Karthik Tiruvarur, based in Washington DC, leads investment in early-stage consumer technology companies for International Finance Corporation (IFC) which is the private sector focused arm of the World Bank. Through its $100bn balance sheet, IFC invests across the globe in category defining companies and Fund Managers.  As part of IFC’s venture capital team, Karthik’s investment focus has been in venture-growth stage technology companies in geographies spanning India, China, Turkey and Brazil. Investments in India include consumer technology companies such as Lenskart, Bigbasket, Portea, Shadowfax technologies etc. 

Karthik has a very deep interest in studying the confluence of Buffett’s value investing approach applied to private markets and to cross over investments.  Karthik’s stint at IFC gives him a unique vantage point of looking at investments from early-venture stage to holding them all the way through post IPO, as well as understanding the workings of Private Equity Fund Managers through IFC’s role as a Limited Partner in leading VC and PE firms. 

Karthik has a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Madras and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management. He started his career with Lehman Brothers and has a 15+ year career in financial services in addition to a two year stint running a healthcare startup in rural India.