Lok Capital
Vikram Dileepan is the current Principal at Lok Capital. Vikram has previously held positions as the Co-Founder and director of SUNEDISON RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL, Founder and CEO of SolarTown Energy, and Founder and CEO of Chocter.
Dileepan has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Vikram started their first venture, Chocter, while they were still in college. Chocter was one of India's earliest high ticket college textbook rental startups. However, within a year, Dileepan realized that the digital drive towards ebooks was inevitable and decided to move on to their next venture.
In 2012, Dileepan founded SolarTown Energy with the intention of changing the way energy is generated, managed, distributed, and consumed by humanity. SolarTown quickly became a leading solar energy provider in India. In 2019, Dileepan co-founded SUNEDISON RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL with the goal of revolutionizing the small rooftop space in India.
Dileepan is a proven entrepreneur with a passion for clean energy. Their work has had a profound impact on the solar energy landscape in India.
Vikram Dileepan has a Bachelors in Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Vikram also has certification from Directorate General of Shipping in Marine Engineer Officer Class IV.
Vikram Dileepan works with Rajat Bansal - Principal, Rini Singhal - Vice President, and Priyamvada Ramkumar - Partner, Lok III & IC, Lok IV. Vikram Dileepan reports to Vishal Mehta, Founder & Partner.
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.