Ashvin Chadha
Co Founder @ Anicut Capital
Delhi, India
Ashvin Chadha is a seed investor at Anicut Capital in Delhi focused on Food and Beverage and Retail. Mr. Ashvin Chadha has spent over a decade working in the financial services industry both in India and the United States. He started his professional career as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in New York. He then joined General Atlantic LLC, a worldwide private equity firm, where he was based in the New York City and Greenwich offices.Ashvin moved to India in 2006 to join the core team to set up the Mumbai office for India Equity Partners (IEP), a $350mm India focussed Private Equity Fund.In 2011, Ashvin moved to Delhi to set up his own family office to invest in debt securities of mid market Indian companies. He has successfully invested over INR 100cr of proprietary capital in debt securities across 20 companies in the last 5 years.Ashvin has served on the Board of Directors of several financial services companies including Manappuram Finance (until 2010) and Netafim Agricultural Finance Agency Private Limited (since 2012). He also serves as an advisor and Investment committee member for SEBI registered VC funds including Fulcrum Venture India LLP and Carpediem Capital Partners.Ashvin completed his education from Wesleyan University and The London School of Economics.
- Total investments:
- 52
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 46%
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Industries Ashvin Chadha invests in
Stages Ashvin Chadha invests in
Countries Ashvin Chadha invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$2.3M
- Angel
- $224k–$2M
- Series A
- $1M–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 7 (13%)
- Retail 5 (10%)
- FinTech 5 (10%)
- Financial Services 5 (10%)
- Software 4 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 25 (48%)
- Series A 8 (15%)
- Angel 4 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (8%)
- Series B 3 (6%)
Country
- India 34 (65%)
- France 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters provides an online marketplace specifically to sell roasted coffee. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters operates as a specialty coffee e-tailer for sourcing single-estate Arabica coffee beans from Indian coffee estates, burns them on an order basis, and delivers directly to customers, allowing customers to order online or visittheir particular retail stores. Blue Tokai focuses on sourcing coffee beans from specific regions or estates, highlighting the unique flavor profiles of each coffee origin. They offer a variety of single-origin coffees, including beans from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and other coffee-growing regions in India. In addition to selling coffee beans online, Blue Tokai operates cafes in select cities across India. These cafes serve a variety of coffee beverages and provide a space for customers to enjoy freshly brewed coffee. | $25M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 01, 2025 | ||
| Leumas digital factory enables brands to manufacture on-demand with full flexibility around batch-size, product-mix, and formats. From fledgling D2C brands to incumbents, from Experiment to Scale. | $2.2M / Seed / Jun 11, 2025 | ||
| Hair is India's first luxury hair extension and wig brand, offering 100 percent natural Indian human hair. | $5M / Series A / Feb 04, 2025 | ||
| MasterChow is a ready-to-cook Asian cuisine brand. | $6.5M / Series A / Nov 30, 2024 | ||
| Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters provides an online marketplace specifically to sell roasted coffee. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters operates as a specialty coffee e-tailer for sourcing single-estate Arabica coffee beans from Indian coffee estates, burns them on an order basis, and delivers directly to customers, allowing customers to order online or visittheir particular retail stores. Blue Tokai focuses on sourcing coffee beans from specific regions or estates, highlighting the unique flavor profiles of each coffee origin. They offer a variety of single-origin coffees, including beans from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and other coffee-growing regions in India. In addition to selling coffee beans online, Blue Tokai operates cafes in select cities across India. These cafes serve a variety of coffee beverages and provide a space for customers to enjoy freshly brewed coffee. | $35M / Series C / Aug 31, 2024 | ||
| Zingavita operates as a children's nutrition brand which is in the business of food supplements for kids. Zingavita creates a fabulous range of products that are deliciously healthy and super fun to consume | $1.2M / Seed / Jan 16, 2024 | ||
| Grip is an investment platform that allows retail investors to make small-ticket investments in physical assets that earn lease income. Grip lists curated investment leasing opportunities on its platform. Investors browse through the active assets to review financial details, lease terms, and return expectations and identify the right investmentopportunity, investors choose the investment amount and confirm their interest, investors make an online transfer of the committed amount to the dedicated bank account of the LLP, Grip continues to attract more co-investors for the active assets. | $8.4M / Series B / Jan 09, 2024 | ||
| Burger Singh operates a quick-service restaurant brand that prepares burgers inspired by Indian flavors and street food influences. The menu includes a range of vegetarian and non-vegetarian burgers, along with sides, beverages, and combo meals. It incorporates regional spices and sauces into standard fast food formats to create localizedvariations of burgers and snacks.The company manages dine-in, takeaway, and delivery formats, supported by digital ordering channels and partnerships with food delivery platforms. It also develops menu variations and limited-time offerings based on customer preferences and seasonal trends. Burger Singh structures its operations to support franchise and company-run outlets while maintaining consistent menu preparation and service processes. | Series B / Dec 14, 2023 | ||
| Attron Automotive Innovating develops and manufactures efficient electric mobility solutions at an affordable cost. | $566K / Jun 07, 2023 | ||
| Attron Automotive Innovating develops and manufactures efficient electric mobility solutions at an affordable cost. | $574.9K / Seed / Jun 07, 2023 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Anicut Capital
Anicut Capital is Founded by experienced professionals who have spent credible years of their career in Commercial, Private & Investment Banking at senior levels.
Anicut Capital Contacts
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Adithya Bharadwaj
Vice President
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Ajay Anand
Partner
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Ashvin Chadha
Co Founder
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I A S Balamurugan
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Veenu Mittal
Chief Financial Officer
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FAQ
What does Ashvin Chadha invest in?
Ashvin Chadha invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Retail and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 52 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ashvin Chadha's check size?
Ashvin Chadha typically joins rounds of $500k–$2.3M at Seed, $224k–$2M at Angel and $1M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ashvin Chadha participates in.
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When did Ashvin Chadha last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ashvin Chadha closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 52 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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