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Eric Batliwala

Investor

AVP - Seed & Acceleration at IIMA Ventures

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

About

Eric Batliwala is Associate Vice President at IIMA Ventures, where he leads the Seed & Acceleration vertical and has facilitated over INR 40 crore in capital deployment to startups. He manages accelerator programs for corporate partners including Accenture, MUFG, and Cisco, and oversees government initiatives such as Tide 2.0 and iDEX, supporting deep-tech ventures and early-stage founders. Prior to his six years at IIMA Ventures, he worked in edtech and logistics companies in business development and product management roles.

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Experience

  1. IIMA VenturesAssociate Vice Presidentcurrent2024 — presentAhmedabad Area, India
  2. IIMA VenturesSenior Manager2019 — 2024Ahmedabad Area, India
  3. UNLEASHStartup Mentor2022 — 2024India
  4. Veative LabsHead of Global Operations2017 — 2019Delhi, India
  5. Veative LabsInternational Sales and Marketing Manager2016 — 2017New Delhi, India
  6. BlinkitDeputy Area Manager - operations2015 — 2016Ahmedabad
  7. Designmate India Pvt LtdManager International Operations2012 — 2015Ahmedabad
  8. Education AcademyAsst. Manager2011 — 2012
  9. Education Consulting CompanySenior Support Executive2010 — 2011

Education

  1. Shri Chimanbhai Patel Institute of Management and Research (SFI)-Ahmedabad 768Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration2008 — 2010
  2. GLS Institute of Commerce (Gujarat University)Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Business/Commerce2005 — 2008
  3. St. Xavier's High SchoolHSC, Commerce2003 — 2005
  4. H L Center of Professional EducationDiploma in E-commerce with Management, E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce2006 — 2008

Skills & more

Microsoft Office3Salesforce.com1Photoshop1Problem Solving2Start-up Consulting3Project Management2Consulting1IncubationInvestmentsScoutingEntrepreneurship DevelopmentMentoring
+12 moreCoaching & MentoringE-LearningMarketingMarketing StrategyBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyStrategic PlanningManagementTeam ManagementStrategic PartnershipsStrategySales

Languages English · Gujarati · Hindi

  • Dimploma in Ecommerce with Management — H L Centre For Professional Excellence

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Shared employers

Also worked at IIMA Ventures57

Tarun AgrawalHead of India at InsitorAnirudh SinghPartner at Avataar Venture PartnersKunal UpadhyayManaging Partner at Bharat FundSanjay JainPartner at Bharat FundRohan ChoukkarVice President at Bharat FundArjit JohriVice President at Mars Shot Ventures

+ 51 more

Also worked at UNLEASH3

Marissa SterlingSenior Platform Associate at BURNT ISLAND VENTURESDevin NashVice President, Brand & Experience at Underscore VCRichard JohnsonImpact Advisor at FIGR Ventures

Also worked at Blinkit2

Visa KannanManaging Partner at Saison CapitalDivyanshi ChowdharyInvestment Professional at DeVC

Colleagues at IIMA Ventures

Aakriti Shah Kamdar
Sr. Manager - Seed & Acceleration at IIMA Ventures
Aashna Sheth
Sr. Associate - Seed & Acceleration at IIMA Ventures
Abhimanyu Saxena
Sr. Manager - Programs at IIMA Ventures
Adhwant Mishra
Analyst - Seed & Acceleration at IIMA Ventures
Aditya Dwivedi
Associate - Seed & Acceleration at IIMA Ventures
Aditya Gupta
Analyst - Legal at IIMA Ventures
Akash Kalra
Sr. Manager – IIMAvericks at IIMA Ventures
Amitkumar Jain
AVP - Finance & Accounts at IIMA Ventures