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VC fund (Cat II) · SEBI registry

India Alternatives Private Equity Trust

Growth (Series C+) · Pharma & Life sciences · Mumbai

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At a glance

Stage focus: Growth (Series C+)
Primary sector: Pharma & Life sciences
City: Mumbai
HQ / office: Bandra West, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Fund registered: 2016
Investments on record: 5
Corpus (as reported): India Alternatives Private Equity Fund II target ~US$70M committed capital (IFC-backed); Fund III launched as a Cat II AIF
Website: india-alt.com
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About

India Alternatives Investment Advisors is a Mumbai-based domestic private equity firm founded in 2011 by Shivani Bhasin Sachdeva, focused on growth-capital minority investments in mid-market Indian companies. It manages the India Alternatives Private Equity Trust funds (Fund I, Fund II and Fund III).

Investment focus

Growth-capital private equity; significant minority stakes in small/mid-cap Indian companies across healthcare, pharma, financial services, technology, consumer and education

SEBI registration

SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”

IN/AIF2/16-17/0256
IN/AIF2/24-25/1658

SIDBI Fund of Funds

Yes — IFC (World Bank Group DFI) proposed equity investment up to USD 10 mn into India Alternatives Private Equity Fund II (a scheme of India Alternatives Private Equity Trust), plus a We-Fi commitment up to USD 0.5 mn, per IFC disclosure. (No verified SIDBI FFS link; SIDBI 'IAF' page refers to India Aspiration Fund, not this manager.) https://disclosures.ifc.org/project-detail/SII/43455/india-alternatives-private-equity-fund-ii

Notable portfolio

Seclore; Kapture (Kapture CX); Gynoveda; Enamor; Brinton Pharmaceuticals

Team & organisation

Approx 6 core investment professionals plus 2 investment advisors; led by Founder & CEO Shivani Bhasin Sachdeva

Category II AIF; trust structure (India Alternatives Private Equity Trust) with multiple fund schemes (Fund I, Fund II); managed by India Alternatives Investment Advisors Pvt Ltd. HQ Pinnacle House, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050

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What does India Alternatives Private Equity Trust invest in?: Growth-capital private equity; significant minority stakes in small/mid-cap Indian companies across healthcare, pharma, financial services, technology, consumer and education
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⚑ Growth-stage PE fund (Cat II) — adjacent to VC but mid-market growth equity rather than early-stage startup VC.

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