VC
2009
$1 000 M
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Ascent Capital is a leading private equity firm in India. Founded in 2008, we have empowered over 50 exceptional entrepreneurs and co-founders across three funds, fueling innovative, game-changing companies in sectors like Technology, Consumer Goods, Healthcare, and Financial Services with growth capital.
Our marquee investors, who include long term institutional investors such as pension funds, foundations, endowments, family offices, fund-of funds and large corporations have backed us across economic cycles – a vote of confidence in our ability to excel and deliver results.
The result of 20 years of experiential learning and deep introspection on the best path towards building scalable businesses in India, Ascent’s ‘What Works in India’ blueprint is designed to help build successful businesses of lasting value.
We follow an entrepreneur-centric investment approach where we view ourselves as ancillary beneficiaries of our entrepreneurs’ success. We actively seek out promising Indian companies driven by visionary leadership and place complete confidence in our entrepreneurs’ ability to build and manage their companies. We play a complementary and enabling role to our entrepreneurs, assisting them wherever necessary with the collective might of our entire team.
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Ascent Capital Advisors Funds
| Name | Type |
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Size | AUM | Launch date |
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Ascent India Fund III
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Private Equity (PE)
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Consumer Products
Consumer Services (B2C)
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
Technology
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Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
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Asia
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$5-10 m
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$350 M
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November 2013
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Ascent India Fund IV
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Private Equity (PE)
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Business Services (B2B)
Consumer Products
Consumer Services (B2C)
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
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Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
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Asia
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$5-10 m
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$172 M
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August 2019
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