Lok Capital
Rajat Bansal has a diverse background in investment management and consulting, with experience in companies like Lok Capital and Sabre Partners. With a strong focus on BFSI, healthcare, agriculture, and climate investments, Rajat has held titles such as Investment Director and Director, showcasing their leadership and strategic capabilities. Additionally, their educational background includes a Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Finance, Economics, and Public Policy from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Lok Capital
Lok Capital is one of the pioneering and leading "base of pyramid" focused impact investing venture capital funds in India. Lok funds high potential entrepreneurs developing market oriented solutions to solve socially or economically challenging problems for lower income/BoP segments. Founded in 2006 by Dr. Rajiv Lall (currently the Executive Chairman of IDFC) and Donald Peck (previously Head of South Asia for Actis), Lok Capital has a corpus of approximately USD 90 million across two funds. The Fund's investors are international development institutions, including CDC Group PLC (UK), IFC, KfW (Germany), FMO (Netherlands), Proparco (France) and ACCION Investments. The firm has so far invested in around 16 companies including Ujjivan Financial Services, Vistaar Financial Services, RuralShores, Drishti Eye Care, Everest Edusys and Hippocampus Learning Centres.