Karan Mohla

General Partner

2023 - Current

Heading early stage investments in India & South-East Asia

Partner

2022 - 2022

Partner

2015 - 2021

Karan also leads fundraising, business development and partnerships for the firm in the Asia region. Investments include FirstCry.com, XpressBees, HealthifyMe, CropIn, WMall, Yatra.com among others

Vice President

2013 - 2015

Senior Associate

2010 - 2013

Investment Professional

2008 - 2009

• Founding member of the $6 billion multi-strategy hedge fund’s Asia-Pacific group, focused on origination, structuring and executing public and private investments across various asset classes (equities, debt, convertibles) • Invested and monitored cross-industry portfolios including $50 million of equity investments and $175 million of convertible bond investments spanning India, Australia and the ASEAN region • Initiated, developed and owned multiple trade ideas that were executed and produced meaningful returns for the portfolio with specific focus in the Infrastructure, Telecom, Media, Technology, Education and CleanTech sectors • Deployed a fundamentally-driven investment management strategy by evaluating company business plans and top-down financial models, identifying key pre-deal diligence questions, examining industry trends and regulations, and building proprietary dynamic, bottom-up financial models to validate companies’ projections • Developed QVT’s Pan-Asian infrastructure, restructurings of select special investments, responsible for sourcing of new business initiatives, and due diligence processes for evaluating investment opportunities within the region

Associate

2006 - 2008

• Founding member of the India office • Achieved successful closure in 8 transactions and advised corporate clients and private equity firms on mergers & acquisitions and capital raising alternatives, including M&A, equity and debt offerings • Responsible for business development entails tracking of technology, media and telecom companies in India, and coordinate global coverage of Indian companies in these sectors with respective group heads. • Managed execution of client mandates across corporate finance and strategic advisory solutions and work closely with lawyers, accountants and product groups across the global Jefferies banking platform • Managed a team of 3 analysts; responsible for staffing, providing training and professional mentorship

Analyst, Investment Banking

2004 - 2006

• Participated in business development for domestic and cross-border initiatives through the preparation and presentation of market overviews, strategic company analyses, and potential partner ideas to companies • Managed and participated in all levels of the M&A execution process including developing client materials and valuation analysis, conducting due diligence and presenting strategic alternatives to Board of Directors • Developed specific technology market expertise in various areas of communications and networking technology such as wireless software, applications and content, network security, wireless and wireline infrastructure equipment • Ranked at top of the analyst class and invited to stay third year as Senior Analyst

Summer Intern

2000 - 2000

Summer Intern

2000 - 2000