Cat II · Managed by Finbridge Ventures
Private equity, private credit and real-estate funds that don't employ leverage except for operating needs. The largest AIF category.
Finbridgeventures Real Estate Investment Trust (IN/AIF2/23-24/1427) — scheme name Finbridgeventures Real Estate Fund – I — is a SEBI-registered Category II Alternative Investment Fund (registered January 2024) managed by Finbridgeventures Private Limited. The fund is a real estate debt fund focused on early-stage structured financing for residential and mixed-use developments in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Pune. The fund capitalises on the post-IL&FS credit gap in real estate — NBFC real estate lending dropped from INR 520 billion to INR 270 billion — by providing early-stage preferred and fully secured structured debt/equity products. The fund has a target corpus of INR 400 crore with a greenshoe option, 5-year tenor, minimum investment of INR 1 crore (or USD 200,000), investment horizon of 18–36 months per deal, and periodic returns with equity kicker. Focus areas include self-redevelopment, SRA projects and redevelopment in Mumbai, and open land developments in Pune. The fund's operational office is at 12th Floor, A Wing, Crescenzo Business District, G Block, BKC, Bandra East, Mumbai – 400051; SEBI registered address is A-903, Sunteck City Avenue II, Ram Mandir Road, Goregaon West, Mumbai – 400104.
Vijay Mohta
Fund managerFounder & Fund Manager / SEBI Contact Person
Post Graduate
Vijay Mohta is the Founder and Fund Manager of Finbridgeventures Private Limited with 23+ years of real estate finance experience. Career: Co-Founder & Fund Manager at Integrow Asset Management (Dec 2020–Mar 2022); Principal, Investment Banking at MGB Advisors LLP (Aug 2019–Nov 2020); Head of Business Development (Real Estate) at ECL Finance / Edelweiss Group (Apr 2017–Aug 2019); Lead Relationship Manager (Real Estate, Hospitality) at SBI Capital Markets / SBICAPS (Oct 2006–Apr 2017).
Himanshu Wadher
Team Member
Post Graduate
Himanshu Wadher has 20+ years in real estate finance. Career: CEO at Anand Rathi Global Finance (Aug–Nov 2022); Business Head – Real Estate at ICICI Home Finance (Apr 2019–May 2022); National Sales Head at Aditya Birla Finance (Feb 2012–Apr 2019); RSM Mortgages West at Standard Chartered Bank; AVP at MoneyLine Credit; roles at HDFC Bank and ICICI Home Finance.
Suresh Padmanabhan
Team Member
Suresh Padmanabhan has 20+ years across IT, BPO, HR, training, and real estate. Co-founder of ROI Projects India Pvt Ltd and Propbrowser Retail Advisory India Pvt Ltd (leased 800+ commercial buildings and 18 malls pan-India); Co-founder of Kreativ Design Studio (architecture for malls and retail). B.E. in Electronics Engineering; MBA.
Sumouli Banik
Team Member
Post Graduated
Sumouli Banik has 20+ years of experience across Yes Bank, JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Citibank, and Barclays.
Maitreyee Sheth
Team Member
Maitreyee Sheth is a Chartered Accountant with 3+ years of experience from Morningstar and ICICI.
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Saurabh Vaze
Team Member
Saurabh Vaze has 2+ years of experience from Motilal Oswal Alternates.
Gautam Chatterjee
Advisory Board Member (Regulatory)
Gautam Chatterjee is a retired IAS officer (Maharashtra cadre) and Gold Medalist in M.Sc. Mathematics from Patna University. He held leadership positions at MahaRERA (Chairperson), MHADA (CEO), SRA (CEO), and Dharavi Redevelopment Project (OSD), and also served as Principal Secretary of Maharashtra Housing Department, Joint Secretary (MoD), and Director General of Shipping. A post-graduate diploma in Urban Planning from IHS Rotterdam.
Sunil Srivastav
Advisory Board Member (BFSI)
Sunil Srivastav retired as Deputy Managing Director of Corporate Banking at State Bank of India with 38 years of experience in credit risk, project finance, corporate finance, international banking, investment banking, corporate strategy, and digital/retail banking. Management degree from FMS BHU; graduate of Delhi University.
Mahesh Mudda
Advisory Board Member (Construction)
Mahesh Mudda is MD & CEO of New Consolidated Construction Co. Ltd. (NCCCL). B.Com (Hons); Associate of the Institute of Cost and Executive Accountants (UK); Executive Development Programme from IIM Bangalore; Global Advanced Management Programme from ISB/Wharton. Chairman of WTO & ADB Committee of Builder's Association of India.
Augustine Selwyn
Advisory Board Member (Sales & Marketing)
Augustine J. Selwyn has 27 years in direct sales, marketing, customer service, franchising, and management consulting. Real estate roles include CEO of Evershine Builders Pvt Ltd and Director (Sales, Marketing, HR & Admin) at Terraform Realty (formerly Everest Developers). Speaker at CII, domestic and international real estate and marketing forums.
Sameep Padora
Advisory Board Member (Architecture & Design)
Sameep Padora is founder of sP+a (Sameep Padora & Associates), Mumbai, and Director of sPare research initiative. B.Arch from Mumbai (1996); post-graduate from Harvard GSD (2005). Awards include Wallpaper Magazine's single-family house of the year and WAN 21 for 21 Award for Emerging International Practices. Member of academic councils at multiple architectural schools and National Technical Committee of Habitat for Humanity India.
Karan Chauhan
Chartered Accountant
CA Chanchal Chaudhary
Chartered Accountant
Tisha Shah
Bachelor of Financial Markets
Mr. MSB Sudheer Babu
AdvisorMechanical Engineer, M. Tech and MBA (HR)
Mr. G Kamakshaiah
AdvisorGraduate
Mr. Prakash Ramaih Chintamaneni
AdvisorGraduate, CAIIB, PGDCS
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