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title: "Deepanshu Gupta - Vice President - CVC, M&A, Strategic Alliances & Partnerships in Mumbai Metropolitan Region | Tal"
description: "Meet Deepanshu Gupta, Head - Corporate Development @Kotak Neo | Ex - Corporate VC @ ICICI Bank based in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. AI stack includes antigravity and opencode."
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# Deepanshu Gupta on Tal

## Headline

Head \- Corporate Development @Kotak Neo \| Ex \- Corporate VC @ ICICI Bank

## Location

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

## AI stack

antigravity

opencode

## Work experience

Vice President \- CVC, M&A, Strategic Alliances & Partnerships at Kotak Securities, Apr 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 5 mos, Investments and M&A responsibilities: \- Leading evaluations of early and growth stage investments from Kotak's balance sheet\. Sectors include Fintech, EdTech, Enterprise Tech, Deep Tech, BFSI Tech and B2B SaaS\. Evaluation of M&A; and acqui\-hires for inorganic growth of Kotak Neo\. \- Supported deal structuring discussions, governance considerations, and post\-transaction integration planning for acquired and invested entities\. \- Management of existing portfolio Investee companies through strategic business planning with founders\. \- Acted as Board Observer to portfolio companies \(Investee \+ Full Buyout\) Business Ownership &Partnerships \-Owned business and growth targets through distribution partnerships, driving customer acquisition and revenue outcomes for core brokerage and investment products\. \- Built and managed large\-scale fintech and distribution partnerships, negotiating commercials, defining operating models, and monitoring partner performance Technology & Vendor\-Led Programs \- Led vendor selection and ongoing management for enterprise AI and automation initiatives, including procurement, governance, delivery tracking, and stakeholder coordination\. \- Oversaw cross\-functional execution of digital initiatives across product, tech, marketing, and operations teams\.

Board Observer at BankSathi, Dec 2022 \- Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

Board Observer at flipitmoney, Jan 2022 \- Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

Investor at TradeGyani, Jan 2022 \- Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

Board Observer at StockEdge, Aug 2021 \- Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

DVP \- CVC, M&A, Strategic Alliances & Partnerships at Kotak Securities, Oct 2020 \- Mar 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Investments and M&A responsibilities \- Built and managed Venture Capital Investment fund inside Kotak Securities, evalauting 500\+ startups by building strong relationships with VC's, PE's, IB's, Angels, Investment ecocsystem \- Led 10\+ startup investments across fintech, AI, B2B SaaS\. Sourced these opportunities through ecosystem connects\. Managed and led IC committee presentations, Business Due Diligence, Financial 7 Legal due diligence, transaction documents; and post investment monitoring\. \- Successfully managed structures to invest outside India from BFSI firms' balance sheet involving stricter SEBI and RBI regulations\. \- Executed and led 2 inorganic acquisitions which played key role in digital and business strategy\. Supported deal structuring discussions, governance considerations, and post transaction integration planning for acquired and invested entities\. \- Ran and managed business operations, strategy and venture creation for M&A's for 2\-3 years till the time business grew to some extent\. Partnerships & Alliances: \- Managing cross\-functional team to drive alliances and partnerships by co\-creating products with startups and internal functions including Product, Marketing, Business, Technology and other control groups\. \- Conceptualized and evangelized innovation by bringing new technologies inside Kotak Neo such as New KYC stack, Payments innovation, Gen AI technologies, new tech stacks and latest innovation \- Entusted with bringing new technologies and solutions, evaluating those and getting them integrated and made them live\. \(Hunting \+ Farming\)

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

CBSE, XII, St\. Mary's Convent Sr\. Sec\.

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