Razor Capital is a GCC-based manager specializing in high growth investments in India.
We provide a highly differentiated value proposition to:
- Our Indian portfolio companies seeking to access and navigate the lucrative GCC ecosystem, and
- GCC and other international investors looking for a trusted conduit to participate in the most attractive growth opportunity of the decade
With proven track record
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Abhinav is a seasoned investor and asset manager with over two decades of experience building and leading alternative investment platforms across emerging markets.
Abhinav brings deep expertise across the private capital lifecycle—spanning early-stage VC to late-stage buyouts—with a track record of full-cycle investing, operational value creation, and complex restructurings. His experience covers sectors including healthcare, education, consumer, financial services, and real estate.
Prior to founding Razor, he managed the private investments of a major family office in the Gulf and led the turnaround of a large-scale real estate platform in India. Earlier in his career, he helped build one of the largest emerging market private equity firms, where he launched and scaled multiple strategies across regions and sectors.
Abhinav holds an M.Sc. in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Stanford University and a B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering and Economics from Georgia Tech, graduating with highest honors.
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Saeed is an experienced investment banker with over 18 years of expertise across M&A, equity capital markets, and corporate restructurings in both regional and international contexts. He has advised on numerous landmark transactions, including high-profile acquisitions, divestitures, IPOs, and capital raisings across equity and debt markets
He is currently a Global Partner and Head of the Middle East at Rothschild & Co, where he is responsible for implementing Rothschild & Co’s strategic direction in the Middle East region. Saeed has advised a wide range of regional and global clients on transformative transactions across sectors such as healthcare, consumer, energy, financial services, infrastructure, and real estate. His clients include sovereign wealth funds and some of the most prominent companies in the Middle East
Prior to joining Rothschild & Co in 2014, Saeed practiced law at Linklaters in London and the UAE. He holds a law degree from Queen Mary, University of London, and is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales.
Team
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Vinay brings over 9 years of experience across private equity and venture capital investments, investment banking and M&A advisory, real estate investing, and econometric modeling
Before joining Razor Capital, he worked on corporate M&A and private equity transactions at Barclays Bank and Spark Capital, focusing primarily on the Technology Services sector in India. Prior to that, he was part of the real estate investment team at Piramal Capital, where he was involved in financing residential and commercial projects in Bengaluru, India
Vinay began his career at Credit Suisse, where he was part of the Scenarios Design and Modelling team
He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, and completed an integrated dual degree – M.Sc. in Mathematics and a B.E. in Manufacturing Engineering – from BITS Pilani
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Sumit brings over 11 years of diverse experience spanning technology focused investment banking, operations, and strategy roles, in both public and private equity markets
Prior to joining Razor, he held senior management roles at Pocket FM, an audio entertainment platform backed by Lunate, Lightspeed, and Tencent and DealShare, a consumer commerce platform backed by marquee investors including ADIA, Alpha Wave Global, Tiger Global, and Dragoneer
He also spent over 5 years in investment banking at Merisis Advisors, a leading Indian technology-focused advisory firm, where he also managed public equities investments as a fund manager
Sumit holds an integrated dual degree, an MSc in Physics and a BE in Civil Engineering, from BITS Pilani
Investment Strategy
We employ a systematic investment framework for generating alpha by taking selective, high-conviction positions in high-growth technology opportunities across sectors
Secular growth trends
We look for multiple tailwinds across various vectors including market, demographic, technology, and regulation, that can converge to deliver long-term secular growth for the businesses we invest in.
Future leaders or disruptors
We uncover future category leaders or disruptors before they are widely recognized, we seek out early signs of future success by evaluating key attributes of a business such as product-market fit, differentiation, speed, flexibility, resilience, capital efficiency, and unit economics.
Valuation Discipline
We have a strong quality-at-value focus and as such we believe that the right entry valuations are critical in making great companies into good investments.
Strong Cap Tables
While we are thoroughly independent in our investment underwriting while recognizing the value of a strong and diverse cap table in supporting growth and managing risk.
Best-in-Class Execution Teams
We back world-class execution teams with the ability to deliver high and profitable growth as well as deal with the inevitable challenges of market volatility and intense competition.