General Partner

Mr. K. Balasundaram – Group Director / C E O

"It is very rewarding to partner with family and founder-owned businesses, driving them to new heights with investments."

BACKGROUND:

Mr. K. Balasundaram is a qualified Management Accountant, with 45 years of experience in the field of Finance of which 36 years has been in the capacity of a Director/ Senior Executive. His experience spans different businesses, including manufacturing and service industries, Public Quoted Companies, Statutory Bodies and BOI Investment companies. Presently, he is the Chief Executive Officer of MMBL-Pathfinder Group of Companies and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of all Mercantile Merchant Bank and Pathfinder Group of Companies, and Mountain Hawk Express (Private) Limited (Joint venture with Hayleys, MMBL Money Transfer (Private) Ltd.(Joint Venture with Aitken Spence, Intertek Lanka Ltd.(Joint Venture with Intertek UK), Saffron Aviation Private Limited (Joint Venture with John Keells) , and Energizer Lanka Ltd.

 

BIOGRAPHY :

Location :

San Francisco

Year Joined :

2012

Focus Areas :

Application Software

Areas of Interest :

Vertical SaaS, healthcare IT

INVESTMENTS :

FIRST INVESTMENT

2011 Series A

SECTOR

SaaS & AI

FOUNDERS / CEO

Tony Evnin

FIRST INVESTMENT

2015 Seed

SECTOR

Future of work

FOUNDERS / CEO

Bryan Roberts

FIRST INVESTMENT

2021 Series B+

SECTOR

Fintech

FOUNDERS / CEO

Brian Ascher