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Managing Wealth, Delivering Success
Managed by Varanium Capital Advisors
Complex or leveraged strategies — long-short, hedge-fund-style and quant funds. Often open-ended, within SEBI leverage limits.
Varanium Dynamic Trust is a Category III AIF registered in May 2019 and managed by Varanium Capital Advisors Private Limited, a SEBI-licensed Portfolio Manager and asset management firm that serves HNIs and institutional clients across traditional and alternative asset classes. Varanium Capital Advisors is the sole and exclusive Investment Advisor to Varanium Asset Management, Mauritius (a SEBI-registered FII), providing USD-denominated investment opportunities in debt, equity, and structured notes to offshore investors. The Varanium Debt Opportunities Trust has launched multiple schemes: the Varanium Hospitality Fund (focused on the hospitality sector), Varanium Venture Debt Fund (sector-agnostic venture debt fund tilt towards D2C, SaaS, and Cleantech, generating returns through regular payouts from startups with equity upside via warrants), and Varanium Growth Opportunities Fund (long-term capital appreciation via diversified debt instruments with partial equity/equity-related securities exposure). The fund is managed by Nawal Bachhuka (Principal, Venture Debt Fund, 21+ years in NBFC and credit/underwriting). Varanium is headquartered at 1416, 14th Floor, One Lodha Place, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400013.
T S Anantakrishnan
Managing Partner
T S Anantakrishnan is the Managing Partner of Varanium Capital Advisors. He brings over 30 years of experience in Portfolio and Risk Management across global asset management firms including Goldman Sachs and Shumway Capital.
Vishal Bajpai
Partner, Business Development
Vishal Bajpai leads business development, investor relations, product strategy, and structuring activities at Varanium.
Aparajit Bhandarkar
Partner, Alternative Investments
Aparajit Bhandarkar leads the Alternative Investments practice at Varanium and is the Fund Manager of Varanium NexGen Trust (Cat I AIF, IN/AIF1/19-20/0688). He has 22+ years of experience in Investment Banking, Investor Relations, and startup investments.
Devang Bhatt
Head - Business Development
Devang Bhatt has over 25 years in the Financial Service Industry across AMC and Capital Market companies including Old Bridge and HSBC InvestDirect.
Nawal Bachhuka
Principal, Revenue-Based Financing
Nawal Bachhuka is the Fund Manager of Varanium Debt Opportunities Trust (Cat II AIF, IN/AIF2/19-20/0689). He has 21+ years of experience in NBFC and corporates, with the last 15+ years focused on underwriting and Risk Management.
Vikram Pandya
Principal, Venture Capital Fund
Vikram Pandya has 20+ years of experience in Banking, Technology, and the Fintech domain. He is also a Director of the Fintech Program at SP Jain School of Global Management.
Pooja Gandhi
Product Specialist
Pooja Gandhi has 9+ years of work experience. Prior to joining Varanium, she worked with Axis Bank as a Product Manager.
Rishi Garg
Vice-President, Offshore Investments
Rishi Garg has 10+ years of experience, starting with Chryseum Advisors LLP (mid-market investment bank) and Accumen Wealth Advisors.
Aman Jain
Vice-President, Alternative Investments
Aman Jain has 7+ years of experience across startup investments, strategy, research, and valuations.
Harish Kumar Sarda
Head, Compliance
Harish Kumar Sarda is the Head of Compliance at Varanium Capital Advisors, with over 17 years of experience as a Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, with extensive expertise in PMS and AIF compliance. He is the SEBI-registered contact person for Varanium Debt Opportunities Trust.
Rita Panchal
Head, Onshore Operations
Rita Panchal has extensive experience in capital market operations across firms like Prime Securities and Religare Portfolio Managers.
Khoushaal Dusoruth
Head, Offshore Operations
Khoushaal Dusoruth has deep expertise in global business sectors and insurance marketing. He is a Member of the Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants.
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