Venture debt / Private credit · SEBI registry
Vardan Ceqube India Investment Fund
Debt / Venture debt · Private credit / Debt · Mumbai
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Debt / Venture debt
- Primary sector
- Private credit / Debt
- City
- Mumbai
- HQ / office
- Mumbai, Maharashtra. Firm operates from One World Center, Lower Parel (W); fund's LEI/registered address listed as Kanakia Zillion, BKC Annexe, Kurla (W), Mumbai 400070 / Marathon Futurex, Lower Parel East 400013
- Fund registered
- 2017
- Investments on record
- 1
- Website
- vardanceqube.com
- Profile ↗
About
Vardan Ceqube India Investment Fund is a domestic SEBI-registered Cat II AIF (one of the Vardan Funds), managed by Vardan Ceqube Advisors Pvt Ltd (managing partner Vikram Kaushal; director Rina Kaushal). It targets small/mid-cap PE plus venture debt; in April 2025 it acquired a secondary-market equity stake in National E Repository Ltd (NeRL).
Investment focus
Cat II AIF / private equity + venture debt; long-term capital appreciation by investing in small-cap and mid-cap Indian companies, partnering with small & mid-sized first-generation entrepreneurs across sectors via buyout, significant minority stakes, co-investment and pre-IPO; also venture debt via secured debt securities
SEBI registration
SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”
- IN/AIF2/17-18/0363
SIDBI Fund of Funds
None found
Notable portfolio
National E Repository Ltd (NeRL)
Team & organisation
Small — ~2-10 employees (approx. 4 listed on LinkedIn)
Pvt Ltd-managed, single-fund Category II AIF (Vardan Ceqube Advisors Pvt Ltd, investment manager; SEBI reg IN/AIF2/17-18/0363; sector-agnostic)
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- What does Vardan Ceqube India Investment Fund invest in?
- Cat II AIF / private equity + venture debt; long-term capital appreciation by investing in small-cap and mid-cap Indian companies, partnering with small & mid-sized first-generation entrepreneurs across sectors via buyout, significant minority stakes, co-investment and pre-IPO; also venture debt via secured debt securities
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About this record
- ⚑ PE / venture-debt fund (not pure startup VC)
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Sources: https://vardanceqube.com/; https://www.linkedin.com/company/vardan-ceqube