Gaurav is an Associate Vice President at Lighthouse. Before joining Lighthouse, he was part of the investment banking team at Avendus Capital, where he advised on marquee transactions across consumer internet, foodtech, fintech, and D2C brands. He also co-authored a seminal report on the D2C sector in India. Gaurav began his career at J.P. Morgan, where he worked on complex M&A transactions across real estate and technology sectors. Gaurav holds an MBA from the Management Development Institute, and a B.Tech in Software Engineering from Delhi Technological University.