Prior to joining Marcellus, Tej worked at Mayfield, a Silicon Valley headquartered venture capital fund which manages $3Bn globally and $220Mn in India. Tej spent 2 years as a part of Mayfield India’s investment team covering multiple sectors and being at the centre of India’s evolving venture ecosystem. Prior to Mayfield, Tej was a part of the equity and capital markets team of Ambit Capital where he worked on executing IPOs, QIPs and buybacks. Qualifications: Tej is a Chartered Accountant and and a CFA charter holder. He holds a B. Com degree from Ahmedabad University.
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Marcellus Portfolio Updates & Insights - June 2026
marcellus.in From Our CIO’s Desk What Goes into the Making of a Data Center? Two global headlines have dominated the financial landscape in recent times: Alphabet is executing a record-breaking $85 billion equity raise to fund its AI infrastructure and global compute footprint. SpaceX is setting the stage for the largest IPO ever recorded, […]
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marcellus.in From Our CIO’s Desk The Case for Multi-Asset Diversification in Volatile Times The ongoing Middle East conflict is a stark reminder that global economies react differently to the same shock. In my recent conversation with Manish Hemnani, we explored why the “old rules” of domestic-only investing must evolve to preserve wealth in this […]
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Cutting Equity CGT for FIIs will boost India’s Economy and lower the Government’s cost of Borrowing
Summary: Our meetings with a dozen large FIIs in North America and UK over the past few weeks suggest that scrapping equity Capital Gains Tax (CGT) for FIIs will trigger 3 different types of benefits for the Indian economy: a) lower borrowing costs for the sovereign and hence for corporates; b) a stronger INR and […]
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