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What we do

Our people are Pulsar’s most valuable asset

With offices in UAE, India and US, Pulsar seeks to be an investment partnership that brings together companies, capital and passionate entrepreneurs.

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Our Leadership’s Journey

Vish Narain

Chairman & CEO

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    Vish was a Partner, Managing Director for TPG Growth, a global private equity firm with over $13.5 billion under management, for over ten years and led investments of ~$1 billion in the region.

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    He served on the boards of AGS, a cash management business, Healthium, a global medical device business, American Oncology Institute, an oncology services provider, India Transact, a payments company, Asiri Hospitals, the largest hospital and diagnostic lab business in Sri Lanka, Global Gene Corp, a Singapore based personalized medicine company, Landmark Cars, the leading auto retailer in India, Landmark Insurance, a general insurance broking firm and Dodla Dairy, a leading dairy and milk products company in South India.

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    Prior to joining TPG Growth in 2007, Mr. Narain was an investor with Bessemer Venture Partners in New York. Previous to that, Mr. Narain was an Engagement Manager in McKinsey’s Private Equity Practice in Palo Alto and London. Mr. Narain joined McKinsey from Deloitte Consulting, where he was a Senior Consultant.

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    He has an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, a Master of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and a Diploma in Global Leadership and Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Selected as a Young Global Leader in 2014, he is an active member of the World Economic Forum and served on its Advisory Board. Vish was also nominated as an Aspen Fellow in 2014 and is a member of the Aspen Leadership Institute.

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    He was nominated for Business Today’s “40 under 40”, and has been featured in several publications including the cover of Forbes India. He has spoken and taught at various institutions including Harvard Business School and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

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Our Team

Vish Narain

Managing Partner

  • Vish was a Partner, Managing Director for TPG Growth, a global private equity firm with over $13.5 billion under management, for over ten years and led investments of ~$1 billion in the region.
  • He served on the boards of AGS, a cash management business, Healthium, a global medical device business, American Oncology Institute, an oncology services provider, India Transact, a payments company, Asiri Hospitals, the largest hospital and diagnostic lab business in Sri Lanka, Global Gene Corp, a Singapore based personalized medicine company, Landmark Cars, the leading auto retailer in India, Landmark Insurance, a general insurance broking firm and Dodla Dairy, a leading dairy and milk products company in South India.
  • Prior to joining TPG Growth in 2007, Mr. Narain was an investor with Bessemer Venture Partners in New York. Previous to that, Mr. Narain was an Engagement Manager in McKinsey’s Private Equity Practice in Palo Alto and London. Mr. Narain joined McKinsey from Deloitte Consulting, where he was a Senior Consultant.
  • He has an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, a Master of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and a Diploma in Global Leadership and Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Selected as a Young Global Leader in 2014, he is an active member of the World Economic Forum and served on its Advisory Board. Vish was also nominated as an Aspen Fellow in 2014 and is a member of the Aspen Leadership Institute.
  • He was nominated for Business Today’s “40 under 40”, and has been featured in several publications including the cover of Forbes India. He has spoken and taught at various institutions including Harvard Business School and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Ankur Kapoor

Chief Financial Officer

  • Ankur is a Senior Finance professional and has led the finance functions across several industries including financial services, media, technology aviation, retail and healthcare.
  • He has over 25 years of global experience of which about two decades have been in the US and remaining in India and Middle East.
  • Ankur has worked with several multi billion dollar listed companies in the US.
  • He led the IPO process for India’s largest airline, IndiGo which has more than 50% market share and is close to USD 10 Billion in market cap. He also led corporate strategy and investor relations for IndiGo.
  • Ankur got his MBA from McCombs School of Business at University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA, Masters of Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX and Bachelors of Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Ankur is currently based in the Miami area and currently serves on the boards of Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, a local Chamber of Commerce and Elder Services Resource Network, a non-profit serving the local senior population in the south Florida region. 

Saurabh Rai

Managing Director

  • Saurabh led investment raise for Real Estate Community Economy (RACE), a blockchain Fintech Protocol for fractionalizing Real Assets, focused on family offices, valued at $73 Million.
  • He has successfully closed over 100 deals in the last decade in the Real Estate and Hospitality segment, focused on luxury real estate development, multi-use complexes, hotels, villas and condominiums. 
  • He oversees large part of eastern hemisphere for Preferred Hotels & Resorts with offices in Dubai, Singapore, New Delhi, Cape Town and Sydney, focused on hospitality and mixed land use projects. 
  • A Multifunctional Business Strategy, Finance, Asset Management, Sales, Marketing & Distribution expert, with a combination of technical & business knowledge in diverse markets.
  • Nominated for Forbes South Asia “40 under 40” in the year 2020, for exceptional leadership in Travel & Hospitality.
  • Alumnus of the Harvard Business School and a member of YPO.
  • Board Member, Harvard Club of the UAE.
  • Connoisseur of luxury experiences, traveled across over 50 countries. 

Utsaav Pathak

Associate Director

  • Utsaav is an Associate Director at Pulsar Capital.
  • Prior to this, he worked in Morgan Stanley across its Hong Kong, Mumbai and New York offices as a part of the Global equity syndicate and equity capital market desks.
  • He has over 12 years of global transaction deal experience and has worked on close to 400 transactions totalling to an aggregate deal value of US$256 Bn including IPOs, Follow-ons, Primary placements, Secondary sales and block deals.
  • He has led and been part of equity capital raisings for companies across 10 global exchanges and diverse sectors like Technology, Finance, Healthcare, Telecommunication and Consumer sectors.
  • He was also part of the banking team for the Alibaba Group Holding US$25 Bn IPO, US$10 Bn Postal Savings Bank IPO, US$2 Bn China Resources Pharma HK IPO and US$464 MM Interglobe Aviation (Indigo) IPO and the US$1.8 Bn HDFC Bank US and India Follow-on offerings.
  • He has a Bachelor’s from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.
  • Utsaav is currently based in Dubai, UAE and is an Operating Principal in Pulsar Capital’s investment companies in various roles across finance and operations.

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Our Team

Vish Narain

Managing Partner

Ankur Kapoor

Chief Financial Officer

Saurabh Rai

Managing Director

Utsaav Pathak

Associate Director