Sujit Kunte, CFA

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India19 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in venture capital with a focus on India.
Strong background in management consulting for Japanese firms.
Proven track record in technology-driven finance projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital expert with a strong focus on technology and consulting in the finance sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalBusiness DevelopmentManagement ConsultingMergers & AcquisitionsTechnology Development

Other Skills

Financial ModelingDue DiligenceBusiness StrategyAnalyticsMedia & EntertainmentFinTechGamingInformation Technology

About

India-focused investor at Spiral Ventures (https://www.spiral-ventures.com) – a Singapore-based Japanese venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups in Southeast Asia and India. INSEAD MBA and CFA® charterholder with full professional proficiency in Japanese (JLPT Level 1). Earlier, worked with Dream Incubator in Singapore and India, supporting business development for Japanese companies through strategy consulting and M&A and venture capital investment, respectively. Previously, led fixed income technology and analytics projects at Nomura/Lehman in Japan/India.

Experience

Spiral ventures pte. ltd.

2 roles

Partner and Head of India

Promoted

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

VC investments: Atlas AI, BharatNXT, Classplus, Crownit, Fragaria, Healthtrip, Lal10, Nirogstreet, SpotDraft, Wisedrive, Yellow Metal
Stage: Seed to Series A
Sector focus: Agnostic, but currently focusing on the following:
1. Fintech
2. Manufacturing Tech
3. ClimateTech
4. AI
5. B2B / B2B2C
6. Japan linkages

Venture CapitalBusiness DevelopmentFinancial ModelingDue DiligenceMergers & Acquisitions

Principal and Head of India

Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 · 3 yrs

Dream incubator

Manager

Apr 2012 – Nov 2020 · 8 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, India; Mumbai, India; Singapore

VC investments: BulkMRO, GetVantage, Purplle, Qyuki, SuperGaming, 99Games
Management consulting: Key projects in health tech, EV, IP business for Japanese corporations
M&A advisory: Key projects in engineering services and industrial gases for Japanese strategic investors

Business DevelopmentManagement ConsultingMergers & Acquisitions

Citigroup global markets japan inc.

Summer Intern, Sales and Trading

Jul 2011 – Aug 2011 · 1 mo · Tokyo, Japan

Generating sales/trading-related implications for equity sales/trading, FX structuring and interest rates trading desks by creating excel-based tools

Nomura securities

Associate

Oct 2008 – Oct 2010 · 2 yrs · Tokyo, Japan

Executing transformation of an archaic website into a dynamic web portal providing enhanced Japanese Government Bond (JGB) data and analytics
10-fold increase in client base and 50% reduction in costs

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Lehman brothers

Developer

Jun 2005 – Sep 2008 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Tokyo, Japan; Mumbai, India

Steering the technology piece for Japan fixed income research project for LehmanLive (Lehman Brothers' web portal)
Voted as best online analytic tool provider by domestic investors in 2007 Greenwich Japan survey

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