TUSHAR KANSAL

Tushar Kansal is the Founder & CEO of Kansaltancy Ventures. He is an accomplished finance professional, a “Thought Leader/ Influencer” in the global startup ecosystem.

Over the years, he has supported startups and growth-stage companies in diverse sectors like EdTech, FinTech, SaaS, B2C, B2B, D2C, AgriTech, DeepTech, E-Commerce, and non-tech sectors.

At Kansaltancy Ventures, he aims to help change-makers accelerate their dreams by means of Venture Capital, Angel Investment, Debt, M&A’s, Consulting, SME IPO, Virtual CFO and Strategic Services, leveraging his connections of 450+ VC/PE Funds and reputed Banks/ Financial Institutions, Anchor IPO investors, globally picking up global deals while being sector agnostic. The average ticket size of Equity deals accomplished is USD 1-100 Million and Debt starting from INR 1 crore.

He is also serving as a Venture Advisor in Loyal VC, an INSEAD-led Canadian VC Fund, having a core portfolio of over 350+ investments in more than 60+ countries.

Tushar has received many awards for his contribution to the global startup ecosystem. He recently received the award “Best Startup Supporter 2022” at “IndiaFirst Tech Startup Conclave 2022” organized by “All India Council for Robotics & Automation (AICRA)” from Dr. Kiran Bedi. He was also awarded “Entrepreneur of the Year 2022” by Business Connect magazine.

Leading business news channels and publications like CNN-News18, Latoken VCTV (Venture Capital TV), Business World, Business & Economic, Qrius, and Digital Market Asia often seek his expert opinion. He has delivered more than 300+ talks and webinars on various topics across funding, startups, entrepreneurship, and finance.

Tushar has expertise in fundraising, financial and business advisory, and creating docs and collaterals for VC funding. He has experience in multiple sectors spanning from Venture Capital at Brand Cap (Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. – Times Group) & Big 4 Consulting (Deloitte & Touche), Fundraising at LSE-listed Sistema’s India Unit (MTS India) to CFO at Guggenheim Partners Owned Company – DLI.

He has executed several Venture Capital deals at Deloitte and Brand Cap during his corporate career. At MTS, he raised USD 2.5 Billion in 3 years. At DLI, he reported to the founder Guggenheim, an USD 325 Billion PE Fund.

Tushar is also a mentor and judge of startup pitching events at Entrepreneurship-Cells of IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIMs & more such marquee academic institutions.

He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School (HBS), where he received Executive Education in Leadership. He is also a proud alumnus of the prestigious University of Delhi, where he received his MBA in Finance from the Department of Financial Studies (DFS, Erstwhile MFC). He did his B.Tech from The Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences, affiliated to the “Textile Institute Manchester, UK” and a part of the leading industrial and education house in India, “The Birla Group.”