Parag is an MBA graduate from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore and a BSME from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. Parag made a foray into venture capital after his MBA in 1993. He started off with ICICI Venture (in Bangalore) and followed that up with stints at GE Equity (in Gurgaon) and Intel Capital (in Bangalore). At Inventus, Parag is a Board Director at FundsIndia, Vizury, Power2SME, PolicyBazaar, eDreams, Avaz, peel-works and Tricog. As part of his tenure with GE Capital, Parag cycled out to an industry operating role for two-years at Genpact. He has been an institutional venture investor in India most of his 18 year career and has invested in 27 companies across India, resulting in 14 exits.