With his passion for building the next wave of world-class product start-ups, operational advice and strategic guidance come naturally to Abhishek Srivastava, Director, Endiya Partners.
At Endiya, Abhishek focuses on investments in technology, and comes with over a 18+ years of experience in early-stage investing, operations and management consulting. He has witnessed full Portfolio cycles from investing to growth and finally exit. Abhishek has led several investments across SaaS/Deeptech & Tech-enabled startups (active investments include Mylo, Gigforce, Knit, Cell Propulsion etc) and has been instrumental in other investments such as Darwinbox and Kissht. Previously, he was on the Board of Steradian Semiconductors (Renesas), ShieldSquare (Radware), Incnut (istyle) and Hansel (Netcore). Besides that, he has played a vital role in the exit of Little Eye Labs (Facebook).
Prior to Endiya, Abhishek was a part of the investment team at Ventureast. His other experiences span CYIENT, where he was responsible for the firm’s M&As, strategy development & incubations, and PwC, where his skills were utilized at the Transaction Advisory Team. Before PwC, Abhishek worked as a consultant with the strategy and operations group at Deloitte Consulting where he advised several global clients on pre & post-merger strategies, market entry and growth expansion blueprints. He also worked with Tata Consultancy Services, as Engineer/ Account Manager, handling enterprise Product Development projects and Business Development.
Abhishek holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (Delhi University) and an MBA from the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. He is also a qualified CFA level 1 and has volunteered with several TiE Hyderabad initiatives. Abhishek is a member of Mensa International. Besides work, he loves unravelling puzzles, playing a racquet game & being glued to his Playstation.