In the world of private investments, however, one thing will remain constant-spotting them early and spotting them right. Sandeep Naik, managing director and head of India and Asia Pacific at General Atlantic, says that the firm will also focus on the Bharat consumer model. The firm has invested $2.6 billion in 27 Indian companies and realised $2.4 billion, having exited 13 investments. In the world of private equity, General Atlantic stands out. Its valuation has soared to nearly ₹3,500 crore and if things don’t turn topsy-turvy, Lightspeed will rake in rich profits. They backed ShareChat at a time when not many people believed that a vernacular social media platform can make a dent in Facebook or Twitter’s universe. Sequoia’s stake in Pine Labs is likely to be close to a billion dollars post the company’s latest fundraise.īold bets become extremely rewarding in venture capital. Pine Labs, an investment Sequoia made about a decade ago, is set to become a unicorn. Family offices, investment advisors, and their high-net-worth clients have struggled to get access to venture capital investing which may leave many investors underweight an asset class that has. In venture capital, patience and reposng faith in an underdog is crucial to success. Endowments with more than 1 billion in assets had an average allocation to venture capital of 13.4, according to a study by Nacubo and TIAA. All of them have either made or are poised to make windfall with some of their bets. In the latest issue of Forbes India, we take the help of Tracxn to identify 25 VC executives at Indian funds who did more right than wrong. Podcast: How Sequoia became India's largest VC firm
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