Number of Portfolio Companies 7
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

Kanwal Singh is a co-founder of Helion and has over 23 years of experience in the areas of venture investing, marketing and business development across multiple sectors in India. In addition to his role at Helion, he serves on the boards of NGPay, Hurix, Amba Research, HummingBird, YLG Salons, Qwikcilver, Mast Kalandar, Yepme, Attano and LifeCell.

Prior to Helion, Kanwal spent four years as a director and co-head of The Carlyle Group's India venture operations. Before this, he worked as Head of Marketing for Intel South Asia. He joined Intel from Hindustan Unilever Ltd. where he spent over 10 years in various functions including sales, marketing and product innovation.

Kanwal has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Punjab University and an MBA in marketing and finance from the Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi.

Number of Investments 9
Kanwaljit Singh has made 9 investments. Their latest investment was Venture Round - Buttercups on Jan 5, 2018, when
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jan 5, 2018
Buttercups
Venture Round - Buttercups
Jul 21, 2017
FS Life
No
Seed Round - FS Life
Dec 6, 2016
The Healthy Billion
No
Seed Round - The Healthy Billion
Sep 29, 2016
Fastudent
No
Seed Round - Fastudent
Apr 25, 2016
DropKaffe
Yes
Series A - DropKaffe
$550K
Feb 12, 2016
Bonhomia
Yes
Angel Round - Bonhomia
$1M
Sep 24, 2015
Licious
No
Seed Round - Licious
$1M
Jun 1, 2015
Buttercups
Angel Round - Buttercups
$1M
Apr 9, 2015
Bonhomia
Yes
Seed Round - Bonhomia
$2M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 4
Kanwaljit Singh is the Managing Partner & Co-Founder at Fireside Ventures. Additionally, Kanwaljit Singh has had 4 past jobs including Senior Managing Director at Helion Venture Partners.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Helion Venture Partners
Senior Managing Director2005Mar 2015
The Carlyle Group
Director20012005
Intel
GM Marketing19972000
Hindustan Unilever
Marketing Manager19871997
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
Kanwaljit Singh holds 3 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Slurrp Farm, Board Member at QwikCilver Solutions, and Board Of Directors at Vahdam Teas.
Number of Events 1
Kanwaljit Singh has participated in 1 event, ad:tech New Delhi 2019 on Mar 14, 2019.