# Ajit Mahadevan

> Ajit Mahadevan is a seed investor at Acumen (Mumbai) backing Real Estate. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Acumen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-fund)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2016
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ajit Mahadevan is a seed investor at Acumen in Mumbai focused on Real Estate. Ajit joined Acumen from Ernst & Young, where he served as Advisory Partner & Leader (Life Sciences). Prior to this, Ajit was President of Piramal Healthcare, a leading pharmaceuticals company in India, where he built the international business from inception in 2002 to $300M by the end of 2008.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aarusha Homes | Aarusha provides safe, well-priced, high value rental housing solutions to low income migrants in urban India. |  | Seed | Jan 27, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Acumen

VC Fund · New York, United States

Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.

5 contacts available at Acumen.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adekemi Ajayi | Regional Director, West Africa | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adekemi-ajayi |
| Carsten Stendevad | President and CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carsten-stendevad |
| Veenu Aulakh | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/veenu-aulakh |
| Ajit Mahadevan | Country Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajit-mahadevan |
| Amon Anderson | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amon-anderson |

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## FAQ

### What does Ajit Mahadevan invest in?

Ajit Mahadevan invests primarily in Real Estate startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ajit Mahadevan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ajit Mahadevan closed in Jan 2016. 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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