Adith has a total of 21+ years of work experience. Started his career with ICICI Bank as the Product Manager for Alternates in the International Private Banking Division. In 2007, he started his first venture in the F&B space called Crepeteria. Raised seed funding and grew it to 3 cities and multiple franchisees. Post exiting Crepeteria, Adith joined a boutique investment bank, where he learnt the fundamentals of investing and analysing companies. In 2014, he joined the investment team at Motilal Oswal PE Fund. 4 years at the private equity fund with 2 growth stage investments and 2 successful exits, laid the foundation of Gemba Capital.
Gemba Capital is an institutional, thesis driven, high conviction pre-seed and seed stage VC fund backing bold and ambitious founders. Set up in 2018, Gemba Capital has evolved from being a single-family office to a syndicate and then finally into a Pre-seed VC Fund.
Adith has invested in 50+ startups over the years. He brings a mix of growth stage investing, early stage investing and IB experience along with himself being an Operator and an Entrepreneur.
Adith has followed an unconventional path and has been a risk taker. His style of investing is more about assessing Founder Market Fit and directional tailwinds in the market. Besides investing and reading, he enjoys music, movies, travel and food.
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