Who We Are
Built on Relationships, Backed by Two Decades in the Ecosystem
TSFP Ventures is a Pune-based Private Markets Platform working with startups, SMEs, growth companies and investors on capital, strategic partnerships, governance advisory and market expansion, across India and international markets. The idea behind the firm is fairly simple: businesses tend to grow faster when they have strong relationships behind them, not just a polished pitch.
Rahul Toshniwal — Founder & CEO
The Founder
Rahul Toshniwal — Founder, TSFP Ventures
Rahul has spent more than 25 years building strategic alliances and partner ecosystems in enterprise technology. Before starting TSFP Ventures, he led Strategic Alliances at a global enterprise technology company, where his work included building and scaling partnerships with MMicrosoft CCognizant DDeloitte AAriba DBD&B EEquifax EYE&Y PwCPwC WWipro IInfosys and TCSTCS.
That background in long-term, trust-based partnerships at enterprise scale carries directly into how TSFP Ventures operates: relationship-first, hands-on through execution, and judged by outcomes rather than a single transaction.
Why TSFP Ventures
Our Approach
TSFP Ventures stays involved across a business’s capital and growth journey, not only in the weeks around a fundraise. A few things guide how we work:
Relationship-Led
We take the time to properly understand a business before we make any introduction. Every investor, partner or CXO connection happens with intent — we’re not optimising for volume.
Execution-Oriented
A strategy deck is a starting point, not an endpoint. We stay involved through narrative work, investor conversations and partnership structuring, right through to execution.
Pune-Rooted, India & Global Reach
We’re headquartered in Pune with deep roots in the Maharashtra ecosystem, and our investor, partner and CXO network reaches across India, APAC and select international markets.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions About TSFP Ventures
A few things founders and business leaders tend to ask before working with us.
Who founded TSFP Ventures?
Rahul Toshniwal founded TSFP Ventures after more than 25 years in strategic alliances and partner ecosystems, including building enterprise partnerships with Microsoft, Cognizant, Deloitte, PwC and TCS. He now applies that same relationship-building approach to capital and growth advisory for startups, SMEs and growth companies.
What makes TSFP Ventures different from other advisory firms?
We work one-to-one with each business rather than running a fixed programme, and we tend to stay involved well past the first strategy session or introduction. Combine that with a founder background in enterprise-scale partnership building rather than traditional fundraising or consulting, and the approach ends up looking quite different from a typical advisory firm.
Does TSFP Ventures work directly with founders or only through referrals?
Both, really. A good share of our clients arrive through referrals inside our ecosystem, but we’re just as happy to hear directly from any startup, SME, growth company or investor looking for support with capital, partnerships or growth.