welcome to my LinkedIn space, I am the Founder and Managing Partner at Prath Ventures, a venture firm that invests and helps in building Consumer Businesses and their Enablers. • We seek to be the first institutional investor and lead your round • Our 'First cheque' size is usually in the range of INR 30- 100 million • We invest from Seed to Series A Before founding Prath Ventures, I was a partner at Tano India Advisors which made private equity investments by providing growth capital aggregating to USD 200 Mn in Indian companies across sectors. I have been a partner in several consumer journeys at multiple stages across categories and have invested in over 25 businesses from seed to growth. Our style of investing at Prath Ventures is a reflection of our 30+ years of cumulative experience managing third-party capital. If you are an entrepreneur or startup looking for funding in the consumer ecosystem, feel free to reach out to me at piyush@prathventures.com Let's work together to build the next generation of great consumer brands and technologies.

Experience

Quantum consumer solutions: insight & design strategy

Independent Director

Oct 2023Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Radiohead brands (jimmy’s® cocktail mixers | hustle™ energy drink)

Director

Oct 2023Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Jb ecotex- pet plastic recycler

Independent Director

Mar 2023Present · 3 yrs · Surat, Gujarat, India

Prath ventures

Founder and Managing Partner

May 2022Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Prath Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that invests in Digital Consumer Businesses and their Enablers. As institutional investors, rigor and deep engagement are core to our style of investing. We invest in and help build the next generation of great consumer brands, products, services, retailers, and technologies enabling the Indian consumer experience.
InvestmentsVenture CapitalAngel Investing

Shilpa medicare ltd

Director

Sep 2019Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Safari industries india ltd.

Director

Feb 2017Present · 9 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai

Arohan financial services limited

Director

Apr 2015Jun 2025 · 10 yrs 2 mos

Tano capital

Partner

Aug 2006May 2022 · 15 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai

  • Partner at Tano India Advisors, a growth-stage private equity fund managing over USD 200 Mn in India.

Il&fs

Sr. Manager - Investment Banking

Jan 2003Sep 2006 · 3 yrs 8 mos

India exim bank

Manager

Dec 2001Feb 2003 · 1 yr 2 mos

First global

Analyst

Apr 2000Nov 2001 · 1 yr 7 mos

Education

Management Development Institute, Gurgaon

MBA — Finance and marketing

Jan 1998Jan 2000

The CFA Institute

CFA — Investments and Securities

Jan 2003Jan 2005

St. Xavier's College (Calcutta) Alumni Association

B Com — Commerce

Jan 1995Jan 1998

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