Prashant Purker is the former Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Venture, India’s largest home-grown private equity firm. See contact routes.
Prashant Purker is the former Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Venture, India’s largest home-grown private equity firm, where he joined in August 2009 after previously co-heading the private equity practice as executive director. He brings over two decades of experience in mergers and acquisitions and equity and debt markets, having worked at Nomura and Lehman Brothers prior to ICICI Venture. As an angel investor, Purker targets early- and late-stage ventures across seed, pre-seed, Series A, and late-stage rounds, with investment regions including South Africa and stages spanning pre-seed to late-stage. His typical check size is not publicly standardized, but he led a $2 million investment in Assert AI, a SaaS startup focused on computer vision, indicating a willingness to lead deals in the technology sector. Notable portfolio companies include Assert AI, Chemarc, and Crejo.Fun, with recent activity in business/productivity software and agritech through his backing of Arya.ag. Purker has publicly articulated a focus on acquiring $3–3.5 billion in conventional power assets across thermal, hydel, and transmission businesses, reflecting a strategic interes
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