Sagar has been an impact investor with various Asian-based VCs across the areas of plant-based and animal-free materials, next-gen and gender-diverse first-time fund managers, ed-tech and poverty alleviation, and inclusive fintech. He has experience in setting up impact funds. He has been involved in setting up two impact funds before joining Beyond Impact, edLABS within Gray Matters Capital, a family office foundation with $200 million AUM across emerging markets and Australian Govt. DFAT-backed impact fund in Indonesia.

Currently, he is a Partner at Beyond Impact, investing in the future of food and materials. He is an advisor & working group member at 2X Global Forum and 2XIgnite, to help unlock gender-smart capital for gender & diverse emerging fund managers and founders. He is also an Advisor to 3 Venture Studios - Lila Ventures - Capital Mobilization for Greener Future; Atlan - Nature Tech; and Scoby - Blue Ocean Acceleration Studio.

Sagar writes two substack monthly newsletters - a) IDEX, which covers topics around conscious leadership and ethical capitalism. IDEX has more than 15,000 subscribers, and b) First Followers covers venture investing, serial acquirers, investment holding companies, investment thesis, impact investing, innovative finance, and venture studios. First Followers has more than 10,000 subscribers.

A few published pieces by Sagar Tandon are:

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