Sandeep Aneja

Sandeep is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kaizenvest, an education focused fund
management firm, headquartered in Singapore. He is responsible for overseeing the firm’s strategy,
growing operations across regions, driving the company’s thought leadership and building the firm’s
investor and entrepreneur networks across the globe.

He has 25 years of experience in private equity, investment leadership, consulting and operations
management. His passion is to work closely with entrepreneurs who have a deep sense of purpose
similar to one that led him to establish Kaizenvest. Under Sandeep’s leadership Kaizenvest has
established itself as the only education sector focused fund manager with private equity and private
debt funds across South Asia, South East Asia and Sub Saharan Africa.

Prior to founding Kaizenvest, Sandeep spent seven years working in the Silicon Valley. During his
time there, he was a Partner at Outlook Ventures, a leading US-based venture capital fund, where he
was involved in 11 investments and delivered superior returns to his investors. He also served as a
board representative for the firm’s portfolio companies, providing active support in areas of sales
operations, business development and product marketing leadership.

Sandeep sits on the boards of various education companies across the Philippines, Vietnam and
India. He is also an established thought leader, having been frequently featured as a speaker on
private equity, emerging investments, globally impactful trends and the importance of continuous
research and innovation.

Sandeep holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Graduate School of Business at
Stanford University.