angel

Japan Vyas

5 portfolio companies indexed

Passionate investor & mentor. Deep holistic & measured experience, having worked with promoters & diverse businesses since over 16 years across financial services spectrum in venture capital, private and public equity, project finance, and corporate banking.- Established two alternative asset management businesses. Youngest in the country to head an alternative asset management business, at the age of 31. Raised 3 funds till date investing in early stage, private equity & public markets.- Established the practice for IDFC Investment Advisors, raised two funds investing in private & public markets. Amongst very few private equity professionals in the country, to have experienced the entire fund life cycle “ from fund raising to creating liquidity events & following it up with a second fund raise.- INR 450 crore ($70 mn) infrastructure focused fund “ raised in tough market conditions post the crash of 2008. * Fund 1 remains the best performing fund in its category (2007-09 vintage) in India, beating the benchmark CNX Infrastructure index (which is down by 32% over the fund life) by 80% over the fund life & returning entire capital back to the investors with 25% of investments to be exited.- INR 400 crore ($65 mn) infrastructure & consumption focused fund “ raised in 2012* Investments made barring one (which is at cost), are up between 2-3.2x- Key investments across both the funds: first Indian institutional investor into One97 (PayTm) in 2010, VA Tech Wabag, Ratnakar Bank, Indusind Bank, NSE, GR Infraprojects, Adani Ports, Sanghvi Movers, Gateway Distriparks, Trent etc.Active seed investor and mentor, primarily in the tech space. Investment portfolio includes: Dimension NXG, Jaconet Handloom (Khadder), Remitr, Mind Your Fleet, Vizzi (Eva BOT), Oi Media, Hip Cask, The Zero Games & Intellisys.As a Board Member & Mentor to investee companies, helped in business strategy, business development, capital structuring, fund raising & investor relationships.