Gopal Srinivasan

Chairman, TVS Capital Funds limited

Gopal Srinivasan is the Chairman and Managing Director of TVS Capital Funds Ltd.

TVS Capital funds is one of the pioneers of mid-market PE investments in India. Founded in 2007 by Gopal Srinivasan, it now manages assets of nearly ₹2,000 croresof domestic capitalin AUM across 3 Funds, which makes it amongst the largest rupee funds in India.

A scion of the TVS family from the third generation, Gopal’s entrepreneurial career spans well over three decades in which he has founded, steered and scaled up over 10 new ventures across diverse business verticals.

Passionate about fostering startups and mentoring young entrepreneurs and is an avid angel investor. He is a founding member of The Chennai Angels as well as TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Chennai, two of the premier angel investing networks in India.

Gopal takes a keen interest in public policy matters of the VC/PE Industry, being actively involved with the regulators for the financial markets by dint of his engagements with SEBI, the Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and SIDBI.

He is also actively involved in knowledge initiatives through his involvement in academic institutions. He is a member of University of Michigan’s India Advisory Board, a member of the Governing Council at Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) and a former board member of Great Lakes Institute of Management and IFMR.

Gopal is also the Chairman of Chennai International Centre, a think-tank that brings together a cornucopia of thought leaders from the spheres of business, the economy, policymaking, science, art, culture and entrepreneurship.

Organizational Positions

• Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Capital Funds Ltd
• Founder & Chairman of TVS Electronics Ltd
• Director on the Board of TVS & Sons, the holding company of TVS Group & other companies in and outside the TVS Group

Board Positions: Private Equity / Venture Capital

• Member, Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee (AIPAC) of SEBI since March 2015
• Member, Venture Capital Investment Committee for SIDBI’s Fund of Funds for Start-ups (FFS) programme
• Former Chairman of IVCA (Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association): 2016-2018
• Former Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) National Committee for Private Equity & Venture Capital

(2009-2011) and Former Chairman of CII Tamil Nadu State Council (2007-2008)

Board positions: Incubation / Angel

• Founding member of The Chennai Angels
• Founding member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), Chennai
• Chairman, Forge CIBI (a Technology Accelerator & Incubator) hosted at the Kumaraguru College ofTechnology

Board Positions: Academics

• Member, Ross School of Business Advisory Board at the University of Michigan,USA
• Chairman of University of Michigan’s India Advisory Board
• Governing Council Member of Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)
• Former Board Member, Great Lakes Institute of Management and IFMR

Education 

1. Com, Loyola College, Chennai | MBA, The Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, USA