We bring different perspectives and expertise to help build consumer brands
We are Fireside
Kanwaljit Singh
Founder & Managing Partner
Words to live by
"Success is not final and failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts" - Winston Churchill
Life outside Fireside
Golf & Travelling
Kanwal has always been passionate about mentoring and helping build consumer brands in India, and has been involved as an investor with brands like Paper Boat, ID Fresh, Epigamia, and Licious, before starting Fireside. He has been investing in the early stage ecosystem in India for over 20 years, first as a Director at Carlyle Group, India, and later as a Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of Helion Venture Partners. Prior to his investing career, Kanwal spent over 13 years in consumer marketing with Hindustan Unilever, and Intel India.
Portfolio Companies
Vinay Singh
Co-Founder & Partner
Words to live by
"The future is uncertain, the end is always near" - Jim Morrison
Life outside Fireside
Motorcycling and Guitar
Portfolio Companies
Kannan Sitaram
Co-Founder & Partner
Words to live by
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - Eleanor Roosevelt
Life outside Fireside
Golf and running
Kannan has spent over three decades in the field of Sales, Marketing, and Strategy, during which he has been associated with Unilever, both, in India, and overseas. He has also been COO of Dabur India, and CEO of Innovative Foods. His ability to understand the finer nuances of brand-building at different stages of the brand evolution makes him ideally suited to the role of partner and mentor to young entrepreneurs and brand champions.
Dipanjan Basu
Co-Founder & Partner
Words to live by
"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain"- From the Dark Knight
Life outside Fireside
Wildlife photography, Reading and Golf
Prayag Mohanty
Principal
Words to live by
"Rule No. 1 is never lose money. Rule No. 2 is never forget Rule No. 1" - Warren Buffet
Life outside Fireside
Travel Addict, Wildlife Photography, Theatre Aficionado, History Buff
Portfolio Companies
Ankur Khaitan
Principal
Words to live by
"If I have to make a tackle; then I have already made a mistake" - Paolo Maldini
Life outside Fireside
Football & travelling
Portfolio Companies
Shuchi Pandya
Principal
Words to live by
"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." - Lao Tzu
Life outside Fireside
Painting, Yoga, Traveling
Shuchi holds a BS, Economics from the NYU Stern School of Business, and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania."
Amit Kulkarni
Director, Finance
Words to live by
The beauty of life is, while we cannot undo what is done, we can see it, understand it, learn from it and change so that every new moment is spent not in regret, guilt, fear or anger but in wisdom, understanding and love
Life outside Fireside
Movies, reading
Nandika Pradeep
Director, Strategy & Human Capital
Words to live by
Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses. - Kobe Bryant
Life outside Fireside
Playing sports, travelling and exploring new places
In her 13+ years of experience, Nandika has played various roles starting from being a consultant at Aon Hewitt for organizational development, to leading multiple functional areas within HR globally at InMobi, to eventually working alongside the founders driving business strategy, growth and operational excellence as part of InMobi's leadership team.
Nandika holds an MBA from ISB Hyderabad and a BA Honours.(Economics) from LSR, Delhi University.
Swati Kulkarni
Director, Corporate Development
Words to live by
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." - Maya Angelou
Life outside Fireside
Travelling, spending time with my cats
Reemsha Reen
Vice President
Words to live by
"The reasonable one adapts to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to themself - all progress depends on the unreasonable one" - George Bernard Shaw
Life outside Fireside
Scuba diving, cooking
Ankita Balotia
Vice President
Words to live by
“I will always find a way and a way will always find me.” —Charles F. Glassman
Life outside Fireside
Traveling, Reading, Exploring new cuisines
As a VP in the Investment team, Ankita works closely with 6 Fireside portfolio companies including Pilgrim, Kapiva, and Frubon. She previously invested in multiple consumer tech companies during her stint at Venture Highway (General catalyst India). Before embarking on her investing journey, Ankita spent 5+ years in consulting - helping clients in consumer tech, telecom, real-estate and healthcare space at Bain & Co and Strategy & (Erstwhile Booz&Co.). Ankita graduated from IIT Delhi, majoring in Computer Science and did her MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad.
Portfolio Companies
Siddharth Gupta
VP - Finance
Words to live by
“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work” - Harry Golden
Life outside Fireside
Badminton, Movies
Ipsita Ghose
AVP - Finance
Words to live by
"..What truth is? The force of a person's believing seeps into those around—into the very earth and air and water—until there's nothing else" - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Life outside Fireside
Painting, reading, travelling
Aashish Mirchandani
Sr. Associate
Words to live by
"Predicting rain doesn't count, building an ark does." The Noah Rule
Life outside Fireside
Dance, foodie and cricket
He is a finance graduate from H.R. College and has cleared level I of the CFA program.
Prateek Kurup
Sr. Associate
Words to live by
Ride the spiral to the end.
Life outside Fireside
Playing/Learning the bass/guitar
Satwik Rajput
Associate
Words to live by
"If you don't sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice"
Life outside Fireside
Playing and watching Cricket and Football, gym, watching thriller and crime movies and tv shows
Ankit Jain
Sr. Associate
Words to live by
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail — Benjamin Franklin
Life outside Fireside
playing card games, movies
Ankit is a Chartered Accountant, CFA 3 candidate and has a Masters degree from Mumbai University
Aman Kothari
Associate
Words to live by
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
Life outside Fireside
Padel, Basketball, Travel, Food
Aman has over 4 years of experience in the Financial Services industry. He was previously with Carpediem Capital, a growth-stage Private Equity fund where he overlooked investment evaluation across Consumer Brands and Services along with portfolio management for Flipspaces and Fornax Corporate Services. Prior to which he was part of the dedicated FinTech practice with Ernst and Young, where he focused on devising digital strategies and providing financial advisory services across the globe.
Aman has a B.S.B.A from Boston University, concentrating in Finance, Operations & Technology Management and Strategy & Innovation.
Ramya Ramesh
EA & Program Manager
Words to live by
“Whether it is your work, your love, or your life – unless you throw your entire self into it, you will never really know it” - Sadhguru
Life outside Fireside
Family and more family
Shiva
Administrative Associate
Words to live by
Be the best you can be
Life outside Fireside
Riding and exploring
Andrea Palkhivala
Manager - Human Capital & Sr. EA
Words to live by
Make a difference, no matter how small
Life outside Fireside
Travelling, social work
Kritika Kashyap
EA
Words to live by
Live as you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you are immortal.
Life outside Fireside
Cooking, Travelling, Gardening
Neha Sachdeva
EA & Office Admin
Words to live by
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.”
Life outside Fireside
Painting, travelling, cooking & crafting ensembles