Paarul Dudeja

Managing Partner

2020 - Current

Working Capital Fund is a venture capital firm investing in technology to reduce inequality and build responsible, sustainable global supply chains. It was incubated by Humanity United, part of The Omidyar Group, a diverse collection of organizations, each guided by its own approach, but united by a common desire to catalyze social impact.

Founding member, Advisor

2016

Virohan Institute is a social enterprise that provides technical skill training and educates future healthcare workers. The Institute also offers professional development programs for doctors. The Institute works with the Indian Government through its National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) programs in its objective to train 150 million people. http://virohan.com/

Director - Investments, Accion Venture Lab

2017 - 2020

Venture Lab is Accion's seed-stage investment fund, making equity investments and providing management support to financial technology start ups around the world.

Investment Officer

2013 - 2016

IFC, through its debt and equity investments in private and public companies, enables sustainable growth and addresses development challenges. In this role, I made market-return generating impact investments. As transaction lead, I led the entire investment process from evaluation, due diligence, structuring, negotiations to closing for a committed deal volume of over $400 million in South Asia. I also actively managed a portfolio of investments of over $350 million in financial institutions and related entities. This included enabling value addition programs to enhance returns, manage risk and measure impact. Emphasis was placed in implementing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards to assist portfolio companies in achieving their goals.

Founder and Portfolio Manager

2011 - 2012

Zuna Asset Management is a start-up global equities investment fund that seeks to preserve capital while maximizing absolute returns over an extended period of time.

Investment Professional

2006 - 2010

Jeff Vinik, former manager of Fidelity’s Magellan Fund, founded this over US $8 billion hedge fund. Track record of consistently generating significant alpha over benchmark.

Investment Banking Division, Analyst

2003 - 2004

Equity, debt, merger and acquisition transactions.

Corporate Valuation Consulting, Associate

2001 - 2003