Prudent Investment Trust

Stage focus

Public markets (listed)

Primary sector

Public markets (listed equity)

City

Mumbai

HQ / office

Deonar / Govandi (TISS compound), Mumbai, Maharashtra

Fund registered

2024

Investments on record

15

Corpus (as reported)

Over INR 750 Cr AUM (firm-level, reported 2025); ~25 family-office clients

Website

prudentim.com/

LinkedIn

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Prudent Investment Managers LLP is a Mumbai-based asset manager founded by Prashasta Seth (ex-CEO & CIO of IIFL Asset Management; IIT Kanpur / IIM Ahmedabad), offering PMS and AIF products focused on listed equities. The Prudent Investment Trust is its Category III AIF vehicle. (Separately, in 2025 the firm announced an INR 500 Cr Category II early-stage startup fund — a distinct vehicle, not this trust.)

Public / listed equities (Category III). Sector-agnostic, theme-led long-term investing (e.g. financialisation of savings, digitisation, urbanisation/housing, formalisation of the economy).

INR 30-50 Cr initial cheque per startup (concentrated early-stage Cat II fund); per inc42/firm disclosures

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

SEBI AIF Category III — reported as “Cat III”

• IN/AIF3/24-25/1725

None found

Small senior team — Founder Prashasta Seth (ex-CEO/CIO IIFL AMC) + Deputy CEO Sanjay K Chhabaria; exact count not disclosed

LLP-managed (Prudent Investment Managers LLP); runs Category II AIF (early-stage startups) alongside Cat III / PMS — multi-product platform

What does Prudent Investment Trust invest in?

Public / listed equities (Category III). Sector-agnostic, theme-led long-term investing (e.g. financialisation of savings, digitisation, urbanisation/housing, formalisation of the economy).

What cheque size does Prudent Investment Trust write?

As compiled from public sources: INR 30-50 Cr initial cheque per startup (concentrated early-stage Cat II fund); per inc42/firm disclosures

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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://prudentim.com/contact-us/; https://in.linkedin.com/company/prudentim