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Venture capital firm SAIF Partners, with over $4 billion under management, has announced Alok Goel as Managing Director, the venture capital firm said in a statement here today.
Goel is the former CEO of FreeCharge.in, an online recharge company that was acquired by Snapdeal earlier this year.
Prior to that he was the CEO/COO of Bangalore-based redBus.in, which has been acquired by the Nasper-led Ibibo group.
Goel will be looking into early stage investments at Saif Partners.
Speaking on his appointment, Goel said, “SAIF Partners has one of the finest portfolios in the industry today. I am excited to be a part of this team and leverage my experience in the Internet and mobile businesses to help early-stage companies become world-class businesses.”
Ravi Adusumalli, Managing Partner, SAIF Partners said, “We are thrilled to have Alok on board. He brings a wealth of experience in business strategy, product, marketing, operations, as well as P&L management. Having built and scaled successful Internet companies, his experience will be very vital to our firm.”
Before redBus, Alok worked at Google for five years in various roles, including product management of Google Display Network. He was also heading Search and Mobile Products in India, besides serving as Product Manager for Search and Geo Local, India. Alok was named in Fortune India’s prestigious ’40 Under 40’ List in March 2015.
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