Investment Strategy

Faering Capital adopts a disciplined, sector-focused investment approach to develop proprietary investment themes and partners with exceptional companies to navigate sustainable growth.

  • Sharp Sector Focus

    Expertise, teams, and networks built across focus sectors: Financial Services, Consumer & Retail, Healthcare, and Business Services

  • Proactive and Long-Term Approach

    Investment process centred on building relationships with entrepreneurs and companies well before opportunities arise

  • Catalyst for Market Leadership

    Impactful engagement with portfolio companies to add value across: Strategy, Operations, Governance, Network Enhancement, Recruiting & Fundraising

Team

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    Aditya Parekh

    Co-founder & Managing Director
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    Sameer Shroff

    Co-founder & Managing Director
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    Shyam Patwari

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    Deepak Malik

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    Manish Deepak

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    Tarak Shah

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    Chandra Palekar

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    Aashna Sangai

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    Vittesh Arora

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    Arjun Kulshrestha

Operating Advisors

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    Yogesh Mahansaria

    Managing Director, Mahansaria Tyres
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    Apurva Parekh

    Executive Director, Pidilite Industries

Aditya Parekh

Co-founder & Managing Director

Aditya is the Co-founder of Faering Capital and has over 18 years of global and Indian experience in private equity and investment banking.

Prior to founding Faering Capital, Aditya was Vice President at Old Lane India Opportunities Fund, a $516 million India-focused private equity fund, where he was responsible for leading investments in the Indian real estate sector and was involved in evaluating opportunities across the infrastructure and financial services sectors. Prior to that, he worked in the Media and Entertainment Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch, New York for five years.

Aditya holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Cambridge University.

Sameer Shroff

Co-founder & Managing Director

Sameer is the Co-founder of Faering Capital and has over 20 years of global and Indian experience in private equity, asset management, and strategy consulting.

Prior to founding Faering Capital, Sameer served as Director-Investments at Indiareit Fund Advisors, an Indian real estate-focused private equity fund. Prior to that, he was a strategy Consultant at Booz & Co. (formerly known as Booz Allen Hamilton) in London. Sameer began his career at Morgan Stanley in New York, where he worked for over six years.

Sameer holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a BS summa cum laude from Babson College.

Yogesh Mahansaria

Managing Director, Mahansaria Tyres

Yogesh Mahansaria is a leading Indian entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience establishing and scaling-up global manufacturing businesses. He started his career at Balkrishna Industries, where he identified the opportunity to enter the global Off-Highway Tyres market, in which he increased revenues from $20 million to $125 million. In his second entrepreneurial venture, Mr. Mahansaria founded Alliance Tire Group, which he built into one of the world leaders in Off-Highway Tyres, with revenues approaching $600 million and a network spanning 120 countries. He is currently promoting two ventures - Mahansaria Tyres for manufacturing Off-Highway Tyres and SYAM Trelleborg Tires LLP, a JV with Trelleborg AB, a reputed European multinational, for manufacturing two-wheeler tyres.

Mr. Mahansaria has been recognized for his contribution to industry through several awards, including Economic Times 'Top 40 Under 40' (2014), Forbes 'Nextgen Entrepreneur of the Year' (2014), and EY 'Entrepreneur of the Year – Manufacturing' (2014). He currently serves on the Boards of Avendus Capital, FSN E-Commerce Ventures Pvt. Ltd. (operator of Nykaa.com), and 321 Education Foundation, a philanthropic organisation focused on improving the quality of education for children of low-income communities.

Apurva Parekh

Executive Director, Pidilite Industries

Mr. Apurva Parekh is Executive Director and part of the promoter family of Pidilite Industries Limited.

He is a chemical engineer from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and has been working in Pidilite Industries Limited since 1995.

Over the years, Apurva has led several divisions and functions of the company and has also been involved in acquisitions of various brands and businesses in India and outside of India.

Apurva is currently leading the Emerging India division of Pidilite while overseeing some of the functions, subsidiaries, and initiatives of the company.

Pidilite Industries is a pioneer and market leader in consumer and speciality chemicals with revenues in excess of $1 billion.

Shyam Patwari

Director

Shyam is a Director at Faering Capital and focuses on investments in the Consumer, Retail, and allied sectors. He has 12 years of experience in private equity and strategy consulting and holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a BE from NIT Surathkal.

Deepak Malik

Principal

Deepak is a Principal at Faering Capital and focuses on investments in the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare sectors. He has 19 years of experience in Equity Research across Pharmaceuticals and Specialty Chemicals. He is a CFA and has completed the International Business Program at IIM Calcutta and holds an MBA from Kurukshetra University.

Manish Deepak

Vice President

Manish is a Vice President at Faering Capital. He has 6 years of experience in private equity and investment banking and holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta and a BE from Delhi College of Engineering.

Tarak Shah

Vice President, Finance

Tarak is the Vice President, Finance at Faering Capital and focuses on fund operations, finances, investor reporting, accounts, and compliance. He has 18 years of experience in financial management, operations, and regulatory compliance and is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI and a Company Secretary from ICSI.

Aashna Sangai

Associate

Aashna is an Associate at Faering Capital. She has 4 years of experience in deals advisory and strategy consulting and holds an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad and is a qualified Chartered Accountant & Company Secretary.

Chandra Palekar

Senior Associate

Chandra is an Senior Associate at Faering Capital. She has over 4 years of experience in asset management and holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a B-Tech from Nirma University.

Arjun Kulshrestha

Analyst

Arjun is an Analyst at Faering Capital and holds a B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay.

Vittesh Arora

Analyst

Vittesh is an Analyst at Faering Capital and holds a B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay.