Gopal Jain is the co-founder and managing partner of Gaja Capital, an India-focused growth and buyout firm based in Mumbai. See contact routes.
Gopal Jain is the co-founder and managing partner of Gaja Capital, an India-focused growth and buyout firm based in Mumbai, where he also serves as Managing Director and CEO of Gaja Alternative Asset Management Limited. Since co-founding the firm in 2004, he has built it into a respected alternative asset manager with $500 million in assets under management, focusing on mid-market Indian companies with enterprise values of $50–100 million. His investment thesis targets significant minority stakes in high-growth Series C companies and buyouts, prioritizing sectors like education, financial services, consumer, healthcare, and SaaS, with a geographic focus exclusively on India. Typical check sizes align with the firm’s mid-market strategy, and Jain has been the lead partner on 18 deals, indicating a lead-investor behavior. Notable portfolio companies include Xpressbees, LeadSquared, CL Educate, EuroKids International, and Avendus Capital, where he serves or has served on the board. Jain has publicly emphasized that technology acts as a “horizontal enabler” in mid-market investments and argued that domestic capital must anchor India’s private equity future
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