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Kaushik Anand

Critic · DISC type C
Partner at A91 Partners
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Kaushik Anand is a Partner at A91 Partners, focusing on growth equity investments in software, tech services, and financial services. An alumnus of Harvard Business School and IIT Madras, he previously led India investments for Alphabets CapitalG. He serves on the boards of several portfolio companies, including Exotel and Aye Finance.

Before his investing career, Kaushik was a hands-on entrepreneur, co-founding two technology startups: GoSello, a mobile classifieds platform, and Clever Layover, an innovative travel-tech company. This experience provides him with a unique founder-centric perspective when advising companies on product development and scaling operations.

He has direct experience on both sides of the table, having founded startups before becoming a venture and growth equity investor.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Partner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Personality Overview

How Kaushik shows up

ROI Driven
Information Seeker
Objective Thinker

They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions. They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.

Priorities

Topics Kaushik cares about

Fintech Innovation
He actively invests in the sector (Aye Finance, GoDigit) and was a featured speaker at the Global Fintech Fest 2024, showing deep engagement with the industry's future.
Enterprise SaaS
His investment portfolio includes numerous software companies like Exotel, Kaar Technologies, and Shipsy, and he recently co-led a funding round for SaaS platform Moengage.
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Career

Work history

5-2019
Partner
A91 Partners
6-2015 - 3-2019
India Head
CapitalG
6-2014 - 4-2015
Co-founder
GoSello
Co-founder
Clever Layover
Investor
Sequoia Capital
In the press

Media appearances

Kaushik Anand quits CapitalG to join A91 Partners. Featured in Entrackr
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Education
2014 - 2016
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Harvard Business School
2006 - 2010
B.Tech
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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