ABOUT US
Sprout Venture Partners Fund is a SEBI registered Category-I Alternative Investment fund. It has been created to institutionalise India’s active angel investing market and is backed by prominent first and second generation entrepreneurs.
Sprout seeks to invest and work with founders having powerful vision, attentive execution, and resolute ambition to solve problems addressing large markets by building scaleable businesses.
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
Companies addressing a demand gap in consumption of products or services aiming to capture the growth potential driven by India’s consumption opportunity.
Companies addressing a need gap through path breaking use of technology with emphasis on Innovation, Product development, IP/Brand creation and disruptive technologies.
INVESTMENT TEAM

Sahil Gupta
Sahil has over 12 years of experience in Investment Banking and early stage businesses. He spent five years at MAPE Advisory Group advising companies on capital raising and mergers & acquisitions, and subsequently setup online businesses in sports travel and e-commerce. Sahil is an under-graduate in Engineering from RVCE, Bangalore and a MBA from Cass Business School, London.

Sunil Jain
Sunil has over 16 years of experience in Investment Banking. He is the founder and managing partner of Sprout Capital Advisors, one of the leading Investment Banks in India involved in raising capital for early and growth stage companies. He is also an active angel investor. Sunil is a Chartered Accountant and holds a MBA from SP Jain Centre of Management.

Karandeep Goyal
Karandeep has over 2 years of experience in investment research. Prior to Sprout, he worked with Northern Trust Transition Management as a research analyst where he developed trading strategies and risk managed solutions for institutional investors undergoing portfolio restructures. He holds a BBA in Finance & Accounting from Christ University.
ADVISORS

Motilal Oswal
Mr. Oswal is the Chairman and Managing Director of Motilal Oswal Group, a diversified financial services company in India. He is one of the most respected finance professionals in the country with three decades of extensive experience in financial services. He has been awarded the “Rashtriya Samman Patra” by the Government of India and “Excellent Business Achiever in Financial Services” by ICAI.

Chenraj Roychand
Dr. Roychand is the founder of Jain Group of Institutions (The JGI Group). Based in Bangalore, the group represents a cluster of 85 educational establishments and 65,000 students at the P-12, undergraduate and postgraduate levels across 64 campuses. The group has also established the Chenraj Roychand Center for Entrepreneurship which has incubated over 50 companies.

Dinesh Talera
Mr. Talera is the Director of Mysore Saree Udyog, a leading three decade old Indian traditional ethnic fashion business backed by a strong design team and a unique concept. He established Melange in 2002, a premium Serviced Residences brand in Bangalore, and one of the first in the service apartment segment in India. Dinesh is also an active angel investor in emerging businesses.