Sasha Mirchandani, Senior Investment Director, joined BlueRun Ventures in 2007 and is based in the Mumbai office. He focuses on consumer internet, mobile, media, entertainment and knowledge process outsourcing.
He is responsible for building the BlueRun Ventures brand in India in addition to helping portfolio companies build low cost operations in India to improve capital efficiencies and to leverage BlueRun Ventures' global platform to help Indian companies to expand globally.
Prior to joining BlueRun Ventures, Sasha was at Mirc Electronics where he was head of corporate affairs and new business. Prior to that he was CEO and Founder of Imercius Technologies, a BPO focused on the telecom space, and prior to that he founded Cocoon Ventures a early stage investment company.
Sasha sits on the board of Fractal Analytics, Algorythm, Gulita Securities, Madhouse Media, Shivaji Securities, and AsliSale.
Recently Sasha founded Mumbai Angels. This is the first time that a group of angels has come together to invest in seed stage companies in Mumbai. Some of the companies they have invested in are Mkhoj, Madhouse and Netelixer.
Sasha completed his Business Administration from University in Virginia and MMDP program at IIM, Ahmadabad. He is past president of the Bombay Chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs organization. He is also an advisory board member of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International studies (SAIS) in India, Chairman Maharashtra Committee - Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC), and Charter Member - TiE Mumbai.
