Akhil Chainwala

Employed: 2014

Nationality: Indian

Born: 1988

Board positions: TravelPerk, Mews, HungryPanda

Previous Experience: Goldman Sachs

Education: London School of Economics, Shri Ram College of Commerce

Shareholding (including closely affiliated persons): 13,565 class B-shares, of which 12,244 held through pension plan, insurance or similar

Incentive Shares: 163,032 (2024-29), 76,820 (2023-2028), 47,000 (2022-27), 35,000 (2021-2026), 38,400 (2020-25)

Akhil joined Kinnevik in 2014 and leads software and consumer investments.

Spending more than a decade in the team, Akhil has steered the Kinnevik portfolio from inventory-based transactional businesses — to asset-light, recurring revenue models. In particular, Akhil focuses on vertical and application software, and two-sided marketplaces. A data-driven and thematic researcher, Akhil is drawn towards product-obsessed companies with long roadmaps for innovation, showcasing deep empathy with their users. 

Previously, Akhil has been engaged in investee companies including Zalando, Avito, Global Fashion Group, and Omio.