Ahmedabad, August 2026: Growth Sense Private Limited, the Investment Manager of the Growth Sense Apex Fund, today announced that it has received SEBI approval for its ₹1,000 crore Growth Sense Apex Fund, an AIF Category-2 fund focused on growth-stage opportunities.
At the same time, the Group is launching the Growth Sense India Foundation, a dedicated initiative to advance entrepreneurship, innovation, enterprise creation, and entrepreneurial leadership.
Together, these initiatives represent Growth Sense’s broader vision: investing in businesses that can shape India’s future while building the entrepreneurs and ecosystem that will create them.
From Early-Stage Investing to Institutional Growth Capital
- Builds on Growth Sense’s ₹100 crore AIF Category-1 Angel Fund experience.
- Track record: 2,000+ startups evaluated, 94+ investments completed, 3,000+ investors networked.
- Apex Fund will focus on companies with:
- Product-market fit.
- Revenue traction.
- Scalable business models.
- Strong execution capabilities.
- Strategy: Sector-agnostic, targeting growth-stage private businesses, select pre-IPO opportunities, and flexible participation in public markets.
Giving Back by Building the Next Generation
The Growth Sense India Foundation will:
- Promote entrepreneurship, innovation, startups, and self-employment.
- Mentor and empower aspiring entrepreneurs, founders, innovators, and students.
- Drive initiatives in education, incubation, acceleration, networking, research, and knowledge sharing.
- Build long-term communities of entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, and ecosystem partners.
- Champion ethical entrepreneurship, responsible leadership, good governance, and sustainable practices.
Sanjay Sarda, Co-Founder & Director, Growth Sense Group: “The ₹1,000 crore Growth Sense Apex Fund is an important milestone in our evolution from early-stage investing to institutional growth capital. But our vision cannot end with investing. The Growth Sense India Foundation is our way of giving back—by helping create entrepreneurs, capabilities, communities, and opportunities.”
Jimish Kapadia, Co-Founder & Director, Growth Sense Group: “With ₹1,000 crore of growth capital, our focus is to back proven businesses at their inflection point and help them scale into enduring market leaders. Through the Foundation, we also want to build the entrepreneurial capabilities and ecosystem that will create the next generation of such businesses.”
Rahul Rameshan, Chief Growth Officer, Growth Sense Group: “Growth means more than growing a portfolio. It means creating an ecosystem where more people can build, more businesses can scale, and more value can be created for society.”
About Growth Sense
Growth Sense Group is an investment and entrepreneurial ecosystem platform based in Ahmedabad. With a track record of early-stage investing through its SEBI-registered AIF Category-1 Angel Fund, Growth Sense has evaluated over 2,000 startups, completed 94+ investments, and built a network of 3,000+ investors.
The Growth Sense Apex Fund and Growth Sense India Foundation represent the Group’s next phase—providing institutional growth capital while building entrepreneurial capability and ecosystem support.
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