Sid Talwar Partner, Lightbox Sid is a co-founder and partner at Lightbox. He moved to India in 2001 to found Evolv, a vocational training company funded by Singapore Technologies. Over 6 years, Sid grew Evolv to 300 employees training and assessing over 20,000 people a year across 200 cities in South Asia, East Asia and the Middle East. In 2007, he eventually sold it to NIIT – Asia’s largest training company. He worked with NIIT for 3 years heading Evolv as well as Litmus and Uniqua (NIIT's foray into assessments and JV with Genpact). In 10 years of leading Evolv, Sid became a master in education technology (and continues to explore advancements in this market at Lightbox.) An entrepreneur at heart, Sid left NIIT to get back in to the startup game. Over the next few years leading up to Lightbox, he has advised several startups, angel funds, and a very special NGO called Magic Bus. As enterprising at play as he is at work, he launched a restaurant called The Hungry Monkey, which has won multiple national awards and international recognition. Lightbox Lightbox is an early stage venture fund based in Mumbai. We’re known for our unrivaled originality and investments in technology enabled businesses that create a transformational effect in consumer categories. We manage approximately $400MM and work with entrepreneurs that have created a unique solution in a large market. As traditional industries are being redefined by technology, new industries are created around new consumption models. There are huge opportunities for product-led, tech-enabled differentiation in the Indian consumer market and we’re looking to create companies that redefine their categories. A mix of entrepreneurs, technologists and investors, the firm’s most recent investments include WayCool Foods, Furlenco, Rebel Foods, Melorra and Dunzo Twitter Sid: @sidtalwar Lightbox: @lbvc Linkedin Sid:@sidtalwar Lightbox: @lightboxventures Facebook Sid:@sidtalwar Lightbox: @lightboxventures Instagram Sid: @sidtalwar Lightbox: @thecafeupstairs

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