Ascent Capital (India)

Investor type

PE

Founded

2000

AUM

$404 M

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

$10-50 m

Investment Ticket

3-5 years

Investment Horizon

Series B, Late Stage (Series C+)

Investment Stage

Sale to strategic investor, IPO, M&A, Sale, Buyout, Merger and Acquisitions

Exit Strategy

Investor profile last updated: 27 July, 2026

Profile

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.

Industry

Financial Services Fintech Food and Beverage Foodtech Healthcare Services Marketing and Advertising HealthTech Business Services (B2B) Consumer Products Consumer Services (B2C) Technology Infrastructure

Region of investment

North America Asia

Ascent Capital (India) Funds

Name Type
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Stage
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Region
Size AUM Launch date
Ascent India Fund IV
Private Equity (PE)
Business Services (B2B)
Consumer Products
Consumer Services (B2C)
Financial Services
Fintech
Food and Beverage
Foodtech
Healthcare Services
Technology
HealthTech
Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
Asia
$5-10 m
$172 M
August 2019
Ascent India Fund III
Private Equity (PE)
Financial Services
Fintech
Food and Beverage
Foodtech
Technology
Infrastructure
Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
North America
Asia
$5-10 m
$234 M
March 2012

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FAQs about Ascent Capital (India)

Ascent Capital (India) is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Ascent Capital (India) was founded in 2000.
Ascent Capital (India) invests in companies and startups in Financial Services, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Foodtech, Healthcare Services, Marketing and Advertising, HealthTech, Business Services (B2B), Consumer Products, Consumer Services (B2C), Technology, Infrastructure.
Ascent Capital (India) invests in companies and startups in North America, Asia.
Ascent Capital (India) invests in companies and startups at Series B, Late Stage (Series C+).
Ascent Capital (India) usually invests $10-50 m on average.
Ascent Capital (India) has around $404m assets under management.
Ascent Capital (India) last fund was created/launched in 2019-08-20