Pawan Lakhwani  - Investment Principal, Dream Incubator

Pawan Lakhwani

Investment Principal, Dream Incubator
  • Bangalore, India

More about Pawan Lakhwani

Venture Capital | Corporate Development & Strategic Initiatives | Investment Banking | Fundraising & M&A

Part of the India Investments Team at Dream Incubator, a Japanese Venture Capital fund with investment interests in technology startups in India, Japan, USA, China and South East Asia.

Previously worked as a part of the Strategy Initiatives Group and Chairman's office for Rainshine Entertainment where he was responsible for fundraising, M&A, investor relations, strategic initiatives (setting up Media Finance Fund), capitalization and other related initiatives. 

Pawan has been an Investment Banking & Corporate Development Professional with experience in coverage and execution of transactions in Banking and Financial Services Industry (BFSI), Healthcare (including Hospitals, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices), Consumers, Chemicals, Media & Entertainment practice. He has been part of Private Equity Fundraising, Domestic & Cross-Border M&A and Capital Market Transactions. He is well-equipped to originate transaction and execute them end-to-end including collaterals authoring, financial and business plan preparation, transaction marketing, negotiations, hand-holding the due-diligence and definitive closure documentation. 

Strong proven ability to build trust relationships with CEOs/ CFOs and other CXOs. He is well-experienced in working closely with CxO's to identify and propose strategic initiatives for their companies. He is also well-equipped to deal and liaison with various agencies including due diligence, lawyers, regulatory bodies, BRLMs and others.

Specialties: Venture Capital Investing, Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Advisory, Capital Markets, Fundraising and analyzing different investment opportunities across the value chain, Investor Relations, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Development

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