Parag Saxena


Parag Saxena is the Founding General Partner and CEO of New Silk Route.

Early life and education

Saxena earned a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

Saxena started his career at Becton Dickinson as a product manager in 1978. Saxena is also a co-founder and managing partner of Vedanta Capital, a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2006. He has been the president of TiE Tri-State branch since 2003.
Previously, Saxena was the Managing Partner and founded Invesco Private Capital, a subsidiary of Invesco. Parag is a member of the Foreign Direct Investment task force for the Prime Minister of India. Parag, over the course of four years, consistently qualified for Forbes Midas List. Parag was named the 23rd, 38th, 31st and 28th best deal maker in venture capital in the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 lists, respectively.