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Devendra



                                                                   Agrawal:








                                                              One of the Co-Founders of

                                                         Instaoffice, Also Founded Dexter

                                                               Capital, Leading Boutique

                                                                      Investment Bank


        worked as a Private Equity professional “                                 Ispaces providing end-to-end
                                                                                     nstaOffice is one of the fastest-
        About the Author:
                                                                                     growing  chains  of  co-working

                                                                                  office solutions across the country.
        Devendra Agrawal, one of the Co-
                                                                                  InstaOffice  began  its  journey  in
                                                          We believe
        founders of InstaOffice also founded
                                                                                  February 2016 with its first business
                                                   profoundly that
                                                                                  center in Gurgaon. Since then, it has
        Dexter Capital, a leading boutique
                                                                                  expanded to 14 centers across Delhi,
        Investment bank with offices in Delhi
                                                          technology
                                                                                  Gurgaon,  Noida,  Bangalore,  and
        and Bangalore. He was also CFO of a
                                                          is the future
                                                                                  Hyderabad and we’re at more than
        mid-size education company Resonance
                                                           of bringing
        for a couple of years.He has also
                                                                                  InstaOffice has been disrupting the
                                                            together a
                                                                                  commercial  real estate  sector by
        for over 3 years with Olympus Capital,        large network               2500 seats and rapidly expanding.
                                                                                  establishing  partnerships with the
        a PE firm which manages assets worth                                      property owners, landlords, and
        $2 BN. He is a graduate from IIT                    of people,            commercial  real estate investors
        Bombay, 2005 & has cleared all 3 levels                                   &    developers,   helping   them
        of CFA.                                           investing in            monetize  their  spaces  and  earn
                                                                                  higher  rentals  for  their  properties
        Vikas Lakhani the other Co-Founder               apps where               and spaces. We are a multiproduct
        of InstaOffice is also an advisor to                                      company — we  cater  to  MNC’s,
        Ashoka Fellows on scaling strategies.       the community                 Corporates,  startups,  and SMEs.
        He worked as VP in the investment              can engage,                Usually,  our  competitors  focus  on
        banking division of Copal Partners (a        book meeting                 one target segment or a portion of
                                                                                  the customer segment.  We ensure
        Moody’s Group Company) and has                    rooms, etc.             that we have private  cabins, open
        worked at Credit Suisse, focusing                                         spaces and meeting  rooms enough
        on the energy sector, and executed                                        for  all  the  3  segments.  We  have
        transactions worth over $5 billion. He                                    150+ clients with prominent players
        holds a Master’s in finance degree from                                   in the market including CarDekho,
                                                                                  Meesho, Bank Of Baroda, etc.
        HEC, Paris

                                                             so we are “
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