Animesh A Damani

About

Animesh has always been inclined towards entrepreneurship. A graduate from Babson College, Massachusetts, he began his career with an internship at Mumbai Angels which helped him gain insight into the Indian venture capital industry. With the help of his family office, AIV, he gained a first-hand perspective on the whole sector. In 2012, Animesh’s family took over the struggling hospitality business of Platinum Hotels in Ahmedabad. He stepped up to the challenge and successfully turned around the operations, making the hotel brand profitable. The very next year Artha decided to expand and set up Artha Energy Resources (AER), India’s first and only investment bank focused on the Indian renewable energy sector, which has advised on renewable energy transactions worth $812 million. With the help of his team, Animesh has set-up a data-driven business that maps 99% of renewable capacity and 40% of power consumers in India.

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