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IAN Group Names Info Edge’s Chintan Thakkar Group CEO, Senior Managing Partner of Alpha Fund

Info Edge set a three-month transition with former CFO Ambarish Raghuvanshi slated to serve as interim CFO from November 20.

Overview

  • IAN Group appointed Chintan Thakkar as Group CEO and Senior Managing Partner for the IAN Alpha Fund on August 19.
  • Info Edge notified stock exchanges that Thakkar resigned as CFO and will serve a roughly three-month notice period.
  • Info Edge’s board selected former CFO Ambarish Raghuvanshi as interim CFO effective November 20 until a permanent hire is made.
  • Thakkar spent more than a decade at Info Edge, helping establish its AIFs and leading Startup Investment (Holding) Limited.
  • IAN Alpha Fund completed a first close in 2023 toward a targeted INR 1,000 crore corpus, while IAN Group reports roughly INR 900 crore invested across over 225 startups and is pursuing a larger INR 5,000 crore vision.