About
Shweta Poddar is an Associate Partner at SAGANA, where she leads the Consulting practice focused on gender-smart investing, impact strategy, and technical assistance for development finance institutions and fund managers across Asia and Africa. Her background includes roles at Impact Traveller, where she headed operations and co-led strategy for the social enterprise, and at Impact Investment Exchange Asia's private equity arm. Poddar holds a degree in Commerce with Honors from SRCC, Delhi University, and an MBA from NUS Business School, Singapore.
Experience
- SAGANAAssociate Partnercurrent2021 — present
- Sunline FoundationFounding Team & Advisorcurrent2019 — presentSingapore
- Impact TravellerFounding Teamcurrent2016 — presentSingapore
- Bhutan Philanthropy VenturesConsultant2016 — 2018Thimphu, Bhutan
- Cafe RiverrunPartner and Co-founder2015 — 2018Guwahati Area, India
- The King's Challenge (now Impact Traveller)Founding Team2013 — 2016Bhutan/ Singapore
- Impact Investment Exchange (Asia)Associate2012 — 2013Singapore
- National University of SingaporeMBA Student2011 — 2012Singapore
- LEU FoundationOperations and Marketing In-charge2010 — 2011Gurugram, Haryana, India
- LEU FoundationCo-founder2009 — 2011Gurgaon, Delhi NCR
- InductisSenior Financial Analyst2007 — 2010Gurugram, Haryana, India
Education
- National University of SingaporeMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)2011 — 2012
- Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)Honours in Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Business/Commerce2004 — 2007
- Faculty Higher Secondary School1994 — 2004
Skills & more
Private Sector DevelopmentDue DiligenceGender EqualityGender MainstreamingGender Bias Awareness TrainingPrivate Equity22Financial Modeling6Valuation2Investments5Investment Banking8Impact Investing2Social Entrepreneurship2
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Social Impact AssessmentSocial EnterpriseCapital RaisingFundingVenture CapitalFinanceMarketingCapital MarketsDiversity & InclusionFrom Shweta's professional profile.
Colleagues at SAGANA
Adeline Permata
Senior Consulting Associate at SAGANA
Aditi Annapurna
Senior Consulting Manager at SAGANA
Aina Gaur
Assoc. Partner, Capital at SAGANA
Akash Singh
Senior Investment & Consulting Director at SAGANA
Alex Rowlett
Investment Director at SAGANA
Ananya Chatterjee
Administrative Assistant at SAGANA
Archita Adlakha
Consulting Manager at SAGANA
Arpitha Rao
Consulting Director at SAGANA
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Shweta Poddar work?
- Shweta Poddar is Assoc. Partner, Consulting at SAGANA.
Same school
Also attended National University of Singapore319
Justin HallPartner at Golden Gate VenturesMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionCeline XiaoInvestor at DN CapitalSofia DahouneInvestor at DaphniYi Min LohInvestment Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsSean LooInvestment Analyst at Burda Principal Investments
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Also attended Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)43
Darsa JhanwarSenior Associate, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Esha VatsaInvestor at Mercuri.vcPooja MongaSenior Investment Associate at Beyond Capital VenturesShakthi ChandraAnalyst at Dallas Venture CapitalVarun DalalPartner at Inovia CapitalVikram ChachraGeneral Partner & CIO at 8i Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Impact Investment Exchange (Asia)8
Riddhi AgarwalPrincipal - Private Equity at Rocket CapitalAmy DuffuorCo-Founder and General Partner at Azolla VenturesRaya PappFounding Partner at SAGANAAditya Kumar PeriBoehringer Ingelheim at i3 — Investing in Innovation AfricaSteve MelhuishFounding Partner at Wavemaker ImpactJessie WuPrincipal at Upshot Ventures
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Also worked at National University of Singapore62
Vinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesTony LaiInvestor at StartXSriram KrishnanStartup builder and investorPraachi Jain MehtaChief of Staff at Augment VenturesKiara ChiamESG & Risk Associate, Southeast Asia at Jungle VenturesTricia ChongDeputy Director at SGInnovate
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