Koreel Lahiri

Director, South Asia, MDIF

Koreel is responsible for MDIF’s investment mandate in South Asia, he brings over 20 years of experience. Before MDIF, he was the founding COO of India’s 1st funding organization for independent media – IPS Media Foundation. His VC experience includes a successful stint at Springboard, the VC arm of India’s largest media house, Bennett, Coleman & Co (BCCL). Prior to that he led financial markets coverage and equity research at Bloomberg TV India & CNBC-TV18. He started his career at India’s first internet radio, Musicurry.com, back in the days of Web 1.0.