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E12 · BlitzBusiness
Raising $150+ million in equity, executing 500+ acquisition in k-12 space & understanding the Education/Edtech future in M&A w/ Sridhar Balaraman
57 Plays
3 years agoSridhar is a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with 35 years experience as Global
CFO across multiple industries primarily in services sector both in India and Abroad with significant
experience in operations of all education verticals and software industry
He is a Finance Expert involved in investment banking and merger and acquisitions in the education
sector having evaluated more than 200 opportunities globally and has raised more than 100 million $
in equity in the education sector across and has also executed two IPOs besides multiple M and A
deals in the education sector
He is also an experienced finance and management professional n multiple sectors, and has also
been an entrepreneur in the education sector i.e. in skills space
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