Ajit Nedungadi

Managing Partner

London

Ajit is a Managing Partner and co-heads the Core Investment Committee. He also heads TA’s European efforts out of London and is actively engaged in investments in India.

Ajit is a member of TA’s Executive and Portfolio Committees, and Co-Chair of TA’s Core Investment Committee. He joined TA in 1999 and has more than 19 years of experience in the private equity industry. Ajit’s primary focus is in the technology industry, but he has also sponsored investments across the asset management, insurance brokerage, medical device and healthcare services and consumer/e-commerce sectors.

Career Highlights

Founded TA’s European efforts in 2003; led the early efforts in investing in India in 2006
Sponsored 24 investments, 17 of which are fully or partly exited, totaling over $3 billion of invested capital
Sponsored investments in Europe, the US and India across technology, asset management, payments, medical devices, healthcare services, insurance brokerage, telecom and consumer
Significant technology experience – eight software, three telecom, one semiconductor and two eCommerce investments
Exits include seven strategic sales, three IPOs and five secondary sales to PE

Former Experience

Trilogy Software
Investcorp International – Associate specializing in leveraged buyout transactions
Credit Suisse First Boston – Analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions department

Education

Harvard Business School – MBA, Baker Scholar
Yale University – BS, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Electrical Engineering and Economics

Board Representation

Current

Access Technology Group
CIPRÉS
Eurowag
Interswitch
ITRS

Active Investor

Dr Lal PathLabs
Micromax Informatics Limited

Former

Alma Lasers
AVG Technologies
CMOSIS
DNCA Finance
Drive Assist
eDreams
Idea Cellular
ION Investment Group
ION Trading
Jupiter Fund Management
M and M Direct
SmartStream Technologies
Sophos
WIND TELECOM