Ankit Kedia is an award-winning Indian Entrepreneur, best known as the former Promoter Director at Manjushree Technopack Limited, India’s largest rigid plastic manufacturing organization with revenues of ~$500 million. Along with other members of the family Ankit helped Manjushree reach a leadership position in the plastic packaging industry and has helped build relationships with blue chip clients including Reckitt Benckiser, Philips, Nivea, Unilever, Coca-Cola, and other home-grown clients across the country.
In 2018, Manjushree divested controlling stakes to Advent International - one of the most well-respected private equity investors in the world, at a record valuation in the packaging industry.
Having grown up in an enterprising family of entrepreneurs, Ankit graduated from Western Michigan University with a business degree in Food marketing and then went onto complete his post-graduation from the prestigious SP Jain institute of Management and Research, Mumbai.
After having built a large portfolio of angel investments into early stage startups, he founded Capital-A in 2021, an INR200cr (~$25 Million) early stage venture capital fund to invest in meaningful startups and entrepreneurs. The fund has a strong thesis into investing in EV, Mobility, Fintech, gaming and other tech enabled businesses.
Ankit has also moved into a role of Founder and Managing Director for Manjushree Packtek Ltd. – a company that acquired a manufacturing firm into sustainable paper cups and food packaging. The company is a formidable player in the industry for the last 20 years and championing the cause of eco-friendly paper packaging.
He is also an avid musician and plays the guitar and loves to spend time with this family in his leisure time.