# Ajay Candade

> Ajay Candade is a seed investor at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. backing SaaS and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kkr)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/ajaycandade

Ajay Candade is a seed investor at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in Mumbai focused on SaaS and Software. Ajay Candade (Mumbai) joined KKR in 2015 and is a Principal in KKR's India private equity team. At KKR, he has been involved in investments in TVS Logistics and Magma Fincorp. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Candade was with Warburg Pincus in Mumbai, where he was involved with investments in Alliance Tire, Continental Warehousing CorporationLimited, ICICI Bank, Max India, and Max Healthcare. Previously, he has worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York and Mumbai. Mr. Candade holds a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T) Madras, where he graduated as a Governor's Gold medalist, and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpsLyft | OpsLyft Inc. is a San-Francisco & Noida-based technology company working towards building the future of cloud infrastructure management for internet companies across the world. The company leverages artificial intelligence and analytics to deliver insights and automate routine workflows that help software teams build, test, and deploy anyworkload on any cloud with no downtimes and at the lowest possible cloud infrastructure spend. Our mission is to simplify cloud management for all internet companies across the world. We are currently working with some of the largest companies across India - Inshorts, Innovaccer, Purplle, Zenoti etc. and are rapidly expanding our presence in the US geography as well. In addition to it, we are backed by some of the top investors from Silicon Valley and India. | $1M | Seed | Apr 16, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

VC Fund · New York, United States

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. provides investment and asset management services through private equity, credit, infrastructure, real estate, and capital markets businesses that deploy capital into companies and projects across multiple industries. The company manages investment funds and strategic accounts that pursue acquisitions, buyouts,growth equity, credit solutions, and real assets on behalf of institutional investors and partners. It engages in financial activities that include underwriting, financing arrangements, and tailored investment strategies designed to support business growth and long-term value creation. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. also collaborates with institutional clients to structure investment vehicles that align with specific capital objectives and portfolio goals.

5 contacts available at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co..

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ajay Candade | Director Private Equity | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-candade |
| Ali Satvat | Co-Head of Americas Private Equity Health Care | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-satvat |
| Ashish Shastry | Co-Head of Private Equity for KKR Asia Pacific | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashish-shastry |
| Blaine MacDougald | Director & Co-head of Credit Research, Credit | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blaine-macdougald |
| Brandon Freiman | Partner, Head of North American Infrastructure | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-freiman |

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## FAQ

### What does Ajay Candade invest in?

Ajay Candade invests primarily in SaaS and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ajay Candade last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ajay Candade closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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