VC fund (Cat II) · SEBI registry
INDIA MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT TRUST
Not disclosed · Media & Entertainment · Mumbai
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Not disclosed
- Primary sector
- Media & Entertainment
- City
- Mumbai
- HQ / office
- Mumbai, Maharashtra (Bandra Kurla Complex)
- Fund registered
- 2021
- Corpus (as reported)
- Target corpus ~INR 400-500 crore (Rs 500 cr reported at launch, 2021)
- Website
- imef.in
About
India Media and Entertainment Fund (IMEF) is described as one of India's first SEBI Category II AIFs dedicated to the media and entertainment sector, founded/run by Parth Gandhi (former MD of the AION fund). Team cites 50+ years of collective M&E industry experience.
Investment focus
Sector-focused PE/AIF investing in media & entertainment — TV and film content, digital news/entertainment, live events and music, OTT, print, broadcasting, cable, DTH, radio, post-production/VFX, sports and talent management; offers both equity and NCDs
SEBI registration
SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”
- IN/AIF2/21-22/0932
SIDBI Fund of Funds
None found
Team & organisation
Founder/partner-led; founded and run by Parth Gandhi (former MD of the ~USD 825M AION fund). Backed by team with 50+ years collective M&E experience; exact headcount not disclosed
SEBI-registered Category II AIF (trust structure), Media & Entertainment sector-focused fund; office at The Capital, BKC, Bandra East, Mumbai. Note: official site imef.in was unreachable during research (connection refused); contact details could not be verified from the firm's own site.
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- ⚑ Sector-focused PE/AIF (Cat II), not generalist startup VC
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Sources: https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/media-entertainment-space-gets-new-pe-fund-imef-raises-rs-500-crore-121101100012_1.html; https://www.imef.in/about/