Kotak Realty Fund

Established in 2005, we focus solely on investments in real estate and allied businesses across different asset classes and cities in India. Our core strengths lie in having a deep understanding of the Indian real estate market, identifying trends ahead of the curve, investing with conviction & speed and managing our investments in a hands-on manner to create and realise long-term value for our investors. Kotak Realty Fund is a leader and one of the earliest entrants in the private equity real estate industry in India. Since establishment in 2005, we have raised US$ 1.2 billion in aggregate capital commitments and invested in 40 projects and companies across commercial office, residential, retail, industrial and hospitality sectors. Investing across asset classes gives us the edge in being able to take advantage of positive cycles in any real estate vertical.

Nitin Deshmukh

Head of Private Equity, CEO and Founding Member

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Viral Mehta

VP

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Himanshu Nivsarkar

VP

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Dhiraj Rajendran

VP

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Kunisetty Venkata Ramakrishna

CIO of Private Equity and Partner

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Bhavin Shah

Associate Director

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Rahul Shah

VP

19 past transactions

Medfin India

Series B in 2022
Medfin is a Discovery platform for medical procedures and financing.The surgical process of removing enlarged veins and restoring normal blood flow in the scrotum is varicocelectomy. This surgery is carried out mainly for those individuals who are not able to conceive. Other than the difficulty to conceive, varicoceles do not pose any other threat.

TVS Supply Chain Solutions

Debt Financing in 2021
TVS Supply Chain Solutions (TVS SCS) is a global provider of world class, end-to-end supply chain services across a variety of sectors. They are specialists in providing revenue growth, inventory reduction and operating costs reduction. The organisation operates on a global scale with over 30,000 personnel and with facilities in the UK & Europe, North America, the Indian Sub-Continent and the Asia Pacific region. Their parent company, TVS Logistics Services Limited, has its global HQ in India and operates across Europe, Asia and the USA. TVS LSL is one of the world’s fastest growing supply chain specialists. TVS SCS is a market-leading provider of supply chain solutions, operating in the automotive, beverage, defence, industrial and utilities sectors.

BeatO

Debt Financing in 2022
BeatO, short for beat diabetes (the 'O' being the ring of diabetes), is a mobile platform that motivates a diabetic to increase compliance and reduce their out of pocket expense. Their small and nimble health and tech focused team comprises top talent that brings in the passion and desire to roll out the best user experience for a diabetic in managing their ailment. In their core team (tech & business), we have Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics, with real life practical know-how of diabetes and how to beat it.

DCW

Post in 2021
DCW Limited operates as a heavy chemical manufacturing company in India. It operates through five segments: PVC, CPVC, Chlor- Alkali, SIOP, and Soda Ash. The company’s products include caustic soda, liquid chlorine, hydrochloric acid, synthetic rutile, trichloroethylene, yellow iron oxide, ferric chloride, utox, poly vinyl chloride, soda ash, and sodium and ammonium bicarbonate. It also exports its products. The company was formerly known as Dhrangadhra Chemical Works Limited. DCW Limited was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.
Strata is a fractional real estate investment platform that makes investing in premium commercial properties easy, transparent, & affordable. The company focuses on offering investors premium properties with Grade A clients across India. Thanks to its fractional investment model, Strata is able to offer these investments for as low as Rs. 20 lakhs per fraction. Strata also offers a resale platform which investors can use to sell their holding at any time. The company looks after all the aspects of managing a property, from disbursing rent, handling tenants to arranging the eventual sale of the asset.

PharmEasy

Series F in 2021
PharmEasy is - Pharmacy made Easy. We are one of the largest pharmacy aggregators in India. We help patients connect with local pharmacy stores and diagnostic centres in order to fulfil their extensive medical needs. We believe that everyone should have access to good health.

AGS Transact Technologies Limited

Private Equity Round in 2021
Established in 2002, AGS Transact Technologies Limited (AGSTTL) is one of India’s leading end-to-end payment solutions provider with a wide spectrum of highly customised products instated with state-of-the-art technology for the Banking, Retail, Petroleum and Transit sectors. AGSTTL operates across 700 cities and towns reaching out to over 160,000 customer touch points across India and boasts of an impressive footprint in South East Asia. Pioneering the change in financial technology space, Their three major lines include Banking Automation Solutions, Banking Payment Solutions, Automation Solutions for the Retail, Petroleum and Colour sectors. Their subsidiaries include Securevalue India Ltd. (SVIL) focused on cash management and vault services, India Transact Services Ltd. (ITSL) offering Omni-channel merchant digital payment solutions and Novus Technologies that offers banking automation and payment solutions in Singapore, Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. With close to 8400 employees, round the clock customer service centers and two manufacturing & warehousing units located in Daman and Puducherry, AGSTTL is committed to provide clear, credible and contemporary solutions to steer how India transacts.

TVS Supply Chain Solutions

Private Equity Round in 2021
TVS Supply Chain Solutions (TVS SCS) is a global provider of world class, end-to-end supply chain services across a variety of sectors. They are specialists in providing revenue growth, inventory reduction and operating costs reduction. The organisation operates on a global scale with over 30,000 personnel and with facilities in the UK & Europe, North America, the Indian Sub-Continent and the Asia Pacific region. Their parent company, TVS Logistics Services Limited, has its global HQ in India and operates across Europe, Asia and the USA. TVS LSL is one of the world’s fastest growing supply chain specialists. TVS SCS is a market-leading provider of supply chain solutions, operating in the automotive, beverage, defence, industrial and utilities sectors.

Mynvax

Series A in 2021
Mynvax is an Indian-based biotech startup that develops next-generation vaccines for influenza. In addition, the technology allows for very rapid, large-scale, and low-cost production of vaccines that could potentially be used to protect people when there is a pandemic. Mynvax, which was incubated at the Indian Institute of Science, was founded in 2017 by Raghavan Varadarajan and Gautham Nadig.

Samson Maritime

Private Equity Round in 2013
Samson Maritime is provides marine support services to the oil and gas industry in India. It offers platform supply vessels and offshore supply vessels services in the areas of supplying of oil, water, cement, and other material to offshore rigs/installations; transferring personnel; emergency evacuations and medical assistance; stand by duties; routine surveillance for safety and security reasons; and assistance in rescue operations.

BVG India

Private Equity Round in 2008
BVG India is an outsourcing company.

DivyaSree

Private Equity Round in 2009
DivyaSree Developers, a Bangalore based company is playing a significant role in changing the real estate landscape of South India. Whether its an IT Park, a residential development, an Infrastructure project or a built-to-suit campus, our technical expertise, global exposure and project management skills, give us the edge to constantly innovate and deliver the best, in the process helping clients to turn real estate objectives into business assets.

Minda Corp.

Private Equity Round in 2011
Minda Corporation Limited is a diversified automotive components manufacturer with a product portfolio that encompasses Safety, Security and Restraint Systems; Plastic Interior Systems and Driver Information & Telematics Systems for auto OEMs across the globe. It has manufacturing facilities at India, South-East Asia and Europe.
Pandorum Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is a Bangalore based biotechnology company with focus on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. With its distinct synergy of life science, engineering and clinical competences, the company designs and manufactures three dimensional functional human tissues; intended for medical research and therapeutics. Pandorum Technologies is supported by the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, Department of Biotechnology, GoI. Pandorum’s labs are presently located in the Center for Cellular and Molecular Platforms, National Centre for Biological Sciences campus, Bengaluru, and in the Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre, Biotech Park, Electronics City Phase 1, Bengaluru.