Shweta Bhatia has joined our India Ventures team as a Partner. She will be based in the Mumbai office and begins with immediate effect.

Shweta will identify new investment opportunities and advise the growing India portfolio. She brings extensive technology, consumer and financial services experience following over a decade of private equity and finance experience at Goldman Sachs, most recently as head of Asia investments for the Venture Capital & Growth Equity team of Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. Shweta began her career at Goldman Sachs in New York City, followed by three years at Warburg Pincus, before returning to Goldman Sachs in 2010.

Raj Dugar, Managing Partner, Asia commented: “I am delighted to welcome Shweta to the Eight Roads India team. It’s a period of exciting growth for us. Shweta’s arrival will significantly strengthen our leadership team and broaden our technology, consumer and financial services experience as we continue our work with India and South-East Asia’s most talented business builders.”

Shweta added: “Eight Roads brings an extensive understanding of the India market along with a truly global venture platform which opens up opportunities for deep domain expertise and international scale. I am excited to join this extremely talented and passionate team to build on Eight Roads’ twenty-year track record in Asia.”