Sanjay Prasad

Digital Futurists Angels Pvt. Ltd. (DFAN) is a global community-backed angel network and our philosophy is ‘Value Creation; formed with a vision to help, fund, nurture & grow start-ups that are tech-led and tech-enabled. Industry-agnostic DFAN prefers investing in early-stage start-ups with a strong B2B/ B2B2C and even with a B2G GTM approach. DFAN plans to grow its focus on positively impacting ‘Bharat’ as well as build an approach and framework for impact investments. Headquartered in Gurgaon, DFAN is supported by a vibrant and rich Digital Futurists (DF) community of some of the smartest minds globally, fostering collaboration for new business, mentorship, investments, learning across disciplines. The DF community is a global curated community of 1500+ Futuristic Tech, Business & Consulting leaders spread across about 20 city chapters (Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, NY, London, Dubai, etc.) In 4 continents with 40+ active Technology channels (IoT, AI, Blockchain, RPA, CyberSecurity, Healthtech, Quantum Computing, 3D printing, etc.) Pushing the envelope on bleeding-edge technologies like AI/ML/Deep learning, Blockchain, IoT, Industry 4.0, Robotics, Computer Vision etc. spanning industries such as IT, BFSI, FMCG, EdTech, Retail & E-comm, HealthTech, AgriTech, CleanTech, to name a few.

Lead Angels is India’s first privately owned angel network founded by a team of three originally from IIT Bombay in 2014 with the aim of improving early stage investment outcomes. The team accomplishes this by providing professional assistance to investor-members in company evaluation and the portfolio companies in their operations. Our members are successful entrepreneurs and professionals across diverse sectors who wish to identify and support high potential entrepreneurs. They are supported by a team of experienced and qualified executives who are passionate about their work for both entrepreneurs and investors. The network has grown rapidly and currently has chapters in Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The network also has members outside these locations both in India and abroad who have access to conference calls, videos and other collaterals. Support to our investee companies is a key element of our services in building a win-win-win partnership between the team, entrepreneurs and investors.

X-PM India is a specialist in Transition Management. We are experts in carrying out special assignments for clients and deploying experienced managers in situations of transformation, crisis or discontinuity. We bring solutions in a wide range of functional areas built upon the expertise of more than 4500 vetted Interim & Transition Leaders and a total talent pool of close to 50,000 senior executives. X-PM India is a founding member of the WIL Group, which runs more than 200 projects every day in parallel and manages around 500 projects per year.

TransUnion CIBIL is India’s pioneer and leader in Credit Information. CIBIL’s content, insights, products and world-class solutions are helping businesses manage risk, devise appropriate lending strategies, reduce costs, maximize portfolio profitability and improve customer loyalty. CIBIL seeks to be the most trusted partner to the financial service sectors. Industry experts and researchers attribute the growth in retail loans (at 28% CAGR over the last three years) to CIBIL’s information insights. (Source: Mint*). CIBIL’s support has significantly contributed in driving growth in the retail credit segment and fuelling credit penetration.(Data Source: CIBIL Data Analysis March 2016): - The retail loans category has grown at an average CAGR of 28% over the last three years, while at the same time there is significant reduction in retail NPA Rates. - The number of loan enquiries in the credit industry has grown at a CAGR of 25% during the last 3 years. Significantly, 30% of the individuals were first-time borrowers. - Solutions to decide and approve loan applications in real time has helped reduce the average time required for approval of a loan – to around 3-4 days today from 7-9 days, three years back. - Enquiries at CIBIL for rural lending have steadily grown to 35% today vis-à-vis 25% over five years back. Access to finance is one of the most fundamental requirements to enable the fulfillment of aspirations of Indias 1.2 billion citizens. CIBIL’s commitment is to be the underlying credit infrastructure to this growth, enabling faster and cheaper access to credit by accelerating our investment in information infrastructure to partner in the national momentum of helping drive higher financial literacy, inclusion and protection.

Digital Futurists Angels Pvt. Ltd. (DFAN) is a global community-backed angel network and our philosophy is ‘Value Creation; formed with a vision to help, fund, nurture & grow start-ups that are tech-led and tech-enabled. Industry-agnostic DFAN prefers investing in early-stage start-ups with a strong B2B/ B2B2C and even with a B2G GTM approach. DFAN plans to grow its focus on positively impacting ‘Bharat’ as well as build an approach and framework for impact investments. Headquartered in Gurgaon, DFAN is supported by a vibrant and rich Digital Futurists (DF) community of some of the smartest minds globally, fostering collaboration for new business, mentorship, investments, learning across disciplines. The DF community is a global curated community of 1500+ Futuristic Tech, Business & Consulting leaders spread across about 20 city chapters (Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, NY, London, Dubai, etc.) In 4 continents with 40+ active Technology channels (IoT, AI, Blockchain, RPA, CyberSecurity, Healthtech, Quantum Computing, 3D printing, etc.) Pushing the envelope on bleeding-edge technologies like AI/ML/Deep learning, Blockchain, IoT, Industry 4.0, Robotics, Computer Vision etc. spanning industries such as IT, BFSI, FMCG, EdTech, Retail & E-comm, HealthTech, AgriTech, CleanTech, to name a few.

Lead Angels is India’s first privately owned angel network founded by a team of three originally from IIT Bombay in 2014 with the aim of improving early stage investment outcomes. The team accomplishes this by providing professional assistance to investor-members in company evaluation and the portfolio companies in their operations. Our members are successful entrepreneurs and professionals across diverse sectors who wish to identify and support high potential entrepreneurs. They are supported by a team of experienced and qualified executives who are passionate about their work for both entrepreneurs and investors. The network has grown rapidly and currently has chapters in Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The network also has members outside these locations both in India and abroad who have access to conference calls, videos and other collaterals. Support to our investee companies is a key element of our services in building a win-win-win partnership between the team, entrepreneurs and investors.