25 April 2024
Some of the investments lead by her are Elastic Run, Porter, Videoverse, Beepkart, Bharatpe, Servify etc. Prior to InnoVen she was a Principal at Seedfund, where Tarana sourced, evaluated and mentored early stage companies. She also works closely with the portfolio companies to get them to the next level of growth. Given her strong ties with angel groups like Mumbai Angels, where she was an active member and the venture investor community, Tarana continues to be involved in the early stage space mentoring and guiding founders on fund raising, strategy and business development, and dabbles a bit in some angel investing. Tarana serves on CII Western Region Sub-Committee on Start ups and Entrepreneurship, is an Independent Director with India Bulls Real Estate, and an advisor to Auerolis an early stage sector agnostic fund. Tarana started her career in New York with Morgan Stanley, following which she joined Radian, a financial services firm, in their structured finance group. Tarana holds an undergraduate degree from LaSalle University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School, USA.