Mr. Pranav V. Parikh, CFA, has been the Head of Private Equity, Seed and Venture Capital Funds at Edelweiss Financial Services Limited and Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, Investment Arm since May 2015. Mr. Parikh serves as the Managing Partner at Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, Investment Arm. Mr. Parikh serves as a Portfolio Manager of Amalgamated Gadget L.P. and Q Funding II, LP. He served as a Portfolio Manager at Q Investments, L.P. He was a part of the Public Markets Investment Group at Q Investments. He joined the Q Investments in February 2000.

Previously, Mr. Parikh was employed as a Senior Credit Rating Analyst at Moody’s affiliate in India and was responsible for analyzing the credit worthiness of a pool of companies in diversified industries. He has over 15 years of successful investment experience in US and Indian markets with focus on risk-adjusted returns. Mr. Parikh serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of BRIDGEi2i Analytics Solutions Private Limited.

He serves as a Director of Tonbo Imaging India Pvt Ltd. He served as Non-Executive Director of XCEL Telecom Private Limited. He served as a Director of I2 Technologies Inc. from June 2004 to June 29, 2005. Mr. Parikh was awarded Private Equity Deal Maker of the Year, India in October 2009 by the eminent Global M&A Network, New York.

He is C.F.A. charter holder from CFA Institute, USA. Mr. Parikh earned his B.E. in Industrial Engineering from MS University, Baroda and graduated with honors in the M.B.A. program from University of Texas at Arlington, with a concentration in Finance.