About Company
ArthaShakti Capital
ArthaShakti Capital is a Mumbai-based boutique alternative asset management firm comprised of a seasoned team of investment banking, alternative assets, and private equity professionals. Armed with decades of collective experience in deep financial planning and thorough market analysis, the firm prides itself on institutional-grade diligence frameworks. By maintaining deep relationships across corporate ecosystems, ArthaShakti Capital specializes in sourcing proprietary unlisted deal flows, evaluating promoter integrity, and building robust portfolios engineered for sustainable capital growth.
ArthaShakti Capital Fund – I
Fund Snapshot
| Parameter | Details |
| Fund Name | ArthaShakti Capital Fund – I |
| AIF Category | Category II AIF |
| Structure | SEBI Registered Alternative Investment Trust |
| Target Corpus | ₹100 Crore (including ₹50 Crore Green Shoe option) |
| Minimum Contribution | ₹1 Crore |
| Sponsorship Commitment | 2.5% of the corpus |
| Fund Tenure | 7 Years from the First Close |
Fund Purpose
The ArthaShakti Capital Fund – I is designed to unlock high-value investment opportunities in early-stage, growth-stage, and unlisted enterprises poised for major liquidity events. Operating as a SEBI-registered Category II Alternative Investment Fund (AIF), its core mandate is to provide structured growth capital to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and pre-IPO stage companies. By bridging the gap between private markets and public listings, the fund helps robust homegrown businesses scale their operations, improve corporate governance, and seamlessly transition into publicly traded entities, delivering optimized risk-managed returns for its contributors.
Fund Philosophy
Capitalizing on Pre-IPO Arbitrage
We focus heavily on late-stage private equity and pre-IPO companies, targeting businesses that have clear visibility toward public listings or anchor allocations. This positioning allows us to capture the valuation gap between private asset pricing and public market premiums, securing early access for our investors at highly competitive entry points.
Rigorous Value-Driven Structuring
We do not merely supply capital; we structure our investments to maximize safety and returns. Utilizing deep market insights, we structure transactions using bespoke equity and convertible mechanisms that ensure downside protection during the holding period while keeping the upside fully unconstrained when a liquidity event triggers.
Accelerating via Reverse Mergers & SPACs
A key pillar of our deployment model is utilizing alternative exit strategies alongside conventional Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). By identifying high-growth private enterprises suited for reverse mergers or Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), we accelerate the transition into public markets, significantly reducing standard exit timeframes for the fund.
Backing National & Sustainable Themes
Our investments are strictly anchored in high-conviction macroeconomic themes supporting India's economic trajectory. We aggressively target businesses driving the "Make in India" manufacturing push, clean energy/sustainability enablers, and deep tech-enabled disruptions that enjoy secular growth runways independent of short-term market cycles.
Post-Transaction Value Creation
Our engagement extends far past writing a check. We take an active role post-investment—often seeking board representation or observer rights—to assist investee companies with financial transparency, strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A), operational efficiency, and enhanced investor visibility to prepare them thoroughly for the public markets.
Learn about the experienced fund managers responsible for investment decisions, portfolio strategy, and long-term fund performance.
Mohit Kumar
Mohit Kumar serves as the Lead Fund Manager for Private Equity and Alternative Investments at ArthaShakti Capital. Bringing over 15 years of institutional experience across venture capital, late-stage private equity, and structured corporate finance, Mohit is responsible for driving the fund's end-to-end investment cycle. His primary expertise lies in proprietary deal sourcing, complex transaction structuring, and guiding mid-market enterprises through successful Mainboard and SME IPO transitions. Prior to joining ArthaShakti Capital, Mohit managed mid-market alternative asset portfolios, consistently maintaining a strong track record of engineered liquidity exits.
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The fund is an ArthaShakti Investment Trust vehicle, registered with SEBI as a Category II Alternative Investment Fund (AIF). It primarily acts as a closed-ended private equity and growth capital vehicle focusing on unlisted companies and pre-IPO opportunities.
The fund is launching with a base target corpus of ₹100 Crore, which includes a green shoe option of ₹50 Crore. Given the private equity nature of the underlying unlisted investments, the fund features a fixed tenure of 7 years from the date of its first close.
In alignment with SEBI regulations for AIFs, the minimum investment contribution is ₹1 Crore. The management fee is structured at 2.00% per annum for Class A units and 2.50% per annum for Class D units, alongside a one-time setup fee of 1%.
The fund targets a gross IRR of 24%+ by targeting high-growth private enterprises on the verge of listing. The performance fee is set at 20% (without catch-up), applicable only after the fund clears a hurdle rate of 15% IRR to protect investor interests.
Exits are systematically engineered right from the entry stage. The primary exit mechanisms are planned through Mainboard or SME IPOs, strategic corporate acquisitions, or structured reverse mergers into publicly traded shells, targeting an average investment holding horizon of 1 to 3 years per company.
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