# Eshwar Karra

> Eshwar Karra is a debt financing investor at Kotak Alternate Asset Managers backing FinTech. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kotak Alternate Asset Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kotak-investment-advisors)
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 86%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eshwar-karra-25162b9b/?originalSubdomain=in

Eshwar Karra is a debt financing investor at Kotak Alternate Asset Managers focused on FinTech and Manufacturing. Eshwar Karra is the CEO at Kotak Investment advisors. He attended Institute of Management Development and Research.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 29% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 29% |
| Pharmaceutical | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| Credit | 1 | 14% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 29% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 29% |
| Angel | 1 | 14% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ace Designers | Ace Designers is the flagship company of the Ace Micromatic Group. The company was started in 1979 as a design consultancy firm by three CMTI engineers. Initially, the team created product ideas for a variety of machine tools, including specialized equipment. Ace entered the manufacturing sector in 1982 with a line of special purpose importsubstitution machines for the internal combustion engine valve industry. | $141.9M | Private Equity | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Matrix Pharma | The purpose of the pharmaceutical matrix industry is to create a platform to build a robust API business that can support organic and inorganic growth. | $172.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 11, 2024 |  |
| Sanghi Industries | Sanghi Industries manufactures and sells cement and cement-related products. Ordinary Portland Cement, Portland Pozzolana Cement, and Portland Slag Cement are among its products. Geographically, it draws the majority of its earnings from its products. | $67.4M | Debt Financing | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| FatakPay | FatakPay is a fintech platform intended to provide consumers with virtual credit cards. It allows users to scan now and pay later for shopping needs. The mobile application is available on iOS and Android platforms. |  | Angel | Apr 28, 2022 |  |
| Sify Infinit Spaces | Sify Infinit Spaces operates as a data center service provider. | $133.8M | Debt Financing | Nov 02, 2021 |  |
| AGS Transact Technologies | Established in 2002, AGS Transact Technologies Limited (AGSTTL) is one of India’s leading end-to-end payment solutions provider with a wide spectrum of highly customised products instated with state-of-the-art technology for the Banking, Retail, Petroleum and Transit sectors. AGSTTL operates across 700 cities and towns reaching out to over 160,000customer touch points across India and boasts of an impressive footprint in South East Asia.Pioneering the change in financial technology space, Their three major lines include Banking Automation Solutions, Banking Payment Solutions, Automation Solutions for the Retail, Petroleum and Colour sectors.Their subsidiaries include Securevalue India Ltd. (SVIL) focused on cash management and vault services, India Transact Services Ltd. (ITSL) offering Omni-channel merchant digital payment solutions and Novus Technologies that offers banking automation and payment solutions in Singapore, Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. With close to 8400 employees, round the clock customer service centers and two manufacturing & warehousing units located in Daman and Puducherry, AGSTTL is committed to provide clear, credible and contemporary solutions to steer how India transacts. | $47.7M | Private Equity | Mar 30, 2021 |  |
| Tirupati Group | Tirupati Group provides pharmaceutical and health care solutions. | $122.6M | Secondary Market |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## About Kotak Alternate Asset Managers

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Kotak Investment Advisors focuses exclusively on managing the alternate assets business of the Kotak Mahindra Group.

5 contacts available at Kotak Alternate Asset Managers.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eshwar Karra | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eshwar-karra |
| Rajeev Saptarshi | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rajeev-saptarshi |
| Ramakrishna K. V. | Team Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ramakrishna-k-v |
| Alroy Lobo | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alroy-lobo |
| Lakshmi Iyer | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lakshmi-iyer-2b3c |

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## FAQ

### What does Eshwar Karra invest in?

Eshwar Karra invests primarily in FinTech, Manufacturing and Pharmaceutical startups, most often at Debt Financing and Private Equity stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Eshwar Karra last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eshwar Karra closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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