Jayanthi Devarajan Iyengar is a senior business leader and advisor with over eighteen years of experience across funding, consulting, business development, and brand strategy.
She currently serves as Director at the Startups Council of India and Director for South India at the SME Chamber of India, where she works closely with startups and MSMEs on growth, partnerships, and access to capital. Jayanthi has deep expertise in debt funding, venture debt, and cross-border financing, along with strong experience in B2B collaboration and ecosystem building. Her career spans leadership roles across media, insurance, digital platforms, and entrepreneurship. She is actively involved in policy-level dialogue supporting MSME and startup growth in India.
On ITProfiles, she writes about funding strategies, MSME development, startup ecosystems, and business scaling.