About
Co-founder of Colossa Ventures with over two decades across manufacturing, consulting, and investment management, including 21+ years in venture capital and private equity. She was previously Investment Director at ICICI Ventures and Director (Investments) at Aditya Birla Private Equity, with expertise across financial services, consumer, healthcare, and technology sectors.
Experience
- Colossa VenturesFoundercurrent2022 — presentMumbai
- Self-employedSenior Advisor PE Industry2020 — 2023
- Aditya Birla CapitalInvestment Director2013 — 2020Mumbai
- ICICI VentureDirector- Investments2000 — 2013Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- KPMGConsultant1999 — 2000
- Tata SteelMarketing Manager1994 — 1997
Skills & more
Corporate Finance8Financial Services6Financial Modeling4Due Diligence1Investment Banking1Investments12Portfolio Management4
From Vandana's professional profile.
Colleagues at Colossa Ventures
Ashu Suyash
Founder & CEO at Colossa Ventures
Farida Khambata
Investor at Colossa Ventures
Harinarayan Sharma
Investor at Colossa Ventures
Raghu Cavale
Investor at Colossa Ventures
Ruchi Kalra
Investor at Colossa Ventures
Shantanu Deshpande
Investor at Colossa Ventures
Shrestha Chowdhury
Investor at Colossa Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vandana Rajadhyaksha?
- Co-founder of Colossa Ventures with over two decades across manufacturing, consulting, and investment management, including 21+ years in venture capital and private equity. She was previously Investment Director at ICICI Ventures and Director (Investments) at Aditya Birla Private Equity, with expertise across financial services, consumer, healthcare, and technology sectors.
- Where does Vandana Rajadhyaksha work?
- Vandana Rajadhyaksha is Founder & Co-Head at Colossa Ventures.
- Where did Vandana Rajadhyaksha go to school?
- Vandana Rajadhyaksha studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (BTech, Metallurgical Engineering); Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA), Savitribai Phule Pune University (Masters in Business administration, Finance); Harvard Business School (Advance certification, PE and Venture Capital).
Same school
Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay163
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Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Aditya Birla Capital3
Also worked at ICICI Venture9
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Also worked at KPMG274
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