Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Gender Female
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel

Tarana Lalwani has fourteen years of experience in finance, corporate advisory and business development. She started her career in New York with Morgan Stanley, followed by Radian, a financial services firm in their structured finance group. Tarana moved to India in 2006 to manage the fund raising efforts of Webaroo(SMS Gupshup), a mobile internet

start up incubated at IIT Mumbai. Tarana worked as a senior adviser with Sky Advance, a boutique private equity firm in Mumbai, and successfully closed transactions in various sectors thereby acquiring a better understanding of investing and deal management in Asia/India. She also consulted an education start-up based in Mumbai, where she helped identify opportunities in the education sector and narrow their strategic focus to professional training and pre-schools.

Prior to joining Seedfund as a Principal, Tarana was Vice President, Investment Banking at Anand Rathi, a boutique financial services firm in Mumbai. At Anand Rathi, Tarana managed the financial sponsor clients and cross border client relationships.

Tarana was, until recently active with Mumbai Angels, a forum of high net worth early-stage investors, where she was involved in screening and closing transactions giving her a understanding of early stage investments.

She holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from LaSalle University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Number of Investments 1
Tarana Lalwani invested in Fairdeal Market on Sep 29, 2023. This investment - Seed Round - Fairdeal Market - was valued at
$2M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Sep 29, 2023
Fairdeal Market
Seed Round - Fairdeal Market
$2M
Number of Partner Investments 1
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 16, 2022
BeepKart
InnoVen Capital
Yes
Debt Financing - BeepKart
$1M
Number of Current Jobs 2
Tarana Lalwani has 2 current jobs as Director & Founding Partner at InnoVen Capital and Principal at SeedFund.in.
Hub Name  
CB Rank (Hub)  
Investors with Funds Raised in 2006
70,471
Funding RoundSep 29, 2023
Fairdeal Market raised $2,000,000 / Seed from Apoorv Gautam and 12 other investors