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Professional Summary

Khuswant Sharma

Khuswant Sharma

I analyse Indian startups and private markets, and publish the work with full sources. My latest memo, on SatLeo Labs, rebuilds the company’s cap table from MCA filings, sizes its market bottom-up and tests what its Rs 150 crore valuation needs to return.

At IVCA, India’s apex body for 500+ PE, VC and alternate capital funds, I research funds and their strategies, work with their partners on IVCA’s platforms and pick the market themes for our webinars. CFA Level I candidate (February 2027), looking for analyst roles in VC, PE and private credit.

Skills

Technical Tools

Excel (Advanced)
Power BI (learning)
PowerPoint
Word
Tableau
Python (Basic)
SQL (Basic)
Git/GitHub
Claude & Claude Code
ChatGPT

Core Competencies

Cap tables & dilution
Bottom-up market sizing
Revenue-multiple valuation & scenarios
Competitive benchmarking
Fund & ecosystem research (PE, VC, private credit)
Investment memo writing
Financial statement analysis (CFA Level I)

Education

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CFA Level I Candidate

CFA InstituteAppearing February 2027

St. Xavier's University, Kolkata logo

Bachelor of Management Studies (Honours)

St. Xavier's University, Kolkata2022 - 2025

Experience

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Private Equity Fellow

Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA)Feb 2026 - Present

Private Equity Ecosystem Team · New Delhi

  • • Fund research: research PE, VC and private credit funds on strategy, sector focus and portfolio before every partner conversation.
  • • Partner engagement: set up calls with fund partners, draft the questions, and write the minutes and follow-ups.
  • • Visibility platforms: match each fund to the right IVCA platform (#TheContext, Fund in Focus, Private Equity Pulse, Capital News Digest, Milestone Makers) and take each piece through to publication. Have worked with 50+ funds in various ways; 21 pieces published so far.
  • • Pipeline tracking: maintain one consolidated tracker of fund interest and status across all IVCA platforms.
  • • Market themes and webinars: identify live investment themes for IVCA’s #WhatsNext webinars (private credit; growth capital in AIFs, November 2026) and build panels of fund partners from firms such as Kotak Alternate, Neo, Stride Ventures and Aavishkaar.
  • • Market exposure: through calls, webinars and summits, work directly with fund partners, LPs, law firms and advisors on private credit, growth capital, secondaries and AIF regulation.
  • • Flagship summits: for the IVCA Private Credit Summit 2026 (St. Regis, Mumbai), coordinated speakers, moderators and RSVPs from funds, LPs and regulators.
  • • Sponsors and partners: coordinate 30+ sponsors and partners for flagship events, managing deliverables, thought-leadership articles and publishing timelines.
  • • Event websites: designed the websites for IVCA Private Credit Summit 2026 and Secondaries Conference 2026, replacing the old single-page template with multi-page layouts. Planned the structure and UI/UX, briefed the build team and kept speaker and partner details current. Now working on the IVCA Conclave 2027 website.
  • • Vendors: ran vendor sourcing and price negotiation for 3 flagship events (IVCA Conclave, Private Credit Summit, Buyouts Summit), through to delivery.

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