Anvita Varshney

Having worked across 4 continents, Anvita brings rich international experience in entrepreneurship (helped build 2 technology unicorns: Lazada, OLX), investments (Naspers, DAI, AV Capital Partners), and technology (Google) space. She co-founded Dubai Angel Investors and AV Capital Partners seeking to invest in disruptive tech startups with combined 50+ investments to date. Anvita was previously the COO of Naspers Group (renamed Prosus) managing their online classifieds companies (Dubizzle, OLX) and investments for 18 countries in MEA. She has also served as the Regional Managing Director of Rocket Internet and of the biggest e-commerce company, Lazada in Southeast Asia which later got acquired by Alibaba for over $4bn in 4 years from launch. She has also worked with Google, Motorola, and Cadence in Silicon Valley and pursued an MBA from INSEAD and a computer engineering from India. She serves as the jury/advisor at various forums such as Techstars, Yournest VC, IvyCapventures VC, Finovate, Equity room and Cryptolabs.