Kanika Mayar joined Vertex Ventures in 2020 and focuses on opportunities in India. Kanika has over 9 years of experience across private equity, asset management and investment banking. Prior to joining Vertex, Kanika was an Investment Officer with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) where she focused on investing in early-stage technology, telecom, renewable energy and infrastructure companies across India and South Asia. Before IFC, Kanika was with Goldman Sachs’s Investment Banking team covering transactions in natural resources in Europe. Vertex Holdings was founded over 30 years ago, with the keen sense that transformational technologies would be a critical differentiator in an increasingly competitive world. Today, Vertex is established as a global VC platform, where a network of separate and independently managed VC funds makes investments in technology and healthcare companies from around the world.