About EPIFunds
EPIFunds is a curated angel network built by EPIC to connect ambitious founders with investors, mentors, and industry experts who can help turn ideas into enduring businesses.
We saw a recurring challenge for early stage founders: finding the right investors, the right guidance, and the right connections at the right time.
EPIFunds was created to bridge that gap. We bring together carefully vetted founders and investors, supported by a network of mentors, industry professionals, and domain experts.
EPIFunds is an initiative of EPIC and is incubated and supported by IIM Visakhapatnam’s FIELD Incubation Hub. This ecosystem gives founders access to structured support, experienced mentors, and opportunities that extend beyond capital.
The team
EPIFunds is run by students and alumni of IIM Visakhapatnam, through EPIC, the institute’s entrepreneurship committee.
Senior Associate
MBA, IIM Visakhapatnam
Pranav spent his early career in the financial markets, across equity derivatives, market surveillance and institutional dealing, working closely with brokers, custodians and institutional investors. At EPIC he leads industry engagement, drawn to the point where capital, strategy and innovation meet.
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Senior Associate
MBA, IIM Visakhapatnam
Sanchitaa founded SSHELL, a cybersecurity education platform, during her engineering years, then chose the renewable energy sector with ENGIE over a more conventional route. She is drawn to entrepreneurship, sustainability and technology, and to ventures built to matter at scale.
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Associate
MBA, IIM Visakhapatnam
Akansha spent three and a half years in financial services, most recently as a Financial Associate supporting investment banking and private equity firms through M&A transactions. Her work spanned market research, financial modelling, valuation and due diligence.
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Associate
MBA, IIM Visakhapatnam
Mansi works at the intersection of people strategy and organisational development, with prior experience at Catenon India running end to end recruitment across financial services, legal, compliance and energy. She joined EPIC as a Junior Associate and grew into an Associate role.
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Associate
MBA, IIM Visakhapatnam
Pratyusha worked at an IT startup across business development, marketing and project coordination, much of it with international clients. She is drawn to finance and business strategy, and to understanding how companies balance growth with long term value.
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Associate
MBA, IIM Visakhapatnam
Romit focuses on startup evaluation and investor outreach. He spent three years as a Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead at Capgemini, and has organised Andhra Pradesh’s largest student led entrepreneurship summit, drawing over 1,000 students, founders and investors.
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Associate
MBA, IIM Visakhapatnam
Sadik has worked across business development, strategy, marketing and analytics, and is drawn to the places where ideas turn into something real. He came to EPIC to understand the startup ecosystem from the inside and to back ventures that change things.
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Associate
MBA, IIM Visakhapatnam
Shardav spent two and a half years at Jio Platforms in a fast moving operational and technology environment. He is interested in how products and businesses scale, and in how organisations decide well when the picture is still unclear.
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