This is a great time to be more aggressive in India: Sunish Sharma, Kedaara Capital
Sunish Sharma, Managing Partner, Kedaara Capital, says: “I feel India is in a very good position. We feel very strongly about their position and that is why in the last one year, we have invested in six companies right from incremental investment in Lenskart, ASG, Oasis, Avanse, Oliva, Perfios and K-12. We have invested in a bunch of these companies. We believe this is a great time to start investing in India and be more aggressive in India.”
On the global slowdown and PE & VCs vis-a-vis India
Globally, there has been a slowdown and we are well aware of that. A little bit of that rub-off is happening in India. Having said that, today India is in a very strong position. This is driven by strong fundamentals where the underlying performance of the economy is good. You see a geopolitical position where India is in a very strong position and the youngest population and which is leading to a very strong consuming class. This is leading to India being in a strong position.
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Has there been a slowdown? Of course, there has been a slowdown compared to what was over the last couple of years. But I personally believe that there is going to be a lot of growth in the economy. You will see PE community especially, VC to a lesser extent given the slowdown is more marked there, PE community will continue to invest more aggressively and you will find a lot of the strategics and global corporation begin to invest more aggressively in India and I think that is what is going to lead to a
