Meet man, who once worked with India's top company, later started Rs 1,091 crore venture, his business is...

Vikas Chaudhary, a former top executive at Reliance Jio recently launched his growth-stage startup fund, Playbook Partners. He paved a path from corporate leadership to a successful entrepreneur.

Vikas has raised USD 130 million (Rs 1091 crore) from domestic and foreign investors for his fund. It is a growth capital firm that typically invests in profitable, mid-market, tech-enabled Indian startups. He said he may eventually expand the fund to USD 250 million in size.

Who is Vikas Choudhury?

Vikas Chaudhary is the Founder & Managing Partner of Playbook Partners, an operator-driven growth capital firm for Digital India. He has held leadership roles at multiple multinational public companies, including being the President of Reliance Jio, India’s largest conglomerate’s digital business. He led businesses including e-commerce (JioMart electronics and grocery), telecom (Jio4Gsim, JioPhone) and others. The man has nearly two decades of investing experience across early and late-stage startups. 

He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and also holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Bombay. Vikas worked with Reliance Jio from 2017 to 2022.  Before this, he was the India chief executive of Toronto-headquartered investment holding company Aimia for six years. He was also a partner at Pivot Ventures (2010 - 2023), a multi-family office focused on alternative investments. He has also been a successful entrepreneur, having run businesses across the US and Asia.

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