Arjav Capital

Leadership

Value Beyond Capital

Arjav combines institutional investing expertise with the operating experience of entrepreneurs, industrial families and seasoned executives.

Investment Team

Akshaya Prasad, Founder & Managing Partner at Arjav Capital

Akshaya Prasad

Founder & Managing Partner

Akshaya is the Managing Partner of Arjav Investment Advisors LLP and leads the investment team at the firm. Prior to joining Arjav, Akshaya was a Partner and Managing Director at Greater Pacific Capital, and headed the firm’s India office. He led the team that was responsible for origination, portfolio management and exits for the firm’s investments. Prior to joining Greater Pacific Capital, Akshaya was the Head of Infrastructure Investing at Goldman Sachs, where he was based in London and Mumbai and was part of the senior team that managed Goldman Sachs’ US$6.5 bn Infrastructure Fund. Formerly, Akshaya was an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs based in London, where he specialised in cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions. Akshaya has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and a BA from St Stephen’s College, New Delhi.

Anubhav Gupta, Co-Founder & Managing Director at Arjav Capital

Anubhav Gupta

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Anubhav is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Arjav Investment Advisors LLP, and is a key part of the investment and operating team. Anubhav has over 16 years of entrepreneurial and operating experience across waste management, hospitality and turnaround consulting. Most recently, he was the Co-Founder & CEO at Dodo Skills India, a financial learning & gaming startup. Anubhav holds a MBA from London Business School, a Bachelor of Science with Merit (Life Sciences) from National University of Singapore and is a CFA Charterholder.

Apoorv Somani, Vice President at Arjav Capital

Apoorv Somani

Vice President

Apoorv is a Vice President at Arjav Investment Advisors LLP and has over 10 years of M&A, Private Equity, IPO and fundraising experience across industrial, consumer and auto sectors. Apoorv holds a MBA from Goa Institute of Management and a BMS from Syndenham.

Sponsors

Arjav is anchored by leading industrialists and their family offices

Fund is anchored by leading industrialists and their family offices

Sanjay Nayar

Sanjay Nayar

ex-CEO, KKR India; Founder, Sorin Investments; Promoter & Non-Executive Director, Nykaa; ex-CEO, Citigroup India

Akhil Gupta

Akhil Gupta

ex-Vice Chairman, Bharti Enterprises; Chairman, 360One WAM

Yogesh Mahansaria

Yogesh Mahansaria

Managing Director, Mahansaria Tyres; ex-Promoter, Alliance Tyres

Johannes Huth

Johannes Huth

CEO, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert; ex-Partner & Chairman, KKR EMEA

Nilesh Ved

Nilesh Ved

Founder and Chairman, AppCorp Holding Global

Angad Banga

Angad Banga

Chief Executive Officer, The Caravel Group