Viren Makwana is an experienced professional with a background in venture investments, private equity, entrepreneurship, business strategy, investment banking, and corporate development. He has excellent communication skills, negotiation skills, and business development expertise. Viren holds an MBA in Finance from Cardiff University and a degree in Company Secretary, Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law from The Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is passionate about fundraising, drafting investment communication materials, and organizing investor conferences and meets.

Before his current role as an Investment Advisor at a Boutique Investment Bank, Viren worked as the Manager Financial Planning Analysis at FIRESTAR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED. In that capacity, he was primarily responsible for budgeting and forecasting, valuations, financial modeling, functional and strategic integration, business planning, restructuring, cross-portfolio projects, follow-on investments, and new business initiatives. Prior to that, Viren held various financial roles, including reporting assistant manager at Concordia International, Senior Financial Analyst at Chaturvedi Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd, Financial Analyst at Abbott Laboratories, Finance Executive at Royal Mail, and Intern at Shilpa Ray and Associates.