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Team

Blenheim Chalcot has assembled a strong team, led by the founders, Manoj Badale and Charles Mindenhall

Founders

Manoj Badale

Manoj Badale is the co-founder and managing partner of Blenheim Chalcot, an early stage investment group that actively manages a portfolio of fast growth ventures. Typically, these businesses are innovative leaders, creating a position based on a market or regulatory discontinuity in technology, financial services or media. Manoj was a co-founder of netdecisions group, originally an internet services business, but now a broader based IT services and outsourcing business, which trades as Agilisys. He also co-founded Fluency (sold to venture capitalists in 2003), Eviivo, and Steeltrace (sold to Compuware in 2004), and the Rights Company (sold to Warner Music in 2005) . Currently, he chairs TDX ( financial services), and Emerging Media ( Indian sports rights), both of which he co-founded. He is also a non-executive director of Agilisys, BMS, Corporate Pay, and StrategyEye, in all of which Blenheim Chalcot holds a significant equity stake.

Manoj is also involved in various charitable activities. He is chairman of The British Asian Trust (part of the Prince's Charities organisation), and of the Prince’s Charities Events Ltd., as well as chairman of Operation Smile UK, and a trustee of the Charity Technology Trust.

Manoj was formerly a partner at Monitor Company, where he spent significant time in the UK, Europe and India. Manoj now divides his time between India and UK, where most of the group's businesses are located. Manoj is a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

Charles Mindenhall

Charles is co-founder of Blenheim Chalcot, an early stage investment group that actively manages a portfolio of fast growth ventures. Typically, these businesses are innovative leaders, creating a position based on a market or regulatory discontinuity in technology, financial services or media.Charles is Chief Executive of Agilisys, a broad based IT services services and outsourcing group that evolved from netdecisions group, which he co-founded. He also co-founded Fluency (sold to venture capitalists in 2003), Eviivo and Steeltrace(sold to Compuware in 2004), and the Rights Company (sold to Warner Music in 2005) . In addition to running Agilisys, Charles is a non-executive director of Fairpoint Group (AIM quoted financial services), and Emerging Media (Indian sports rights).

Charles is involved in charitable activities, as a founding trustee of Operation Smile UK, and also an active trustee with the Charity Technology Trust.

Charles was formerly a leader within Monitor Company, where he spent significant time in the UK and Hong Kong. Charles spends his time in the UK, where most of the group’s businesses are head quartered. Charles is a graduate of the University of Oxford.