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Lalit Jalan

Investor

Investor at 3Lines Venture Capital

Mumbai, India

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Lalit Jalan is the founder and chairman of Jalan Brothers Pvt Ltd and former CEO of Reliance Infrastructure Limited, where he also served as group director of strategy and corporate affairs for Reliance Group. Over a four-decade career, he has held leadership positions across finance, infrastructure, power, telecom, manufacturing, and defense sectors, and was chairman of BSES Delhi Power Distribution companies. He holds a B.Tech from IIT Kanpur, an MBA in finance from Wharton School, and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania, and serves as chairman of 3Lines Venture Capital, a U.S.-based venture capital firm investing in AI and software technology startups.

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Experience

  1. Jalan Brothers Pvt LtdFounder and Chairmancurrent1984 — present
  2. 3Lines Venture CapitalChairman- India2021 — 2022
  3. Reliance GroupGroup Director2014 — 2019Mumbai
  4. Reliance InfrastructureChief Executive Officer2003 — 2019
  5. Reliance Industries LimitedChief Executive Officer- PP Business1995 — 2003Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Education

  1. The Wharton SchoolMBA, Finance1979 — 1981
  2. University of PennsylvaniaMS, Computer Science1979 — 1981
  3. Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurB Tech, Electrical Engineering1974 — 1979

Same school

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,317 more

Also attended University of Pennsylvania607

Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution

+ 601 more

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur53

HemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesAshish GuptaChairman and Partner at MFV PartnersVeenu ChoudharyDirector, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Shantanu NigamManaging Partner at SeedToBNakul MandanFounder & Partner at AudaciousJatin GargAI Lead at Audacious

+ 47 more

Shared employers

Also worked at 3Lines Venture Capital7

Hemant ElhenceGeneral Partner at 3Lines Venture CapitalPallab ChatterjeeGeneral Partner at 3Lines Venture CapitalRajiv RoyVenture Partner at 3Lines Venture CapitalSumanth ChannabasappaVenture Partner at 3Lines Venture CapitalSriram GosalaInvestor at 3Lines Venture CapitalRathnakar SamavedamVenture Partner at 3Lines Venture Capital

+ 1 more

Also worked at Reliance Industries Limited8

Surbhi GargVice President, Growth Equity at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsHarsh MehtaAssociate at BLinC InvestSahil MakkarPartner at India QuotientAkhil AbatChief Operating Officer, NGIF Accelerator; Partner, NGIF Capital at NGIF CapitalPreetha RonyManager – Administration at Ankur CapitalDibyendu RanaVenture Advisor at Z21 Ventures

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Colleagues at 3Lines Venture Capital

Anil Gupta
Investor at 3Lines Venture Capital
Bhaskar Thota
Principal at 3Lines Venture Capital
Hemant
Investor at 3Lines Venture Capital
Hemant Elhence
General Partner at 3Lines Venture Capital
Kamalesh Dwivedi
President at 3Lines Venture Capital
Krishna Kunapuli
Founder, Managing General Partner and CEO at 3Lines Venture Capital
Nick Nardi
Senior Advisor at 3Lines Venture Capital
Pallab Chatterjee
General Partner at 3Lines Venture Capital

Network1

Bhaskar Thota
Principal at 3Lines Venture Capital

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