Harsh Mariwala (Founder)

“Mr. Mariwala is the Founder and Chairman of Marico Ltd. and Kaya Ltd.”

Over the past three decades, Mr. Mariwala has transformed a traditional commodities driven business into a leading consumer products and services company in the Beauty and Wellness space. From a turnover of about USD 77,000 in 1971, Marico’s products in hair nourishment, male grooming and healthy foods generated a turnover of about USD 916 million during 2016-17. Under his leadership, Marico has achieved several awards and over 100 external recognition in the last few years.

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Rishabh Mariwala

Email: rishabh@sharrpventures.com
Rishabh spearheads Sharrp Ventures which manages the Mariwala Family Office. After graduating from Hofstra University, NY, USA in 2007, Rishabh joined Kaya Skin Clinic working across functions from Projects, Service quality management and Online Marketing. After 3 years of enriching exposure in the Marico Group, Rishabh took an entrepreneurial leap by establishing .
Soap Opera N More (brand PureSense), a marketer of niche bath and body personal care products.
In 2014, Rishabh began to oversee the family’s investment portfolio under the umbrella of Sharrp Ventures.
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Chaitanya Deshpande

Email: chaitanya@sharrpventures.com
Chaitanya is an advisor to Sharrp Ventures. He is also an independent angel investor and advises companies on Investor Relations.
Prior to going independent, Chaitanya had a 24 year stint at Marico. Over the last few years at Marico he headed its Mergers & Acquisitions and Investors Relations agenda and was part of the Group Executive Committee.
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Anand Shankar

Email: anand.shankar@sharrpventures.com

Anand is an Investment Manager at Sharrp Ventures and is involved in deal origination, evaluation, investment execution, and in post investment monitoring of portfolio companies. Anand has previously been a PE/VC investor with Incofin Investment Management, GVFL, and at Axilor Ventures. Prior to entering the venture capital industry, Anand has served as an Audit Associate at boutique accounting advisory firms and later as a Team Leader in the Financial Markets desk at Standard Chartered Group India, where he was involved in Performance Strategy Analysis and reporting to Group Senior Management.

Anand received his MS in Applied Finance from Singapore Management University and also holds a Bachelor’s in Commerce degree from Loyola College and a Chartered Accountancy professional certificate from ICAI, India.

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