Padmanabh Sinha
Managing Partner, Tata Opportunities Fund @ Tata Capital
Mumbai, India
Padmanabh Sinha is a private equity investor at Tata Capital in Mumbai focused on Logistics and Automotive. Padmanabh (Paddy) Sinha is the Managing Partner of the advisory team for the flagship private equity fund of the Tata group - Tata Opportunities Fund. Prior to joining Tata Capital as a founding partner of the Tata Opportunities Fund, Padmanabh Sinha was the Managing Director for India at Temasek Holdings. Padmanabh Sinha was part of Temasek'sfounding India team in 2004 and during his tenure at Temasek also led global special projects for Temasek. He has worked with ICICI Venture previously as well as an entrepreneur where he was the President of an e-learning company funded by ChrysCapital, Star TV and International Finance Corporation, which he eventually sold to a listed Indian corporation. Padmanabh Sinha has served on several corporate boards, including select Tata companies. He is the current Vice Chairman of the Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (IVCA).
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Padmanabh Sinha invests in
Stages Padmanabh Sinha invests in
Countries Padmanabh Sinha invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Logistics 2 (33%)
- Automotive 2 (33%)
- Manufacturing 2 (33%)
- Transportation 2 (33%)
- Banking 1 (17%)
Stage
- Private Equity 4 (67%)
- Series E 1 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (17%)
Country
- India 3 (50%)
- United States 1 (17%)
- United Kingdom 1 (17%)
Investments
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Ather Energy
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Ather Energy manufactures electric scooters and an electric vehicle charging network called AtherGrid. It focuses on building a complete ecosystem for India’s electric vehicles powered by indigenous design and all locally manufactured. Ather Energy's key products include the Ather 450X, their flagship electric scooter. It is renowned for itspowerful performance, long-range, and advanced smart features such as touchscreen dashboards, connected mobile apps, and over-the-air updates. The Ather 450 Plus, a slightly less powerful version of the 450X, offers many of the same innovative features while balancing performance and affordability.Both scooters are equipped with a smart dashboard that provides navigation, ride statistics, and other useful features. They are also integrated with mobile apps, allowing users to monitor their vehicle's performance, locate charging points, and access various connected features. | $71.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 13, 2024 | |
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Ather Energy
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Ather Energy manufactures electric scooters and an electric vehicle charging network called AtherGrid. It focuses on building a complete ecosystem for India’s electric vehicles powered by indigenous design and all locally manufactured. Ather Energy's key products include the Ather 450X, their flagship electric scooter. It is renowned for itspowerful performance, long-range, and advanced smart features such as touchscreen dashboards, connected mobile apps, and over-the-air updates. The Ather 450 Plus, a slightly less powerful version of the 450X, offers many of the same innovative features while balancing performance and affordability.Both scooters are equipped with a smart dashboard that provides navigation, ride statistics, and other useful features. They are also integrated with mobile apps, allowing users to monitor their vehicle's performance, locate charging points, and access various connected features. | $128M / Series E / May 12, 2022 | |
Uber
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Uber develops, markets, and operates a ridesharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request that is routed to crowd-sourced partner drivers.Its smartphone application connects drivers with people who need a ride. Its application enables users to arrange and schedule transportation and/or logistics services withthird-party providers. They take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 600 cities around the world. It also provides Windows Phone App, iPhone App, Blackberry App, and Android App. Uber serves customers in North, Central, and South Americas as well as Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia PacificGarrett Camp, Oscar Salazar, and Travis Kalanick founded UberCab in March 2009 which became Uber Technologies in October 2010, with its headquarters in San Francisco California, and an engineering center in Bengaluru in India as well as a regional office in Singapore. | Private Equity / Aug 19, 2015 | |
TVS Supply Chain Solutions
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TVS Supply Chain Solutions (TVS SCS) is a global provider of world class, end-to-end supply chain services across a variety of sectors. They are specialists in providing revenue growth, inventory reduction and operating costs reduction.The organisation operates on a global scale with over 30,000 personnel and with facilities in the UK &Europe, North America, the Indian Sub-Continent and the Asia Pacific region. Their parent company, TVS Logistics Services Limited, has its global HQ in India and operates across Europe, Asia and the USA. TVS LSL is one of the world’s fastest growing supply chain specialists.TVS SCS is a market-leading provider of supply chain solutions, operating in the automotive, beverage, defence, industrial and utilities sectors. | Private Equity / May 26, 2015 | |
Shriram Properties
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Shriram Group had its humble beginnings in the Chit Fund business over three decades ago. R Thyagarajan, AVS Raja and T Jayaraman were the “three musketeers” who ventured into this business. Not many in the financial industry thought at that time, that this small Chit Funds business in Chennai would become the foundation for a financialconglomerate that Shriram is today. | Private Equity / Jul 16, 2014 | |
Varroc Engineering
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Varroc is a global technical powerhouse in automotive component manufacture and supply, noted for technological prowess. They create, manufacture, and sell exterior lighting systems, plastic and polymer components, electrical-electronic components, and precision metallic components for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, two-wheelers,three-wheelers, and off-highway vehicles. | Private Equity / Apr 03, 2014 |
Co-Investors
About Tata Capital
Tata Capital is a non-banking financial company offering financial products and services to retail, corporate, and institutional customers. The company operates as a subsidiary of Tata Sons Limited, the principal holding company of the Tata Group. Tata Capital is committed to providing customer-centric financial solutions with a strong focus ontrust, transparency, and ethical practices.
Tata Capital Contacts
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Akhil Awasthi
Managing Partner & Member Investment Committee
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Gautham Radhakrishnan
Partner
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Mohan Harshey
Partner
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Padmanabh Sinha
Managing Partner, Tata Opportunities Fund
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Visalakshi Chandramouli
Managing Partner
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FAQ
What does Padmanabh Sinha invest in?
Padmanabh Sinha invests primarily in Logistics, Automotive and Manufacturing startups, most often at Private Equity and Series E stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Padmanabh Sinha last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Padmanabh Sinha closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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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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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