Imran Jafar

Managing Partner at Gaja Capital

Speaker

Imran Jafar is Managing Partner and Co-founder of Gaja Capital, an India-focused growth & buyout firm based in Mumbai. Founded in 2004, Gaja is a leading player in India’s private equity market with an exceptional track record and an AUM of over $1Bn.

Imran has 25 years of experience in Private Equity, Pharmaceuticals and Technology services. Prior to Gaja Capital, Imran worked in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility at Dr Reddy’s and Wipro Technologies.

At Gaja Capital, Imran leads investments in the Software, Education, and Consumer clusters. He has been closely involved with Gaja Capital’s investments in Amber (Student accommodation marketplace), Signzy (SaaS platform for BFSI), LeadSquared (Sales automation SaaS platform), Educational initiatives (B2B Ed-Tech), Kangaroo kids (Pre-K and K-12), KOOH Sports (Performance Sports), Sportzvillage (Youth Sports), Eurokids (Pre-K and K-12), John Distilleries (AlcoBev), CL Educate (Supplemental Education) and Indus World Schools (K12).

Imran has post graduate degrees in software engineering from BITS-Pilani and an MBA from IIM-Bangalore.