Founder and Senior Managing Director, Monsoon Capital LLC

Gautam Prakash is founder and Senior Managing Director of Monsoon Capital. The firm currently manages Monsoon India Inflection Fund L.P., a hedge fund investing in mid-market Indian companies using a private equity-like approach. Prior to launching Monsoon Capital in 2004, Mr. Prakash was an advisor to ChrysCapital, a multi- billion dollar private equity fund based in New Delhi which invests in private and publicly-traded Indian companies.

From 1993 through 2001, Mr. Prakash was a venture capitalist, most recently serving as a General Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) in Boston, MA. BVP is the country's oldest venture capital firm and manages over $1 billion. Mr. Prakash co-led the health care practice and served on the boards of numerous portfolio companies. He led over 20 investments primarily in healthcare services, enterprise software, and IT services. Prior to joining BVP, he worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company in New York from 1991 - 1993.

Mr. Prakash is the former President and Chairman of Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Boston chapter, and a member of the Board of Trustees of TiE Inc. TiE is a global organization devoted to the advancement of entrepreneurship, primarily among South Asians.

Mr. Prakash holds a B.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and a B.A. in Economics from Yale University, summa cum laude, with Distinction in Economics, graduating 1991.