Story of India’s Largest Rupee Capital Fund

Prime Minister Narendra Modi loves entrepreneurship and believes that India’s freedom fighters of this age are the entrepreneurs, says TVS Capital Funds Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Gopal Srinivasan. TVS Capital Chairman & MD Gopal Srinivasan PM Modi does indeed often speak about startups and entrepreneurs in his public addresses as well, highlighting their importance […]

There are great cos in MSME & consumer lending spaces: TVS Capital Funds

‘We come in after the way of the business model has been somewhat accepted. As a result, our businesses tend to be very long term in nature.’ We are helping some of the companies with bridge liquidity to overcome a two year gap in our mind, says Gopal Srinivasan, Founder, Chairman & MD, TVS Capital Funds. You […]

Private equity will be a net-gainer in the pandemic

While intrinsic value of business are strong, valuations are expected to lower. In times like these, be it a strategic M&A opportunity requiring private capital or a creative debt / mezzanine solution or distressed opportunities, private equity will be the preferred source of capital. MUMBAI: Sitting on unprecedented levels of dry powder, private equity as […]

Friends and Philanthropists come together to feed Chennai

Feed my Chennai operation is the largest in the city, and is spearheaded by R. Ramaraj, co-founder of Sify and the Chennai Angels; Gopal Srinivasan, chairman, TVS Capital Funds and eight other core members. In this time of the coronavirus pandemic, three friends in Bengaluru have joined forces to try and make a difference. To date, […]

TVS Capital Funds’ Investment Committee member, R Dinesh, on recovery from COVID

‘6 to 9 months, even longer for consumption to get back to normal,’ says Dinesh. It will have both short-term and long-term impact. Today, we are operating only about 15-20% of our normal business. We have about a thousand people working, as against 12,000 to 13,000 people under normal circumstances. Therefore, it is going to […]