Vasudha Madhavan, Founder & CEO, Ostara Advisors, comes with over two decades of experience in Corporate
& Investment Banking across Citibank, ICICI Bank and boutique investment banking and made her debut in the
Top 20 on the All-India M&A League Tables in late-2018. In 2023, Vasudha was felicitated by India Energy
Storage Alliance (IESA) as one of the Top 40 ‘Women leaders driving Energy sector in India’.
After an illustrious career in the Banking sector where she was known for her business acumen as well as
her intrapreneur skills, she honed in on Climate-Tech as the vertical she wanted to make a mark in.
Vasudha founded Ostara Advisors in 2015 to catalyze global capital flows into the clean mobility and
climate-tech ecosystem in India. Taking a thought-leadership approach in these sectors, the firm is today
an early mover in institutionalizing fund-raising in these sectors with a focus on growth stage
fund-raising and M&A transactions.
