Spring Marketing Capital

Has spent 24+ years working with founders, starting at Ogilvy and Brand David, collaborating with entrepreneurs including the founders of Bharat Matrimony and Royal Enfield.

Co-founded and built a digital marketing agency early on, before digital marketing was an established category.

Rohan Talati is a Portfolio Partner at Spring Marketing Capital, where he works with founders across growth and early-stage portfolios on brand strategy, go-to-market positioning, and marketing function development across consumer, health, lifestyle, and D2C categories. Previously, he spent seven years at 22feet Tribal Worldwide as part of the founding team, leading the West business and managing digital campaigns for brands including Nike, Spotify, Heineken, and Levi's. With 15 years of experience in brand strategy and business development, Talati focuses on integrating brand positioning with business growth across lifestyle and culture-forward consumer categories.

Sandeep Balan is a Partner for Branded Content at Spring Marketing Capital and a founding team member of the firm. With over 19 years of experience in brand building and content creation, he has held senior positions at United Breweries, Star India, and Idea Cellular, where he led digital marketing initiatives and strategy across major brands including Kingfisher, Heineken, and Life OK. His creative work spans advertising, branded content, and web series, including projects such as the Kingfisher-backed "Cheers India" YouTube channel (which reached 1.2M+ subscribers and 140M+ views), the web series "What's Your Status" (which received a Best Writer nomination at the 10th Annual Indie Series Awards), and viral campaigns for D2C and established brands including Wakefit, Tata 1mg, and BYJU'S.

Akhil Khandeparkar is a Senior Creative at Spring Marketing Capital focused on branded content strategy. He works across brand marketing, storytelling, and video-first content, including influencer campaigns and brand film production.

Esha Agarwal is a visual communication designer at Spring Marketing Capital who specializes in branding, packaging, illustration, UI design, and editorial design. Her work spans brand identity development, tech-led design solutions, and multi-format assets including video, audio, digital visuals, and physical materials. Based in experience across multiple Indian cities, Agarwal approaches design projects with attention to cultural context, detail, and storytelling.

Gayatri Iyer is a Junior Partner at Spring Marketing Capital focused on portfolio strategy. With over eight years of experience in brand and marketing strategy, social media, editorial strategy, and content marketing across advertising, technology, and product brands, Iyer works with portfolio companies on marketing and brand strategy execution across marketing channels.

Lekha Shastry is a Junior Design Partner at Spring Marketing Capital. Her work spans visual merchandising, graphic design, branding, store design, and print design.

Natasha Dhinda is an Assistant Vice President of Risk & Compliance at Spring Marketing Capital, focusing on growth-stage investments. She has experience in trade finance operations including letters of credit, bank guarantees, and export finance, as well as deal origination, corporate funding, and banking relationships. Previously, she worked as a Credit Analyst at HSH Nordbank AG analyzing ECA-backed buyer's credit transactions in the Indian subcontinent.

Nishtha Pandit is Interim Chairperson of the Board at PureTech Health plc, where she also chairs the Audit Committee and serves on the Transaction Committee. She is CFO of the U.S. business at Teva Pharmaceuticals, overseeing a portfolio of more than 1,000 products across specialty, biosimilars, and generics generating over $8 billion in annual revenue, with responsibilities spanning investor relations, capital markets strategy, and debt refinancing. Earlier in her career, she spent 22 years at Merck, including roles as CFO of US Oncology and leader of Portfolio Strategy, Operations, and Business Analytics, and later served as SVP of Global Finance at EQRx.

Thribhuvan Dodda Sai is a Chartered Accountant with experience in transactions advisory and mergers and acquisitions, including deal structuring, financial due diligence, and direct taxation. Currently a Senior Associate in Finance at Spring Marketing Capital, he has worked on transaction structuring and implementation across diverse sectors. His background includes experience gained during his articleship in financial due diligence and analytical work supporting investors and management teams.

Vatsal Khullar is an Associate Vice President at Spring Marketing Capital. He has experience in public policy, investment promotion, and venture capital, with a background in business development. He holds a Bachelor of Business Studies in Finance from Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies at the University of Delhi.