Siddarth Pai

Co-Chair of Regulatory Affairs Committee
2020
Established by industry professionals with a unified aim to drive forward India’s Private Equity & Venture Capital industry, The IVCA (Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association) is India’s apex body representing the interests of PE/VC industry for over a decade. Billions of long-term capital is provided by private equity & venture capital funds to startups and projects in India in vital sectors such as infrastructure, healthcare, real estate, education, fintech, E-commerce and other sectors thereby supporting entrepreneurial activity and innovation. Considering the crucial role our industry plays in the economy, IVCA as an industry representative body aims to ... - Develop & promote India’s private equity sector and actively demonstrate its impact to the government, media, and the public at large. - Establish high standards of ethics, business conduct and professional competence. - Serve as a platform for investment funds to interact with each other & develop the eco system of India’s PE/VC Industry.

2015

Founding Partner
2015
3one4 Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Bangalore, India. Through a deep involvement strategy, the firm is committed to staying biased towards action and harnessing the best resources to help start-ups deliver audacious results. The fund’s focus areas include machine-driven actionable intelligence services for the enterprise, enterprise automation, ambient intelligence technologies, consumer products, fintech, media and multi-lingual content generation, and health. 3one4 manages a corpus of +$100Mil and a portfolio of 50+ investments across the early stage. Pranav serves on the boards of and as an advisor to several of the companies he works most closely with. Some of the investments made include YourStory, Licious, BetterPlace, Bugworks, Faircent, DarwinBox, Pocket Aces, and Tracxn.

2017

Expert Council Member - Policy and Regulations
2017
Siddarth is an Expert Council Member at iSpirt – India’s leading technology think tank, with a focus on taxation, listing norms, and capital controls.

2015

Investor
2015
In the consumer space, the teams that truly understand how to continuously delight their customers with consistently high-quality experiences are the ones that make a real impact. In Licious, we see a team that has worked tremendously diligently to build an end-to-end experience that customers cannot forget. With their focus, perseverance, and subject-matter expertise, Licious brings a fresh approach to a much-ignored space. Their operational excellence and deep respect for customer feedback and satisfaction will drive the team to persistently deliver a unique value proposition

2015

Investor
2015
We are proud to be supporting Dhimant, Anuradha, and the team at Better India as they build the first and now largest destination of positive news about India's rise in the 21st Century!

2017

Investor
2017
The team at BetterPlace has focused on bringing platform-scale technologies to the full-stack of workflows in the semi-formal ecosystem. At a time when long-term investments in human resources and labour empowerment have started to yield true productivity improvements in our economy, such a value proposition can leverage real horizontal innovation advantages and contribute even more powerfully to industry across the spectrum. BetterPlace is putting the labour force at the center of a universe of innovation, and helping make organisations of all sizes more people-centric. We are excited to be joining their journey and help them scale these platform effects.

2015

Investor
2015
Faircent has not only created a platform for improving access to capital, it has also brought down the cost of capital for individuals and businesses through its unique reverse auction engine. By empowering peer-to-peer lending based on industry-leading credit appraisal and borrower rating systems, Faircent has become the leader in the lending marketplace in India, and has leveraged mobile to have unparalleled reach

2015

Investor
2015
In YourStory, we see the future medium of journalism - fueled by passion, respectful of balance and inclusivity, and built for longevity, The team's tenacity to continue to highlight the best stories in our country and the world will help us all understand and appreciate the explosion of entrepreneurial talent we are now witness to. We are excited to be a part of YourStory's journey, and we look forward to them continuing to inspire and discover the best in all of us.

Founding Partner at 3one4 Capital & Co-Chair Regulatory Affairs Committee at IVCA