Aditya Deshpande
Sr. Investment Associate
As an Investment Associate at Lumikai, Aditya is involved in end-to-end deal sourcing, deal evaluation and closure, investment thesis development, industry research, and ecosystem outreach.
Aditya succesfully graduated from the Lumikai Internship program to become a full-time investment professional. He comes from a background of corporate finance, private equity, advanced behavioral economics, financial risk management, with a prior stint in private equity with HDFC's proprietary PE fund. He has experience with market research, investment performance tracking and thesis development in the gaming industry.
He holds a Bachelor's in Economics (with Honors) from Christ University, Bangalore, and a Master's degree (graduated Cum Laude) in Financial Economics from Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Aditya has also passed Level 1 of the CFA exams.
A keen gamer, his favorite games include- Uncharted 2, Batman: Arkham City, and the Grand Theft Auto series. He is also an avid reader of sci-fi and non-fiction.