Our Team
The Desertbridge leadership team has been assembled with a clear objective: to combine strategic judgement, operating discipline and regional execution capability within a platform designed for sophisticated capital. Across the team, the strengths are deliberately complementary, spanning institutional positioning, India execution, capital formation, governance, diligence, fund structuring and technology-enabled origination. That breadth is intended not only to support growth, but to reduce concentration risk and strengthen platform resilience.
Our Partners
Angela Sedran
FOUNDING PARTNER
Angela Sedran is the Founding Partner of Desertbridge Capital and the architect of its cross-border investment platform across the GCC–India–Singapore corridor. With more than 20 years of experience spanning strategy advisory, capital formation, governance, and founder scaling, she brings a cross-border perspective shaped by work with founders, family offices, investors, and growth-stage companies across multiple markets.
Platform Strategy • Capital Formation
Institutional Positioning • Cross-Border Growth
Aakaash Deep
MANAGING PARTNER
Aakaash Deep is the Managing Partner of Desertbridge Capital, where he leads capital partnerships, strategic relationships, and cross-border deal origination across the GCC–India–Singapore corridor. A corporate lawyer by training and an experienced entrepreneur, he brings more than 13 years of experience in cross-border transactions, strategic partnerships, capital formation, and investor engagement across India, the Gulf region, and Asia.
Capital Formation • Strategic Partnerships
Cross-Border Transactions
Investor Relationships
Sudip Bandopadyay
GENERAL PARTNER - CAPITAL MARKETS & STRATEGIC ADVISORY
Sudip Bandopadyay is a veteran financial services executive and board-level adviser with deep experience across capital markets, strategic investments, governance and financial products. Over a career spanning more than three decades, he has held senior roles at ITC, Reliance Money and Destimoney, and today serves as Group Chairman of the Inditrade Group of Companies. At Desertbridge, Sudip adds seasoned market judgement, institutional credibility and strategic perspective across public markets, investor engagement and broader platform development. He is also a recognised public voice on market trends, regularly featured in business media and financial commentary.
Capital Markets • Strategic Investments
Governance • Public Markets Insight
Institutional Relationships • Board Advisory
Dr Rajiv Dalmia
GENERAL PARTNER - INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL, VENTURE ECOSYSTEMS & CROSS-BORDER GROWTH
Dr Rajiv Dalmia is a global investment strategist and cross-border growth adviser with more than 25 years of experience across venture capital, institutional capital, fundraising, and international market expansion. He brings deep relationships across founders, family offices, venture funds, and institutional investors, together with strong capability in capital formation, syndication, and strategic growth across the GCC, India, and global markets.
Capital Formation • Venture Ecosystems Cross-Border Growth • Institutional Capital
Anit Kumar Mohanty
GENERAL PARTNER - & STRATEGIC ADVISORY
Anit Kumar Mohanty is an entrepreneur and strategic finance professional with experience across investment banking, corporate banking, fund structuring, and growth-stage capital advisory. He brings strong capability in opportunity evaluation, financial analysis, founder ecosystem engagement, and investment readiness, with deep connectivity across the start-up and MSME landscape.
Investments • Strategic Advisory
Fund Structuring • Founder Ecosystems
Sanjay Adisesha A.
GENERAL PARTNER - MARKET EXECUTION & TRADING STRATEGY
Sanjay Adisesha is an entrepreneur and technology leader with more than 20 years of experience across software, digital platforms, venture ecosystems, and founder advisory. He brings strong capability in technology due diligence, product strategy, founder engagement, and early-stage opportunity assessment, with deep experience supporting innovation-led businesses as they scale.
Technology Due Diligence
Venture Ecosystems • Founder Advisory Product Strategy
Hemant Chandak
PARTNER - STRATEGIC ADVISOR, TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEMS & INNOVATION MARKETS
Hemant Chandak is a technology sector adviser and investment ecosystem participant with experience across corporate strategy, technology consulting, and innovation-led growth markets. As CEO and Director of IBU Advisory, he works at the intersection of founders, capital providers, and strategic partners, bringing strong connectivity across the technology ecosystem together with insight into emerging sectors, investor engagement, and growth opportunities.
Technology Ecosystems • Growth Markets Strategic Advisory • Innovation Sectors
Ramakant Gaund
PARTNER - MARKET EXECUTION & TRADING STRATEGY
Ramakant Gaund is a financial markets professional with more than 25 years of experience across trading, fund operations and investment execution. He has traded across major global exchanges and brings practical expertise in proprietary and institutional market activity, fund oversight and execution-led investment processes. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with specialisation in Economics and Computer Science.
Public Markets • Trading Strategy
Market Execution • Fund Operations
Our Principals
Sanjana Gaund
PRINCIPAL, PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, RISK & COMPLIANCE
Sanjana Gaund is a finance professional with experience across portfolio management, risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, and operational oversight. She brings a strong combination of technical financial training and market experience, with particular strength in portfolio controls, compliance frameworks, and execution discipline across international financial markets.
Portfolio Management • Risk & Compliance Regulatory Oversight • Financial Control
