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funds, and founders.
We don’t just offer banking. We offer alignment. Our approach is bespoke, design-led, and customer first. We bring underwriting discipline with an understanding of new economy capital structures to serve sponsors and their portfolios at scale. Whether you're launching your latest fund or scaling your firm, we offer the infrastructure, insights and network to help you succeed.
Financial sponsors require banking partners with balance sheet strength, risk frameworks and institutional maturity to support portfolio companies across cycles.
Aligned to evolving business models
that deliver confidence through cycles
enabling future ready growth
Our solutions are co-created with founders and fund managers to reflect realities of venture-backed growth.
Our tech stack includes API banking, real-time dashboards, and digital onboarding—built for speed and scale.
We offer both operational banking and ecosystem enablers, ensuring continuity from fund setup to portfolio scale.
Girish Malhotra is Head of the New Economy Group at IDFC FIRST Bank, where he leads the Bank’s engagement with startups, venture capital and private equity firms, and digital‑native businesses. His focus is on building ecosystem partnerships and leveraging the Bank’s platform to support the growth and scaling needs of innovation‑led enterprises.
Mr. Malhotra has over 25 years of experience across consumer finance, retail lending, credit cards, and insurance, working with banks, fintech, and financial services institutions across India, the UAE, and Vietnam. Prior to joining IDFC FIRST Bank, he was Director at a consumer‑focused fintech in the UAE and earlier served as Senior Advisor to the Board at FE CREDIT in Vietnam, where he led the bancassurance business and launched a fully digital mobile platform with end‑to‑end P\&L responsibility.
Mr. Malhotra spent 16 years at Citibank India, holding senior leadership roles including Senior Vice President and Director – Credit Card Alliances, managing a portfolio of over one million cards.
Mr. Malhotra completed the Advanced Development Program at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance from IMSAR, MDU, and a B.Sc. (Honours) from Delhi University.
Chaitanya Suvanam is National Head of the Financial Sponsors Group at IDFC FIRST Bank, where he partners with private equity, venture capital, private credit funds, and family offices across India. He focuses on building long‑term relationships with sponsors and delivering integrated banking solutions across fund operations, portfolio financing, treasury, and capital flows.
Mr. Suvanam brings nearly 20 years of experience across project finance, corporate finance, startup banking, and sponsor‑led ecosystems. Prior to his current role, he was part of the founding leadership team for IDFC’s Startup Banking platform, scaling the franchise from inception to over 30,000 startup clients. Earlier, he spent nearly a decade at YES Bank, where he built and scaled startup and corporate finance businesses across multiple market cycles, and previously worked with Ramky Group on capital structuring and public markets transactions.
Mr. Suvanam earned a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras and a PGDBM in Finance and Marketing from XLRI Jamshedpur.
Giriraj Chundawat is a Partner in the Financial Sponsors Group at IDFC FIRST Bank, where he works closely with venture capital, private equity, and alternative investment managers to design tailored banking and treasury solutions for funds and their portfolio companies.
He brings over 12 years of experience across commercial banking, with exposure spanning both the asset and liability sides of the balance sheet.
Prior to joining IDFC FIRST Bank, Giriraj held relationship and business development roles at ICICI Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank, and earlier worked with L&T Financial Services, gaining experience across multiple products, client segments, and geographies.
Giriraj earned a Post Graduate Program in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Rohtak and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Shri G.S. Institute of Technology & Science, Indore.
Subham Rattan is a Partner in the Financial Sponsors Group at IDFC FIRST Bank, where he focuses on building and strengthening relationships with private equity, venture capital, and private debt funds, while providing comprehensive coverage to sponsor‑backed, new‑age companies across their lifecycle.
Mr. Rattan has seven years of experience in financial services. Prior to IDFC FIRST Bank, he spent over four years at ICICI Bank, where he developed sponsor relationships and delivered end‑to‑end banking, treasury, and custody solutions to domestic and international fund houses and their portfolio companies. He subsequently worked at Axis Bank, where he expanded sponsor coverage and structured integrated offerings across banking and treasury.
Mr. Rattan earned an MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra. He has also cleared CFA Level I.
Raunaq Jaisinghani is a Partner in the Venture Capital practice at IDFC FIRST Bank, where he works with venture capital, venture debt, and alternative investment funds across India. He focuses on building sponsor relationships and supporting fund and portfolio needs across banking, treasury, and strategic capital flows.
Mr. Jaisinghani brings over seven years of experience from the Government of India, where he was a founding member of the Startup India initiative. During his tenure, he led technology and global partnerships and independently managed the Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups, a ₹1,000 crore program announced by the Prime Minister, while working closely with senior government leadership and ecosystem stakeholders. Earlier, he worked with Illinois Business Consulting and interned with Citi.
Mr. Jaisinghani holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with a concentration in Computer Science and a certificate in Technology Commercialization from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
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IDFC FIRST Bank's FIRST Symphony sets a new benchmark for how enterprise institutions engage with start-ups, according to Karthik Reddy, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Blume Ventures. He called it “an example of what a high-quality enterprise institution should do with start-ups”, praising the opportunity for founders to interact directly with our CEO and leadership team. We are helping create platforms that connect vision with opportunity.
Meaningful partnerships drive innovation forward. Ashish Fafadia, Partner at Blume Ventures, shared how IDFC FIRST Bank’s alignment with their value system and pioneering approach in new-age banking makes for a valuable collaboration. We are proud to empower start-ups through partnerships that matter.
FIRST Symphony is more than an event; it is a vision to empower entrepreneurs. Bhavesh Jatania, Head of Start-up Banking at IDFC FIRST Bank, shared how the platform is designed to support founders with knowledge, connections and curated programmes. By being a true growth partner, we aim to fuel the journey of every start-up we work with.