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Venus Inda Asset Finance
Venus India Asset Finance Private Limited (“Venus India”) is a Delhi based Non-Bank Finance Company (NBFC), which specializes in direct lending to small and medium enterprises (SME’s). Venus India is registered with the Reserve Bank of India as a Non Deposit Accepting Non-Banking Financial Company.
Venus India provides debt finance to SMEs through a comprehensive bespoke credit solution focusing on the needs of a growing business. Venus India is a premier independent credit institution leveraging the experience of global best practices and local economic development to meet the growing credit requirements of Indian corporates.
Venus India’s solutions are designed to suit the entrepreneur’s needs, be it for promoter funding, margin financing, loan against securities, option incentives financing, pre-IPO funding, succession issues, buyouts and acquisitions, and/or structured solutions for other reasons.
Venus India is promoted by Venus Capital Management, Inc. ("Venus Capital") in Boston and is primarily funded by US pension funds and family offices from US and Europe. Venus Capital was founded in 1994 and is registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission in the United States as a Registered Investment Advisor. Venus Capital specializes in generating alpha from India and is focused on developing low risk strategies for institutional investors from Europe and US. Venus has been a pioneer in launching the first India focused hedge fund in US, in 1995 and the first arbitrage fund for India in 1993. Venus has partnered with RP&C, International, London and Goel family office (Dhampur Sugar) from Delhi for the direct lending strategy executed through the NBFC.
Mr. Saurabh Bhat, has recently joined Venus India as CEO and a Director. He has over 17 years of experience in various capacities in leading organizations like Calyon Bank, Citibank, Rabobank, and ICICI Limited. Prior to joining Venus India, Saurabh Bhat was the CEO and a Director at Ambit Finvest Limited.