Mount Judi Ventures

P.C. Musthafa is the co-founder and CEO of iD Fresh Foods, a $100 million packaged food brand operating across South and East India and the UAE, for which he raised $30 million across two rounds from investors including Sequoia Capital, Helion Ventures, and PremjiInvest. He brings over 25 years of experience spanning IT, banking, and FMCG. He holds a computer science engineering degree from NIT and is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore.

Shoaib Ahmed is a General Partner at Mount Judi Ventures with over 35 years of experience in business and market building. He previously served as President of Tally Solutions, where he led sales and marketing and built the company's two-tier partner network, and co-founded Vedha Automation, which later merged with Tally. He is a founding member of iSPIRT, mentors startups, and is currently incubating a platform called Catalyst; he holds degrees from IIM Calcutta and Bangalore University.

Tiny Philip has spent over 30 years as a business advisor and consultant, and has served as CEO of Results Consulting Group for more than 27 years, working with SME and family businesses to improve profitability and reduce debt. He is a director at Secura Investments, a real estate ethical VC fund in Kerala, and writes a regular column called "The Contrarian Consultant" for the business magazine Dhanam. He holds a B.Tech and a PGDM from IIM-Lucknow.

Namasivayam, known as Namas, previously served as a Senior Partner at Deloitte for six years and, before that, spent 14 years as a partner at PwC, where he established the India Public Sector consulting practice. He has more than 40 years of experience leading large, multi-year projects across the energy, infrastructure, social, and government sectors in India, China, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Nigeria, and countries in South Asia. He holds a Master's in Industrial Management from IIT-Madras and a Master's in Social Science, and serves as a Trustee at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation.

Sherif Kottapurath is Managing Partner at Mount Judi Ventures with over 40 years in the IT industry. He was previously CTO of Sun Microsystems and was among the earliest employees at Wipro, where he established the US service business for the R&D team and holds several patents. He is also a serial entrepreneur, serving as CEO of POSibolt and founder and chairman of Rehbar Financial Consultants, and is a 1982 graduate of BITS, Pilani.

Geoff "Chester" Woolley has worked in venture capital investing for over 30 years and has founded venture funds across the United States, Europe, and Asia, managing more than $2 billion in capital. He helped launch the Unitus Equity Fund and Unitus Capital, and in 2011 co-founded Patamar Capital (formerly Unitus Impact), a frontier-markets venture firm focused on economic opportunities for low-income communities in Asia. He holds a B.S. in Business Management from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of Utah.

Kazi Arif Zaman has over 24 years of experience in private equity and investment banking, having deployed and managed more than USD 200 million across various VC/PE deals. He previously held roles as Managing Director at Everstone Capital, Associate Director at ICICI Venture, and a position at ANZ Investment Bank. He holds degrees from IIM-Ahmedabad and IIT-Kharagpur, is a CFA charter holder, and a founding director of the CFA India Society.

Mohamed Ashrafulla is a banker with over 40 years of experience, including about 8 years in Islamic banking as Head of Credit Risk Review at Dubai Islamic Bank in Dubai, where he oversaw reviews of a portfolio exceeding USD 30 billion across corporate, retail, and real estate finance as well as Sukuk, equity, and fund investments. He specializes in corporate and industrial finance and credit risk management, and previously worked in merchant banking at an Indian bank on project appraisal, underwriting, and IPO marketing. He is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers and a Certified Internal Auditor from the Institute of Internal Auditors (USA).

Dr Sridhar Mitta was the first R&D Manager at Wipro Information Technology Ltd., where he worked for twenty years in various roles. He is a serial entrepreneur who founded several companies, including NextWealth Entrepreneurs Pvt Ltd (as Managing Director), EnThink Inc. in Santa Clara, and e4e Labs in Bangalore, and has advised VC firms such as UTI Ventures, IDG Ventures, TVS Capital, KITVEN Ventures, and Inventus Capital Partners. He holds an M.Tech. from IIT-Kharagpur and an MS and PhD from Oklahoma State University.

Sunil Kolangara is the co-founder of Unaprime Investment Advisors and formerly a partner and Investment Committee member at Ascent Capital (previously UTI Ventures), where he handled origination, monitoring, and exits for private equity investments as well as fundraising. He has made growth capital and venture investments in Indian private companies across sectors through three PE funds.

Ebaad Momin has over 15 years of experience across private banking, private equity, and investment banking, including work in the Middle East for one of India's largest private banks and a role on the founding team of a private equity firm managing over USD 500 million in assets. He holds a Bachelor's in Commerce and an MBA in Finance from Mumbai University, along with postgraduate diplomas in Foreign Trade, Forex and Risk Management, and Islamic Finance and Banking. He is an Associate Fellow at the Islamic Institute of Banking and Insurance in London and holds a PhD in Islamic Finance from the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance in Kuala Lumpur.

Imad Shariff is a Manager for Growth at Mount Judi Ventures with over 10 years of experience across entrepreneurship, strategy, venture building, and consulting. He holds a CPSMBE from Hero Vired and INSEAD and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from VTU.

Mohammed Mobeen Ismail Batla is an Investment Analyst at Mount Judi Ventures with a background in B2B sales and early-stage startup investing. He previously worked at Mumbai Angels and LetsVenture. He is a graduate of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, and a CFA Level 3 candidate.

Mohammed Ali Shariff has over 20 years of experience in management consulting and supply chain IT. He served as a director at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP for about six and a half years and previously as a manager at PwC for five years, with expertise spanning business strategy, opportunity assessment, due diligence, and business restructuring. He holds an MSc from the London School of Economics, an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad, a CSS in Administration & Management from Harvard University, and a BTech in Industrial Engineering.

Praharsh Shahi is Manager - Investments at Mount Judi Ventures, with over 10 years of experience across investment banking and high-growth startups. He previously worked at Finvista, Protiviti, and Klub, and holds an MBA from IBS Hyderabad.