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Asad Jafri

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Chief Investment Officer, Cianna Capital

Firm
Cianna Capital
Title
Chief Investment Officer
Role
Executive
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Record updated 22 September 2026

About

Asad has almost a decade of experience working in the Private Equity & Venture Capital industry. His expertise lies primarily in portfolio strategy and construction, deal origination and pipeline building, new ventures evaluation and due diligence, business growth and efficient scaling, corporate governance and financial management of value-oriented businesses. He oversees all investments at Cianna Capital. He was previously associated with an emerging markets focused Venture Capital fund as well as an impact-oriented Private Equity fund. Prior to that, he had spent several years in the financial sector on Wall St. Fun fact - he has dabbled into several entrepreneurial ventures of his own with varying degrees of success.

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Background

Education
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, completing a dual major in Finance and Entrepreneurship.Source (opens in a new tab)

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