Kartik Ganapathy

Founding & Senior Partner @ CMS INDUSLAW | Founding & Senior Partner @ IndusLaw | M&A, PE & VC, JVs, Corporate & Commercial Law

📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2018
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Angel Investor
Dec 2018
Inflection Point Ventures was started in 2018 with the aim of driving exponential value creation by being India’s most accessible & efficient network connecting a diverse investor community with a carefully set of curated startups. IPV is an early-stage angel investing platform, which provides both monetary and non-monetary support to the startups, as well as complete transparency around valuation, findings during due diligence, and personal interest (if any) to its investors. Today, it has 14,000+ angel investors, with the community having expanded beyond CXOs to include HNIs who come from varied backgrounds, professions and areas of expertise. IPV caters to investors pan India, and overseas, giving them access to startups and deals, making the group location and region agnostic. Since inception, we have invested in 250+ startups, with more in advanced stages of negotiations. IPV evaluation process screens startups and presents to investors only those, we feel have the potential to scale up. Till date we have considered startups spanning various industries such as Healthcare, Sports and Fitness, Retail Finance, HR, AI in hiring, Education, Supply Chain and Logistics etc, which shows that we do not have any predefined restrictions. For more information please visit our website.
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2018
Angel Investor
Dec 2018
Inflection Point Ventures was started in 2018 with the aim of driving exponential value creation by being India’s most accessible & efficient network connecting a diverse investor community with a carefully set of curated startups. IPV is an early-stage angel investing platform, which provides both monetary and non-monetary support to the startups, as well as complete transparency around valuation, findings during due diligence, and personal interest (if any) to its investors. Today, it has 14,000+ angel investors, with the community having expanded beyond CXOs to include HNIs who come from varied backgrounds, professions and areas of expertise. IPV caters to investors pan India, and overseas, giving them access to startups and deals, making the group location and region agnostic. Since inception, we have invested in 250+ startups, with more in advanced stages of negotiations. IPV evaluation process screens startups and presents to investors only those, we feel have the potential to scale up. Till date we have considered startups spanning various industries such as Healthcare, Sports and Fitness, Retail Finance, HR, AI in hiring, Education, Supply Chain and Logistics etc, which shows that we do not have any predefined restrictions. For more information please visit our website.
2010
Senior & Founding Partner
Jul 2010
Founded in 2000, INDUSLAW is a top tier full-service Law Firm, the 6th largest in India as per ALB in ‘Asia’s 50 Largest Law Firms’ in 2023 & 2022. INDUSLAW has offices in Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi & NCR, Hyderabad, and Mumbai, which give it a pan-India presence. With a strength of over 500 members committed to client service and the application of thought leadership, INDUSLAW advises clients globally on Indian law. INDUSLAW supports its clients’ transactional goals, business strategies, regulatory and dispute resolution needs. The INDUSLAW team collaborates across practice areas, sectors and locations, navigating legal complexities and resolving legal issues efficiently for its clients. Serving a diverse set of clients like domestic and international corporates, investors, funds, financial institutions, borrowers, non-profits and individuals across diverse sectors, INDUSLAW delivers seamless, integrated services to clients, assisting them in taking informed decisions to reach effective outcomes. INDUSLAW supports a diverse culture, while developing and maintaining an expert team of lawyers dedicated to delivering innovative and solution-driven advice with a sharp commercial focus. At INDUSLAW, diversity and inclusion have been fundamental foundational precepts. The INDUSLAW MOVE initiative consolidates INDUSLAW’s pro bono efforts, including the HerMOVE program, which aids women entrepreneurs in their journey of building their business. INDUSLAW is regularly recognized for its accomplishments in various practice areas by leading national and international publications, including being recognised as one of Indias Best Overall Law Firms since 2021 by India Business Law Journal and the Client Service Firm of the Year by Chambers and Partners. For more information and recent accolades, please visit www.induslaw.com
Founding Partner
Jul 2010
INDUSLAW is a top-tier full-service law firm in India. INDUSLAW advises clients globally on Indian law. INDUSLAW supports its clients’ transactional goals, business strategies and regulatory and dispute resolution needs.
2004
Partner, Private Equity & Venture Capital, M&A, Corporate & Securities
Jul 2004
At Nishith Desai Associates, we have earned the reputation of being Asia’s most Innovative Law Firm – and the go-to specialists for companies around the world, looking to conduct businesses in India and for Indian companies considering business expansion abroad. In fact, we have conceptualized and created a state-of-the-art Blue Sky Thinking and Research Campus, Imaginarium Aligunjan, an international institution dedicated to designing a premeditated future with an embedded strategic foresight capability. We are a research and strategy-driven international firm with offices in Mumbai, Palo Alto (Silicon Valley), Bangalore, Singapore, New Delhi, Munich, and New York. Our team comprises of specialists who provide strategic advice on legal, regulatory, and tax-related matters in an integrated manner basis key insights carefully culled from the allied industries. As an active participant in shaping India’s regulatory environment, we at NDA, have the expertise and more importantly – the VISION – to navigate its complexities. Our ongoing endeavors in conducting and facilitating original research in emerging areas of law has helped us develop unparalleled proficiency to anticipate legal obstacles, mitigate potential risks and identify new opportunities for our clients on a global scale. Simply put, for conglomerates looking to conduct business in the subcontinent, NDA takes the uncertainty out of new frontiers. As a firm of doyens, we pride ourselves in working with select clients within select verticals on complex matters. Our forte lies in providing innovative and strategic advice in futuristic areas of law such as those relating to Blockchain and virtual currencies, Internet of Things (IOT), Aviation, Artificial Intelligence, Privatization of Outer Space, Drones, Robotics, Virtual Reality, Ed-Tech, Med-Tech & Medical Devices and Nanotechnology with our key clientele comprising of marquee Fortune 500 corporations. The firm has been consistently ranked as one of the Most Innovative Law Firms, across the globe. In fact, NDA has been the proud recipient of the Financial Times – RSG award 4 times in a row, (2014-2017) as the Most Innovative Indian Law Firm. We are a trust-based, non-hierarchical, democratic organization that leverages research and knowledge to deliver extraordinary value to our clients. Datum, our unique employer proposition has been developed into a global case study, aptly titled ‘Management by Trust in a Democratic Enterprise,’ published by John Wiley & Sons, USA. To know more about us please visit: www.nishithdesai.com
2000
Legal Counsel
Apr 2000
Founded in 1999, ChrysCapital is one of the largest and most established India-focused investment firms, with $5 billion raised across 9 private equity funds. The firm uses its deep domain experience to make minority growth and control investments in the Business Services, Financial Services, Pharma, Consumer, New Economy, Healthcare Services, and Manufacturing sectors. Since inception, ChrysCapital has invested $4 billion across almost 100 deals, realized $6.5 billion from 75+ full exits at a 2.6x ROI, and closed out its first five funds with strong USD net returns. ChrysCapital’s LPs include some of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, public pension funds, university endowments, fund of funds, and insurance companies.
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