Fundraising and Introduction to iSAFE by Yagnesh Sanghrajka, Founder & CFO, 100X.VC

Yagnesh Sanghrajka is a Chartered Accountant (1989 batch). He has had a long and successful career in the corporate world having led Finance, M&A, Strategy and Investor Relations for various organizations, large and medium sized, listed and unlisted.

Yagnesh has worked for Hinduja Group (their IT/ ITES biz, now known as Hinduja Global Solutions - HGS), Entertainment World Developers P Ltd, part of the Atul Ruia led Phoenix Mills Group and MT Educare (brand name - Mahesh Tutorials), a listed education services player, now part of Essel Group. He has also worked as 'India Operating Partner’ for Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a top ranked US based Global VC/PE firm.

Yagnesh has been part of the key management team at all the above organizations, and has worked closely with Board of Directors as CFO. He has also been part of due diligence and valuation exercises both from acquirer and target companies’ perspective and hence possesses expert knowledge in these areas. 

Yagnesh currently is the Founder and CFO of 100X.VC, India’s first venture capital fund which uses iSAFE notes to fund startups. 100X.VC is promoted by Mehta Ventures, a family office owned by Ace Angel Investor Sanjay Mehta. 100X.VC has already funded 20 companies in Class 01 in 2019.

LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yagnesh270766