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Farzana Wadia

Investor

Director and Head, Brand Capital at Brand Capital

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About

Farzana Wadia is Director and Head of Brand Capital, the strategic investment arm of Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times of India). She brings over 17 years of experience in private equity and investment banking, with expertise in deal origination, portfolio management, and exits across consumer, financial services, healthcare, and technology sectors focused on Indian domestic consumption. At Brand Capital, she invests in and partners with entrepreneurs, utilizing the company's media platforms across print, digital, television, out-of-home, cinema, and celebrity networks to support business growth. Wadia is a Chartered Accountant and gold medallist commerce graduate from Mumbai University.

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Experience

  1. Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times of India)Director and Head - Brand Capitalcurrent2025 — presentMumbai
  2. India Alternatives Investment AdvisorsSenior Director2018 — 2025Mumbai Area, India
  3. Gaja CapitalSenior Principal2012 — 2018Mumbai Area, India
  4. BNP ParibasSenior Analyst - Corporate Finance, Investment Banking2008 — 2012Mumbai Area, India
  5. HSBC Global Banking and MarketsManager - Treasury2007 — 2008Mumbai Area, India
  6. Bharat Parikh & CoInternship2006 — 2007Mumbai Area, India
  7. Deloitte IndiaInternship2005 — 2006Mumbai Area, India

Education

  1. Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaChartered Accountant2003 — 2007
  2. R.A. Podar CollegeBachelor of Commerce from the University of Mumbai2001 — 2005
  3. J B Vachha High SchoolSSC1988 — 2000
  4. Chartered Financial Analyst (USA) Level 3 candidate

Skills & more

Investment BankingCorporate FinanceFinancial ModelingCapital MarketsValuationPrivate EquityEquitiesDue DiligenceEmerging MarketsMergers & AcquisitionsEquity ResearchDerivatives
+5 moreBloombergPortfolio ManagementFinancial AnalysisVenture CapitalBusiness Strategy

Languages English · Gujarati · Hindi · Marathi

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Shared employers

Also worked at Gaja Capital2

Ravi KaushikExecutive Director, Head of Asia Investments at Flourish VenturesRohit RazdanManaging Director at Tenacity Ventures

Also worked at BNP Paribas225

Alessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneCarlos ContiManaging Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupPauline BréantFinance Manager at Newfund CapitalRoy ChngInvestment Manager - Finance at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMaxime BucaillePrincipal at Draper AssociatesAlexis HoussouFounder & Managing Partner at HCVC

+ 219 more

Also worked at HSBC Global Banking and Markets318

Matt CherianVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAngela ToyPartner & COO at Golden Gate VenturesGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesDamien DidierInvestor at DaphniRichard LeeInvestor at MedicxiAdvika JalanResearch Analyst at MMC Ventures

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Also worked at Deloitte India1,225

Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesPatrick KartevollInvestor at InvestinorØysteinInvestor at InvestinorMinh DoAnalyst at Golden Gate Ventures

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Colleagues at Brand Capital

Amar Thomas
Head Strategy at Brand Capital
G Ramaswamy
Principal Advisor at Brand Capital
Manish Bakshi
Head Portfolio Finance at Brand Capital
Rajat Tandon
Director and National Head Brand Estate at Brand Capital
S. Sivakumar
President at Brand Capital
Soumit Mohapatra
Head Legal at Brand Capital
Surinder Chawla
President, BCCL at Brand Capital
Vish Sathappan
Investor at Brand Capital