About
Varun Malhotra is a Partner at Quona Capital with more than ten years of venture investing experience spanning technology, financial services, and impact. He works on Quona's investment activities and portfolio in South and Southeast Asia. Before Quona, he held investment roles at Oak Investment Partners, Lok Capital, and the D.E. Shaw Group; he is a Kauffman Fellow and was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Finance & Venture Capital in Asia.
Invests in
FintechImpact & Social Good
Experience
- Quona CapitalPartnercurrent2015 — presentBangalore
- Kauffman FellowsFellow, Class 25current2020 — present
- Lok CapitalAssociate2012 — 2014Chennai
- Capinova AdvisorsAnalyst2011 — 2012Mumbai
- The D. E. Shaw GroupAssociate2009 — 2010Hyderabad
Skills & more
Hedge Funds7Private Equity11Venture Capital14
From Varun's professional profile.
Colleagues at Quona Capital
Adrienne Henderson
Senior Investment Associate at Quona Capital
Alejandro Safdie
Vice President at Quona Capital
Anuraag Dalal
Strategic Operations Associate at Quona Capital
David Mathewson
Partner/COO & Chief Compliance Officer at Quona Capital
Deidra Buissereth
Executive Office Associate & People Operations Coordinator at Quona Capital
Devin N. Dockery
Compliance Officer at Quona Capital
Elis Kwek
Investment Associate at Quona Capital
Fernanda Rezende
Analyst at Quona Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Varun Malhotra?
- Varun Malhotra is a Partner at Quona Capital with more than ten years of venture investing experience spanning technology, financial services, and impact. He works on Quona's investment activities and portfolio in South and Southeast Asia. Before Quona, he held investment roles at Oak Investment Partners, Lok Capital, and the D.E. Shaw Group; he is a Kauffman Fellow and was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Finance & Venture Capital in Asia.
- Where does Varun Malhotra work?
- Varun Malhotra is Partner at Quona Capital.
- What does Varun Malhotra invest in?
- Varun Malhotra invests in Fintech, Impact & Social Good.
- What check size does Varun Malhotra write?
- Varun Malhotra typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Varun Malhotra go to school?
- Varun Malhotra studied at Indian School of Business (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance & Strategy); Hindu College, University of Delhi (B.A. (Honours), Economics); St. James' School (Kolkata) (I.C.S.E., I.S.C.).
Same school
Also attended Indian School of Business84
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Also attended Hindu College, University of Delhi5
Also attended St. James' School (Kolkata)2
Shared employers
Also worked at Kauffman Fellows382
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Also worked at Lok Capital7
Ganesh RengaswamyManaging Partner at Quona CapitalAshish JainCo-Founder and Partner at WaterBridge VenturesBaba Prasad NathInvestments at WaterBridge VenturesNiyaz LaiqPartner at LumikaiPreeth GowdarChief Investment Officer at Save the Children Global VenturesVijay AdvaniAdvisor at EQUIAM
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Also worked at The D. E. Shaw Group51
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