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ChrysCapital

ChrysCapital backs high-quality Indian businesses at inflection points across consumer, healthcare, financial services, technology, and manufacturing, writing large cheques for Series B and beyond through to buyouts.

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Ticket size$30M – $300M
StagesSeries B · Series C+
Sectors2 focus areas
01 — Snapshot

At a glance

Key signals founders use to decide if this investor is worth a conversation.

Ticket size
$30M – $300M
Stages
Series B · Series C+
Sectors
2 focus areas
Themes
8 mapped
02 — Focus

Where they invest

Stages and sectors this investor typically backs.

Sector focus

Consumer / D2CHealthcare / Medtech
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Lead / invest stages

Series BSeries C+
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03 — Thesis

Investment thesis

Themes this investor is mapped to across the VC Dekho directory.

ChrysCapital backs high-quality Indian businesses at inflection points across consumer, healthcare, financial services, technology, and manufacturing, writing large cheques for Series B and beyond through to buyouts.

Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatGrowth & scale-upsHealthtech / wellnessBootstrapped / profitability-firstConsumer / D2C brands
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04 — Portfolio

Portfolio companies

34 companies mapped to this fund.

T
The Sleep Company
Sleep/Comfort Tech
₹480 crore · Series D
6 Aug 2025
Awfis
Co-working spaces
$30 million · Series D
6 Aug 2019
D
Dream11
Gaming/Sports
$225M
14 Sept 2020
M
Medial App
Healthcare/Telematics
A
AU Small Finance Bank
Financial Services
A
Axis Bank
Financial Services
Portfolio
C
CavinKare
Consumer
Acquisition
13 Mar 2017
C
CORONA
Healthcare & Lifesciences
$90M · Private Equity
20 May 2021
C
Cyient
Enterprise Technology
Secondary Exit
20 Jan 2015
E
Eris Lifesciences
Healthcare & Lifesciences
Rs 1,187 cr · Exit
22 Aug 2024
G
GeBBS Healthcare Solutions
Healthcare & Lifesciences
9 Sept 2024
G
GVK Biosciences
Healthcare & Lifesciences
Private Equity
2 Dec 2015
H
Hathway Cable
Media & Telecom
$142M
1 Dec 2010
H
HCL Technologies
Enterprise Technology
$440m
10 Jul 2008
H
Hexaware
Enterprise Technology
I
Idea Cellular
Telecom
$170M · Private Equity
1 Jul 2011
I
Infogain
Enterprise Technology
$63M · Private Equity
I
Intas Pharmaceuticals
Healthcare & Lifesciences
$56.2M
12 May 2012
K
KPIT
Enterprise Technology
Rs 112.5Cr
8 Jan 2011
L
L&T Infotech (LTI)
Enterprise Technology
L
Lenskart
Consumer
$100M
15 Jun 2023
L
LiquidHub
Technology
$53M · Series B
M
MoEngage
Enterprise Technology
$180M · Series F
17 Dec 2025
M
Mphasis
Enterprise Technology
Acquisition
7 Aug 2002
05 — Story

About ChrysCapital

Background and context for founders evaluating this investor.

ChrysCapital is among India's most established private equity platforms, with a consistent focus on backing businesses that have demonstrated model viability and are ready to scale meaningfully. Its investment universe spans consumer, healthcare, financial services, technology, and manufacturing, giving it broad sectoral coverage while maintaining a clear preference for companies at or beyond Series B. Cheque sizes in the range of $30M to $300M signal that ChrysCapital is best suited for founders raising substantial growth rounds or pursuing structured transactions including buyouts. For Indian founders, the practical implication is straightforward: this is not a seed or early-stage conversation. If you are running a capital-efficient business with proven unit economics and are raising a large growth round to accelerate market share, expand geographically, or fund an acquisition, ChrysCapital belongs on your target list. Outreach works best when anchored in hard operational metrics, a clear articulation of the inflection point your business is at, and a specific view on how the capital deployed unlocks the next phase of scale. Warm introductions through advisors, investment bankers, or portfolio founders will significantly improve response rates given the fund's deal volume and selectivity at this stage.

Its investment universe spans consumer, healthcare, financial services, technology, and manufacturing, giving it broad sectoral coverage while maintaining a clear preference for companies at or beyond Series B.

Notes

One of India's oldest and largest PE funds with a long track record in India. Past investments include Mphasis and IndiGrid, reflecting comfort with both technology-driven and infrastructure-oriented businesses. Operates squarely in growth and late-stage territory, not early-stage venture.

Data confidence: Unverified – inferred

06 — Investors

Investors at ChrysCapital

Partners and principals mapped to this fund in the directory.

Founder

Ashish Dhawan

ChrysCapital

Current Partner

Kunal Shroff

ChrysCapital

Partner

Ashley Menezes

ChrysCapital

Partner

Sanjay Kukreja

ChrysCapital

Current Partner

Sanjiv Kaul

ChrysCapital

07 — Nearby

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08 — Explore

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Series BSeries C+
Consumer / D2CHealthcare / Medtech
Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatGrowth & scale-upsHealthtech / wellnessBootstrapped / profitability-firstConsumer / D2C brands
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