Gemba Capital
Govind Lohia is a seasoned finance professional with extensive experience in venture capital and corporate strategy. Currently, Govind serves as Principal at Gemba Capital, focusing on early-stage scalable startups in SaaS, Fintech, and Deep Tech from India. Previously, Govind was Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions at UpScalio, specializing in E-Commerce businesses. Prior roles include Senior Investment Associate at Contrarian Capital, where notable investments included Pratilipi and OnlineTyari, Senior Analyst at Kshatriya Ventures LLP with a focus on early-stage startups, Assistant Manager of Corporate Strategy at a mid-size IT services firm, and Fund Administrator at HSBC. Govind holds an MBA in Finance & Operations from the Institute of Management, Nirma University and has completed the CFA program.
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Gemba Capital
Guided by our True North, we at Gemba Capital back tech enabled startups that are scalable and looking for seed funding. What we look for? At Gemba Capital we look for three things: Founder, Market and Product. • Ability, passion and vision in a founder. • Size, competition and growth in a market. • Need, differentiation and value in a product. We are sector agnostic, however below are our focus areas: SaaS, Fintech, B2B Commerce, Agri tech Our ideal investment will be: We look to invest in visionary founders, strong in execution and with complementary skill sets Significant growth potential over the next 3 to 5 years. Startups having paying customers. We prefer backing founders with at least 4-5 years of prior experience Differentiated products or services that have the potential to be "platforms“ Products or services which solve a particular problem or caters to a particular need/gap in the market How we invest? We typically invest US$200-250K per company. We are open to investing through convertible structures and instruments, however we prefer straight equity. Please visit our website to check our portfolio, team and advisors and to reach out to us !!