Payal Jain

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Ranked No. 6 in league table within 3 years.
Top Women in Finance List 2023 by Equalifi.
Expert in venture capital and private equity fundraising.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and EdTech investment banking expert with a strong focus on strategic fundraising.

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Skills

Core Skills

Investment BankingFinancial AnalysisBusiness Strategy

Other Skills

AnalysisData AnalysisEconomicsFinancial ModelingLeadershipManagementMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordPowerPointPublic SpeakingValuation

About

Payal is an Investment Banker and started her career at Goldman Sachs. Currently, she is building out LoEstro Advisors into a leading investment bank. In a short span of 3 years, LoEstro has made its mark on the league table at No. 6, with more than $ 800Mn+ of completed transactions. She has recently been listed in the Top Women in Finance List 2023 by Equalifi. Payal leads the effort on venture capital/ private equity fund-raising for clients in the education sector. A large portfolio of her work also includes strategic mergers and acquisitions, cross border transactions in the brick-and-mortar as well as ed-tech. She is a Commerce graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce and an MBA in finance from IIM Indore. Prior to this, she has worked at leading PE/VC funds such as Samara Capital and impact focused fund Elevar Equity. Payal also dedicates a lot of her time engaging with the startup ecosystem. She recently spoke at the Global Impact Summit on Preparing for the Next Big Shifts in Education. She frequently speaks at Yourstory and TiE events and advises early stage entrepreneurs on latest market trends. Outside of work, Payal is passionate about gender equality and has also facilitated global diversity initiatives with the Women's India Network during her time at Goldman Sachs. She also mentors young students looking to build a career in finance and banking.

Experience

9 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Masters' union

Visiting Faculty

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Business Analysis & Valuation

Government of telangana

Consultant

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Project Lead for greenfield LifeSciences University as a part of Hyderabad Pharma City (proposed largest lifesciences cluster in the world)

Loestro advisors llp

Partner

Feb 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 4 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Transactions worked on:
1. Merger of iNeuron Intelligence with Physicswallah (INR 250Cr)
2. Majority sale of vernacular upskilling company GUVI to HCL Tech parent Vama Sundari
3. $5Mn Pre-Series A for 21K School from Ronnie Screwvala (2021)
4. $6Mn Series A funding for Yellow Class led by Elevation Capital
5. $5Mn funding round for Convegenius from Bace Capital, Heritas Capital, 3Lines VC and existing investor MSDF
6. Go-to-Market Strategy for US based edtech client Amira Learning
7. Exclusive financial advisor to Zomoz for its minority stake sale and fund-raise from Rebel Foods

Investment BankingFinancial Analysis

Elevar equity

Investment Analyst

Apr 2019 – Nov 2019 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

1. $5Mn investment in Lead School
2. Portfolio Management across 8 companies in financial services, healthcare and education

Goldman sachs

Senior Analyst

May 2017 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Samara capital

Summer Associate

Apr 2016 – May 2016 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

1. Authored a white paper on Indian Microfinance; evaluated 5+ deals for investment
2. Evaluated live deal in Health Insurance (INR 20bn); analysed market trends, performed competitor benchmarking & cohort analysis

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Intern

Apr 2014 – Sep 2014 · 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

Advised clients on indirect taxes and assisted in drafting VAT/CST appeals before the Joint Commissioner in 5+ states

Barclays

Intern

May 2013 – Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Noida Area, India

Selected for a global internship program among 2500+ students in Delhi University
Undertook a process mapping project in the Finance division and achieved target of 1 full time equivalent saving through automation and process improvements