Rajesh is the Founder and Managing Partner of Equanimity Investments, after having made 22 angel investments since 2007 and having had a ringside view of the overall startup ecosystem over the past decade.

He is an active member of Mumbai Angels and is also the Founding and current Chair of the Corporate Reporting Users' Forum. He is a TiE Charter Member and is the Co-Chair of the FinTech Special Interest Group at TiE Mumbai. He is a member of the Steering Committee of NASSCOM 10,000 Startups.

Rajesh has been an active secondary market investor for the last 24 years, 17 years of which, he worked with the emerging markets group of Franklin Templeton. He was also managing Templeton’s private equity investments over these 17 years.

A Wharton alumnus, Rajesh has earlier obtained a management degree from XLRI specialising in Finance and Marketing. He is a CFA charter holder and has earned a post graduate diploma in securities law.