Anand Prasanna

Managing Partner at Iron Pillar

Anand has been investing in technology companies in India and rest of Asia for over 15 years. He brings with him a strong network of business relationships in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Anand led Iron Pillar’s investments in Curefoods, Skill Lync, FreshToHome, Servify and NowFloats.

Before co-founding Iron Pillar, Anand led the Asia office of Morgan Creek in Shanghai where he had a first-hand view of the rising tide of technology companies in China. Prior to Morgan Creek, Anand had investing stints at Squadron Capital, Hong Kong and Sequoia Capital, Bangalore where he backed technology businesses and venture funds in India as well as South-East Asia and Australia. Anand worked with McKinsey & Co. in their India office before starting his investing career.

Anand earned his PGDBM from Fore School of Management, New Delhi and a BBA from University of Kerala.

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