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Venture debt / Private credit · SEBI registry

Kotak Special Situations Fund

Debt / Venture debt · Private credit / Debt · Mumbai

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At a glance

Stage focus: Debt / Venture debt
Primary sector: Private credit / Debt
City: Mumbai
HQ / office: Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Fund registered: 2018
Corpus (as reported): US$1 billion final close (launched Feb 2019), anchored by a US$500m commitment from a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
Website: www.kotakalternateasset.com
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About

Kotak Special Situations Fund is a Category II AIF managed by Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd (now Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Ltd). It is one of India's leading special situations, credit and distressed-assets funds, making sector-agnostic strategic investments.

Investment focus

Special situations / distressed credit — sector-agnostic; non-performing loans, IBC/pre-IBC and distressed assets, investor take-out financing, group restructuring and promoter financing across real estate, healthcare, infrastructure, power, consumer, industrials, IT and financial services.

Cheque size

Large-cap institutional special-situations cheques (not disclosed publicly; fund I sized ~USD 1B-1.25B, ADIA-anchored). Not a small-ticket startup fund.

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

SEBI registration

SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”

IN/AIF2/18-19/0633

SIDBI Fund of Funds

None found — Indian govt FoF (SIDBI/FFS/Startup India) not involved. Fund was anchored by a USD 500M commitment from a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), a foreign sovereign wealth LP, not an Indian government/DFI program (https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/abu-dhabi-investment-authority-commits-500-million-for-kotak-s-aif-119030100024_1.html)

Team & organisation

Not separately disclosed for the fund; part of Kotak Alternate Asset Managers special-situations vertical (multiple senior MDs/partners). Led by Eshwar Karra / S. Sriniwasan oversight.

Trust-structured Category II AIF (credit special situations) managed by Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Ltd (company-managed, multi-fund alternates platform within Kotak Mahindra Group).

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Frequently asked

What does Kotak Special Situations Fund invest in?: Special situations / distressed credit — sector-agnostic; non-performing loans, IBC/pre-IBC and distressed assets, investor take-out financing, group restructuring and promoter financing across real estate, healthcare, infrastructure, power, consumer, industrials, IT and financial services.
What cheque size does Kotak Special Situations Fund write?: As compiled from public sources: Large-cap institutional special-situations cheques (not disclosed publicly; fund I sized ~USD 1B-1.25B, ADIA-anchored). Not a small-ticket startup fund.
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About this record

⚑ special-situations / distressed credit fund (Cat II) — not startup VC; rebrand: KIAL renamed Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Ltd

Compiled from SEBI registrations and public sources as of 2026-07. iHub India lists investors neutrally and does not endorse, rank, or verify investment terms — confirm all details directly with the investor before transacting.

Sources: https://www.kotakalternateasset.com/strategic-situations-fund/; https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/abu-dhabi-investment-authority-commits-500-million-for-kotak-s-aif-119030100024_1.html