Venture debt / Private credit · SEBI registry
Daksfirst India Special Situations Trust
Debt / Venture debt · Private credit / Debt · Mumbai
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Debt / Venture debt
- Primary sector
- Private credit / Debt
- City
- Mumbai
- HQ / office
- Lower Parel West, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Fund registered
- 2021
- Website
- www.daksfirst.com
- Profile ↗
About
Daksfirst is a specialist credit manager ("specialist credit across the UK, India and Frontier Markets") running a SEBI Cat II special-situations AIF managed by Daksfirst Advisors Pvt Ltd, offering credit solutions for performing and non-performing assets with the aim of turning them around.
Investment focus
Special situations / distressed and performing credit; provides capital and turnaround expertise for stressed assets across India, UK and frontier markets (debt, not startup equity)
SEBI registration
SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”
- IN/AIF2/21-22/0955
SIDBI Fund of Funds
None found
Team & organisation
Small team; Daksfirst Advisors Pvt Ltd directors incl. Sumit Kanthed, Elina Dayal (also Ruchi Shubham Jain, Amit Kanthed per registry)
Trust-structured Category II AIF (special situations / specialist credit) managed by Daksfirst Advisors Pvt Ltd (Mumbai); credit across UK, India and Frontier Markets
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- What does Daksfirst India Special Situations Trust invest in?
- Special situations / distressed and performing credit; provides capital and turnaround expertise for stressed assets across India, UK and frontier markets (debt, not startup equity)
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About this record
- ⚑ debt / special-situations credit fund (not startup VC); cross-border (UK/frontier markets) linkage
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Sources: https://www.daksfirst.com; https://uk.linkedin.com/company/daksfirst