Our Sponsors and Partners

India Equity Partners

India Equity Partners (IEP) IEP manages an India-focused, long-term, growth-oriented private equity fund with approximately $350 million of capital. IEP has offices in New York, Mumbai and Mauritius. IEP is part of a $2 billion pool of affiliated funds dedicated to India. We follow a fundamental research-driven investment philosophy with an investment horizon spanning 4-7 years. IEP aims to partner with outstanding entrepreneurs and management teams in fast growing sectors as a value-added investor. We are committed to assisting our portfolio companies and we accomplish this by leveraging the experience and relationships of our team members for strategic thinking, operations improvement, customer expansion, acquisitions, recruiting senior management and assistance with fund raising. We typically invest $20 to $60 million in a single investment but will invest larger amounts with co-investors and partners.

Steven Wish is a Co-Founder of IEP and is also a member of the fund Investment Committee and Board of Directors. Steven is also Vice Chairman of Ireo, an India focused real estate fund. Steven retired as a Partner and Managing Director at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he worked for 17 years in corporate finance, M&A, capital markets and investment management.

Sid Khanna is the Chairman of IEP Fund Advisors and has over 30 years of financial services, strategic advisory, operations and outsourcing experience. Sid was the former Country Managing Partner of Accenture. Sid serves on the boards of leading Indian companies such as United Spirits and CanaraHSBC.

Anurag Bhargava is a Co-Founder of IEP and is also a member of the fund Investment Committee and Board of Directors. Anurag is also the Chairman of Ireo, an India focused real estate fund. He was previously a Principal and Head of Private Equity at MSD Capital (the private investment firm of Michael Dell and his family).

K.K. Iyer is a Managing Director of IEP and is responsible for investments in the Life Sciences and Education Sectors. KK also serves on the boards of IEP portfolio companies.

Gaurav Mathur is a founding Managing Director of IEP. Previously he was a Principal with JPMorgan Partners and before that with Deutsche Bank. Gaurav serves on the boards of Ocean Sparkle and Ikya HR Services.