VC Dekho
InvestorsFundsBlogNewsLog in
VC Dekho
InvestorsFundsBlogNewsLog in
←Back to Funds
Home›Funds›Kedaara Capital
Private Equity

Kedaara Capital

Kedaara Capital partners with ambitious entrepreneurs to build enduring, market-leading businesses in India, focusing on growth-stage and buyout opportunities across consumer, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and technology sectors.

Visit websiteLinkedIn
Ticket size$30M – $200M
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 – $200M
Stages
Series B · Series C+
Sectors
2 focus areas
Themes
10 mapped
02 — Focus

Where they invest

Stages and sectors this investor typically backs.

Sector focus

Consumer / D2CHealthcare / Medtech
Sector guides →

Lead / invest stages

Series BSeries C+
Stage guides →
03 — Thesis

Investment thesis

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

Kedaara Capital partners with ambitious entrepreneurs to build enduring, market-leading businesses in India, focusing on growth-stage and buyout opportunities across consumer, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and technology sectors.

Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatCategory creatorsGrowth & scale-upsHealthtech / wellnessSeries A / PMF capitalBootstrapped / profitability-firstConsumer / D2C brands
All themes →
04 — Portfolio

Portfolio companies

5 companies mapped to this fund.

A
Axtria
Life Sciences Software / AI
$240 million
23 Sept 2025
P
Porter
Logistics
9 Jul 2025
J
Juspay
Fintech
$60 million · Series D
1 Apr 2025
L
Lenskart
Eyewear / E-commerce
P
Purplle
Beauty / E-commerce
05 — Story

About Kedaara Capital

Background and context for founders evaluating this investor.

Kedaara Capital is one of India's prominent growth-stage and buyout-focused private equity firms, operating squarely in the Series B and beyond territory. Its sector coverage spans consumer, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and technology, with a clear preference for businesses that already demonstrate meaningful scale and are positioned to become category leaders. Portfolio names like Vishal Mega Mart, Barbeque Nation, and Aster DM Healthcare reflect a consistent appetite for operationally intensive businesses with large addressable markets in India. Cheque sizes typically range from $30M to $200M, making Kedaara most relevant for founders raising significant growth or pre-IPO rounds rather than seed or early Series A capital. The firm's value proposition goes beyond capital: it positions itself as a long-term partner that brings operational depth and strategic networks to help businesses institutionalise and scale. Founders approaching Kedaara should come prepared with strong unit economics, a clear path to market leadership, and a compelling answer to what the next capital deployment unlocks at scale. Warm introductions through advisors, investment bankers, or shared portfolio connections will meaningfully improve response rates given the firm's deal selectivity at this ticket size.

Its sector coverage spans consumer, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and technology, with a clear preference for businesses that already demonstrate meaningful scale and are positioned to become category leaders.

Notes

India-focused growth PE with a strong track record of backing scaled consumer and healthcare businesses. Notable portfolio includes Vishal Mega Mart, Barbeque Nation, and Aster DM Healthcare. Typically leads or co-leads large growth and buyout rounds rather than early-stage bets.

Data confidence: Unverified – inferred

06 — Investors

Investors at Kedaara Capital

Partners and principals mapped to this fund in the directory.

Founder & Managing Partner

Manish Kejriwal

Kedaara Capital

Founder & Managing Partner

Sunish Sharma

Kedaara Capital

07 — Nearby

Similar funds

Other funds that overlap on stage, sector, or thesis.

  • FundStagesSectors / ThesisTicket
  • Open Madison India Capital
    Private EquityMadison India Capital
    StagesSeries A, Series B
    SectorsSaaS / Enterprise, Fintech, Consumer / D2C · Early-stage builders, Founder-led / operator capital
    Ticket$5M – $30M
  • Open Samara Capital
    SC
    Private EquitySamara Capital
    StagesSeries B, Series C+
    SectorsConsumer / D2C, Healthcare / Medtech, Deep Tech · Founder-led / operator capital, Tech-first / product companies
    Ticket$10M – $75M
  • Open Ascent Capital
    Private EquityAscent Capital
    StagesSeries B, Series C+
    SectorsFintech, Consumer / D2C, Healthcare / Medtech · Early-stage builders, Founder-led / operator capital
    Ticket$10M – $50M
  • Open ChrysCapital
    Private EquityChrysCapital
    StagesSeries B, Series C+
    SectorsConsumer / D2C, Healthcare / Medtech · Early-stage builders, Founder-led / operator capital
    Ticket$30M – $300M
  • Open Gaja Capital
    Private EquityGaja Capital
    StagesSeries B, Series C+
    SectorsConsumer / D2C, Healthcare / Medtech, Edtech · Founder-led / operator capital, Tech-first / product companies
    Ticket$20M – $100M
  • Open Multiples Alternate Asset Management
    Private EquityMultiples Alternate Asset Management
    StagesSeries B, Series C+
    SectorsSaaS / Enterprise, Fintech, Consumer / D2C · Founder-led / operator capital, Tech-first / product companies
    Ticket$20M – $150M
08 — Explore

Explore related

Jump into stage, sector, and thesis mapped to this fund.

Series BSeries C+
Consumer / D2CHealthcare / Medtech
Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatCategory creatorsGrowth & scale-upsHealthtech / wellnessSeries A / PMF capital
Stage guidesSector guidesThesis themesBack to directoryBrowse investors

Stop guessing. Start matching.

Search funds by stage, sector, cheque size, and thesis — then unlock deeper matching on VC Dekho.

Browse funds