Cat II · Managed by Capria Ventures
Building Businesses, Creating Impact
Private equity, private credit and real-estate funds that don't employ leverage except for operating needs. The largest AIF category.
Capria Ventures India Fund III (IN/AIF2/24-25/1590) is a SEBI-registered Category II Alternative Investment Fund registered in September 2024, managed by UC Impower Investment Managers LLP — the PE fund arm of the Unitus Capital Group. UC Impower is co-founded by Eric Savage (CEO, Unitus Capital) and described as 'an ambitious early-growth-stage private equity fund.' The fund is marketed under the Capria Ventures brand — a global impact investment platform co-founded by Will Poole and Dave Richards, partnered with Unitus Capital for India-focused funds. Capria Ventures India Fund III is the third India fund in this series, focused on investing in impact-led growth-stage companies in financial inclusion, climate tech, affordable healthcare, affordable education, and related sectors. Unitus Capital, headquartered in Bengaluru, is India's leading impact investment group — ranked #1 Indian investment bank by Venture Intelligence — having raised over USD 5 billion for impact businesses since 2007. The fund is registered at No. 99/100, Prestige Towers, 2nd Floor, Residency Road, Bengaluru 560025.
Eric Savage
Co-Founder & CEO, Unitus Capital / Co-Founder, UC Impower
Eric Savage co-founded Unitus Capital in 2007 and built it into India's leading impact investment group, raising over USD 5 billion for impact businesses. He previously ran Citigroup's Asian investment banking franchise (power and infrastructure) and was based in NYC and Hong Kong for 14 years. He co-founded UC Impower as Unitus's PE fund vehicle. A Duke University (cum laude) and Harvard Kennedy School graduate (Lucius N. Littauer Fellow), Eric has received the Indira Gandhi Sadbhawana Award and was named Indian Expat Entrepreneur of the Year (2014). He is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute's Finance Leaders Fellowship.
Abhijit Ray
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Unitus Capital
Abhijit Ray co-founded Unitus Capital and has nearly 20 years of experience in development finance, commercial banking, and microfinance. Previously an AGM at SIDBI overseeing microfinance in Andhra Pradesh, he started his career at the State Bank of India. He holds a degree from Kolkata University and has completed the Harvard Business School Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance.
Kylie Charlton
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Unitus Capital
Kylie Charlton co-founded Unitus Capital in 2008 after leading capital markets work at Unitus Labs. She has 25+ years of experience at the intersection of mainstream capital markets, impact investment, and philanthropy, and was formerly VP at Citigroup's Project and Structured Finance Group. An Oxford MBA (Saïd Business School), she is CIO of Australian Impact Investments and a Venture Partner to the Giant Leap Fund.
Ann Short
Chief Operating Officer, Unitus Capital
Ann Short has 25+ years in financial services including as COO of Global Corporate & Investment Banking at Bank of America Securities and EVP at NASD (now FINRA). She spent 18 years at Morgan Stanley, rising to Managing Director, and has an MS from MIT Sloan and BA from Wellesley College.
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Vikas Sarda
CFO, Unitus Capital / SEBI Contact Person
Vikas Sarda is the CFO of Unitus Capital and the SEBI-registered contact person for Capria Ventures India Fund III. A Chartered Accountant with Honours in Commerce from Delhi University, he joined Unitus in 2009 and leads finance, accounting, investor reporting, and cash management. He has over two decades of experience managing alternative funds. Previously at Max New York Life Insurance and WNS.
Susana Garcia-Robles
Managing Partner
Master's in Philosophy and Education (Universidad Catolica of Argentina); Master's in International Relations (Columbia University)
Susana Garcia-Robles is a recognized expert on entrepreneurship, high-impact investment, building diversified VC ecosystems, and an investor in applied GenAI startups and VC funds. She is a Managing Partner at Capria Ventures, responsible for the Middle East, Africa, and LATAM regions. She recently led the final close of the firm's second fund for the Global South and is now researching strategies built on Capria's deep global south capabilities for the firm's next funds for Latin America and Africa. Before joining Capria, she served as Chief Investment Officer and Gender Initiatives Coordinator at the Inter-American Development Bank. She is also a Senior Advisor, a member of the Women's Council and a former Board member of the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA). In 2012, she co-founded Wexchange, the first networking platform and pitch competition for LAC women STEMpreneurs. In 2019, she co-founded WeInvest Latam, a platform for women investors with LATAM as the central focus region. Susana has master's degrees in Philosophy and Education from the Universidad Catolica of Argentina, and in International Relations from Columbia University.
Sandhya Thukaram
COO
MBA (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees)
Sandhya's primary focus is leading investor relations at Capria Ventures and nurturing global relationships to support fundraising for all active funds across different geographies. Strategic marketing is intrinsic to her role, along with leading organization-wide goal setting with OKRs. Previously, Sandhya worked as the COO for Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship and AM, as well as Principal and Branch Head at The PRactice. She has an MBA from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees.
Mobola Da-Silva
Partner
Sanjiv Rangrass
Venture Partner
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