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Pankaj Bansal (पंकज बंसल)

Evaluator · DISC type dcs
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Caret Capital
📍 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Pankaj is a serial entrepreneur and investor, known for co-founding and scaling ventures like PeopleStrong and Wheebox, leading to successful exits to Goldman Sachs and ETS. An alumnus of Lucknow University, he now co-leads the venture firm Caret Capital and serves on several prominent boards, focusing on HR tech and education.

Beyond his business ventures, Pankaj is passionate about personal and spiritual growth, expressing a deep interest in healing for himself and others. He recently undertook a personal pilgrimage to Gitapress Gorakhpur to celebrate a milestone birthday, highlighting his connection to Indian culture and spirituality.

He celebrated his birthday not with a party, but by visiting a historic printing press, Gitapress Gorakhpur.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Personality Overview

How Pankaj shows up

Thorough Evaluator
Hard To Convince
Quality Focused

They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical

Priorities

Topics Pankaj cares about

HR & Job Tech
Founded and scaled PeopleStrong, a major HR tech platform. He is passionate about building technologies that create jobs and improve capacity in India.
Electric Mobility
His venture fund, Caret Capital, recently made its first investment in the electric mobility space, backing the startup EVeez to promote clean transportation.
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Career

Work history

7-2023
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Caret Capital
4-2025
Board Member
PeopleStrong
12-2005 - 4-2025
Founder
PeopleStrong
Board Member
Karmayogi Bharat | Sunstone | YouInYou |MastersUnion
1-2018
Board Member & Founder
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In the press

Media appearances

The monk who sold his Santro | Pankaj Bansal @ PeopleStrong. Featured in Spotify
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Dialog With Pankaj Bansal, Founder, PeopleStrong. Featured in YouTube
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Education
1995 - 1997
Masters in Human Resources
Savitribai Phule Pune University
1995 - 1996
Professional Diploma In Human Resources Development
All India Management Institute
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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