Gagandeep Bakshi

Gagandeep Bakshi
Intellecap

Gagandeep Bakshi is Senior Director, Impact Investing at WDI, where he leads the institute’s high-impact financing strategy and initiatives supporting enterprises and entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging markets across renewable energy, e-mobility, climate-health, and health.

Gagan brings over 20 years of experience in capital raising, capital structuring, mergers and acquisition advisory, blended finance, and corporate finance across India, Africa, and South Asia. He has dedicated more than a decade to mobilizing capital for enterprises driving inclusive growth and sustainable development. Previously, as Partner and Director at Intellecap, Gagan led the PE and M&A advisory practice, closing over 40 transactions valued at more than $700 million across healthcare, climate and renewable energy, and financial inclusion.

Gagan actively mentors entrepreneurs through masterclasses on capital raising, pitch development, and term-sheet negotiations. He is also a founding and executive committee member of the Confederation of Biomass Energy Industry of India (CBEII). He holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Economics from Delhi University, and the CFA charter.

Articles by Gagandeep Bakshi

Guest Articles

Monday
June 15
2026

Gagandeep Bakshi / Santosh Singh

Understanding Africa’s Broken Climate Finance System: How the Missing Layers in the Capital Stack are Holding the Market Back

Africa needs roughly $277 billion a year in climate finance to meet its 2030 climate goals. Yet as Gagandeep Bakshi at the William Davidson Institute and Santosh Singh at Intellecap explain, with annual flows of $44-50 billion, the gap is considerable — and investors are pulling back just as the need for this funding is growing. Making matters worse, they argue that the problem is not just in the numbers, since beneath these totals, there is a thin layer of capital piling into a handful of companies and countries, while missing layers in the capital stack prevent the emergence of a more balanced market. They explore how this issue is holding investors and entrepreneurs back, and propose a more effective approach.

Categories
Energy, Environment, Investing

Tags
blended finance, climate change, development finance, global development, impact investing, sustainable finance, venture capital
Guest Articles

Thursday
September 6
2018

Gagandeep Bakshi / Sameer Gaud

India’s Impact Capital Vacuum – And What to Do About It

Impact investments in India grew by double digits between 2010 and 2016, and are expected to reach US $8 billion by 2025. But the on-the-ground reality is not so rosy. Investors are flocking to financial services and larger-scale companies, while early-stage enterprises and impact sectors such as agriculture, health care and clean energy face a funding gap. While there is no secret sauce for changing this dynamic, Gagandeep Bakshi and Sameer Gaud at Intellecap offer five guiding principles to help social enterprises with successful fundraising.

Categories
Investing, Social Enterprise

Tags
business development, impact investing, venture capital
Thursday
August 14
2014

Gagandeep Bakshi

Shifting the Paradigm in Indian Health Care: Results will follow when delivery, drug, device and diagnosis innovations occur simultaneously

Indian health care continues to face challenges of affordability, availability and quality, but a growing number of enterprises are changing the landscape by addressing inefficiencies in the market. When delivery, drug, device and diagnosis innovations occur simultaneously, the Indian health care market will witness a paradigm shift.

Categories
Environment, Health Care

Tags
business development, healthcare technology, product design

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