General Partner

Mr. R.N. Asirwatham - Group Director

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

BACKGROUND:

Mr. Rajan Asirwatham was the Senior Partner and Country Head of KPMG Ford Rhodes Thornton & Company from 2001 to 2008.

Further,he was the Chairman of PERC, the Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon and the Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Sustainable Tourism Project funded by the World Bank for the Ministry of Tourism and was also a member of the Presidential Commission on Taxation, appointed by His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka.

As at present, Mr. Asirwatham, a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, is the Chairman of the Financial Services Stability Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka . He is also a member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Advisory Council and a member of the council of the University of Colombo .

He also serves on the Boards of Vallibel One Limited, Ceylon Tea Services PLC, Browns Beach Hotels PLC, Royal Ceramics PLC, Dial Tex Industries (Pvt) Limited, Renuka Hotels (Pvt) Limited, CIC Holdings PLC, Rajawella Holdings (Pvt) Limited, Mercantile Merchant Bank and Yarl Hotels (Pvt) Limited.

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