Ishpreet Gandhi Founder and Managing Partner, Stride Ventures Stride Ventures - a name that has become synonymous with innovative startup funding financing in India, is the brainchild of Mr. Ishpreet Singh Gandhi. Having committed close to $160M over 50 transactions in 2021 alone, Stride Ventures under his able and visionary leadership as the Founder and Managing Partner of the firm, has earned the tag of the most active lender in the Indian startup ecosystem. 

In just over 3 years, Ishpreet has built an enviable portfolio for Stride Ventures. Founded in early 2019, the firm now boasts of a well-diversified portfolio sanctioning over $350M in 100+ companies across Consumer, FinTech, Logistics, AgriTech, B2B Commerce, HealthTech, B2B SaaS, Mobility & Energy solutions (EV) etc. Post the spectacular performance of the first fund which was backed by SIDBI (Govt of India), Ishpreet led the launch of Stride’s second fund in June 2021. In August 2022, Stride Ventures announced the final close of its second fund at $200M exceeding its target corpus.

Ishpreet has also successfully pioneered tailor-made short term solutions for growth stage businesses. He has created banking alliances for Stride’s portfolio companies by leveraging his close to 14 years of experience of working with leading multinational corporations and Indian banks in various leadership positions and the strong network he built over those years. 

Ishpreet is also the founder of StrideOne, a tech-led financial services platform solving to reduce technological and financing gaps for startups and their ecosystem partners in India.