Casper Capital

Casper Investment Trust (IN/AIF2/20-21/0836) is a SEBI-registered Category II Alternative Investment Fund registered in October 2020, managed by Casper Empower Capital Private Limited. The fund's scheme is Casper Empower Fund — a special situations AIF targeting distressed credit, NPL-linked opportunities, and negotiated special situations in India. The fund targets a corpus of INR 1,000 crore and invests through equity, equity-linked instruments, debt instruments, and ARC security receipts. The sponsor is Capital Fortunes, a boutique investment bank founded in 1996 by Sairam Mocherla with 25+ years of experience in structured finance, M&A, and capital advisory — having raised over $12 billion in debt and $2 billion in equity across 275+ transactions. The leadership team brings 60+ years of combined experience: Sairam Mocherla (30+ years, investment banking, M&A, PE, restructuring), Durvasula Venkatachalam (30+ years, project finance and infrastructure), and Saurabh Rastogi (20+ years, structured finance and special situations). The fund is headquartered at MJ Towers, Road No. 12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034.

Casper Empower Fund is focused on deploying capital in complex credit and negotiated opportunities where structure, diligence, and active monitoring can meaningfully influence outcomes. The investment philosophy emphasises downside-aware structuring through collateral, covenants, and robust documentation; multi-instrument flexibility across equity, debt, and ARC security receipts; and an investment committee–led approval process with defined stages from sourcing through exit. The fund targets market dislocations — particularly non-performing and stressed credit situations — where complexity creates mispricing. The approach is process-led and governance-driven, with strong alignment between the investment manager and sponsor.