LIGHTBOX VENTURES

Sandeep Murthy leads Lightbox, a Mumbai-based venture capital firm that invests in early-growth consumer brands in India, where the firm looks for businesses in which the product leads and technology acts as a catalyst. He has been investing in India since 2005, and under his leadership Lightbox manages roughly $400 million and has backed 27 companies whose cumulative value is around $3 billion. The firm makes concentrated bets with sizable ownership in a handful of companies, aiming to organize India's large, unorganized consumption markets. Portfolio companies include InMobi, Info Edge, Cleartrip, Rebel Foods, Bombay Shirt Company, Furlenco, Nua, Zeno Health and Cityflo.