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Mankekar Family Office
Mumbai, Maharashtra
At a glance
- HQ / office
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Corpus (as reported)
- Not public; no audited AUM figure published
About
Single-family office of Prof. Shivanand Mankekar, the Mumbai management professor (JBIMS) who became one of India's most famous concentrated stock-pickers via Pantaloon, Talwalkars and United Spirits, and since ~2021 has run startup investing with son Kedar. Latest recorded activity: seed investment in Spydra (Feb 2025) and the ArisInfra IPO exit (June 2025) — the office is active but has no public-facing presence at all.
Investment focus
Concentrated public-market positions plus startup cheques from Seed to Series C/E (13 recorded private investments) · Consumer/retail, fintech, enterprise applications, beauty, pharma/biotech; historically consumer-facing listed midcaps
Cheque size
Not disclosed; joined private rounds of ~$2M–$9M; historic public bets ran into hundreds of crores (United Spirits stake ~Rs 500 cr in 2014)
As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.
SEBI registration
Not a SEBI AIF / offshore
Notable portfolio
Pantaloon Retail (bought ~2002, ~90x return); Talwalkars Better Value Fitness (pre-IPO, 2006); United Spirits; The Good Glamm Group (Series E, 2021); MakeO/toothsi (Series C, 2022); ArisInfra Solutions (2021; listed NSE/BSE June 2025); Stelis Biosource; Spydra (seed, Feb 2025)
Team & organisation
Prof. Shivanand Shankar Mankekar (with son Kedar Shivanand Mankekar)
Writes real seed-to-growth cheques into consumer, fintech and enterprise startups — relevant for UP consumer/D2C growth-stage startups, but only reachable via warm introduction; unsuitable for cold government mailers.
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Frequently asked
- What does Mankekar Family Office invest in?
- Concentrated public-market positions plus startup cheques from Seed to Series C/E (13 recorded private investments) · Consumer/retail, fintech, enterprise applications, beauty, pharma/biotech; historically consumer-facing listed midcaps
- What cheque size does Mankekar Family Office write?
- As compiled from public sources: Not disclosed; joined private rounds of ~$2M–$9M; historic public bets ran into hundreds of crores (United Spirits stake ~Rs 500 cr in 2014)
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About this record
- ⚑ Extremely low-profile: no website, no published contacts; portfolio company Good Glamm Group collapsed in 2025 (portfolio risk event, not their conduct). Principal not deceased; office active as of Feb 2025.
Compiled from 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://tracxn.com/d/single-family-office/mankekar-family-office/__k1sAtSdc_adxD2lSXzhMBU5LK_RqSv4f2Dd7Hrr8G_M; https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/mankekar-family-office; https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/the-mysterious-prof-m-114041601346_1.html