Cheekotel Development Catalyst Private Limited

Innovation Meets Investment

Managed by Cheekotel

IN/AIF1/15-16/0211Cat I

SEBI-encouraged funds — venture capital, SME, social-impact and infrastructure. Close-ended, generally unleveraged.

Overview

About

Cheekotel Development Catalyst Private Limited (IN/AIF1/15-16/0211) is a SEBI-registered Category I Social Venture Fund (registered February 2016), the development-focused affiliate of Cheekotel Capital — one of India's oldest domestic alternative investment groups, established in 2002. Cheekotel Development Catalyst was incorporated in 2011 as the group's social impact arm. Its investment mandate focuses on bringing the benefits of digital technologies to create transformative impact in sectors including agriculture, energy, transportation, healthcare, education, and climate change. With the intellectual backing of over 100 corporate talent pools, it acts as a catalyst to accelerate sustainable development and create replicable templates across the Asian region. The fund is part of the Cheekotel/SCSI group promoted by Satish Mehta and Vikesh H. Mehta, registered at c/o SCSI Venture Advisors Pvt. Ltd., 202, Nilgiri Apartments, 9 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi – 110001.

Investment Philosophy

Cheekotel's investment philosophy is built on a strategic vision-based, government policy-aligned, patient capital approach — pioneered since 2002. The group invests in technology-driven inflection points across large emerging and mature Indian consumer ecosystems. Cheekotel aspires to be an influencer of technology choices, a supporter of national policy and initiatives, a catalyser of import substitution, and an enabler of global market access. For Cheekotel Development Catalyst specifically, the philosophy centres on using digital technology as a lever for systemic social change in agriculture, energy, healthcare, and education — developing segmental investment vehicles that generate superior risk-adjusted returns while aligning with and supporting government policy and social objectives.

Team— 3

Vikesh H. Mehta

SEBI Contact Person / Director

Vikesh H. Mehta is the designated SEBI contact person for Cheekotel Development Catalyst Private Limited, recovered from the November 2016 SEBI AIF registration list. He is a director of the entity and part of the Cheekotel/SCSI promoter group.

Satish Mehta

Founder, Director & SEBI Contact Person

Satish Mehta is the founder and group promoter of Cheekotel Capital, one of India's oldest domestic alternative investment groups established in 2002. He is the founding director of Cheekotel Venture Fund Private Limited (since 2002), Cheekotel Development Catalyst Private Limited (since 2015), SCSI Venture Advisors Private Limited, KO Teleo Private Limited, and multiple other group entities. He is the SEBI contact person for Cheekotel Private Limited.

Kajal Sarkar

Director

Kajal Sarkar is a co-director across multiple Cheekotel/SCSI group entities including SCSI Venture Advisors Private Limited, KO Teleo Private Limited, and Ashmolean Fund Private Limited.

Registration

SEBI Registration

SEBI-registered

Reg. NumberIN/AIF1/15-16/0211

VintageFeb 2016 · 10 yrs old

Valid ToPerpetual

Contact PersonVikesh H. Mehta

Addressc by o SCSI Venture Advisors Pvt. Ltd., 202, Nilgiri, 9 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, National Capital Territory Of Delhi, 110001

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