Cat III · Managed by Oculus Capital
Eye for Detail. Eye for Analysis. Eye for Risk Management.
Complex or leveraged strategies — long-short, hedge-fund-style and quant funds. Often open-ended, within SEBI leverage limits.
Oculus Capital Alternative Investment Fund is a SEBI-registered Category III Alternative Investment Fund managed by Oculus Capital Advisors LLP, based at A-909-911, Kailas Business Park, Veer Savarkar Marg, Vikhroli West, Mumbai 400079. The fund was launched in July 2021 and has established itself as one of India's top-performing Category III AIFs, delivering over 100% return (compared to Nifty 500's 59% over the same period) and a compound annual growth rate of approximately 20% since inception, with a beta of 0.89. The fund's name, Oculus (Latin for 'eye'), reflects its core emphasis on vigilant analysis, in-depth research, and continuous risk monitoring. The fund invests in Indian listed equities across large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap segments with balanced sectoral allocation. It is co-managed by Mayank Bajaj, the Fund Manager (formerly Head of Equity Investments at Axis Bank), and Ankit Sonkhiya, Co-Fund Manager and Head of Research (formerly with J.P. Morgan Investment Banking in New York). The fund's SCORES ID is AIF00746.
Mayank Bajaj
Fund managerFund Manager
Chartered Accountant
Mayank with 18 years of work-ex has done PGDM in Finance from XIM, Bhubaneswar and is a Chartered Accountant. Before joining Oculus in 2019, he was heading the Equity Investments desk at Axis Bank and was involved in identifying investment and trading opportunities in the Indian stock markets. Also till 2010, he was part of the investment banking team at Axis Bank.
Ankit Sonkhiya
Fund managerCo-Fund Manager & Head of Research
CFA (USA)
Ankit with 18 years of work-ex in the financial services industry including investment banking, has done PGDM in Finance from XIM, Bhubaneswar and is a CFA (USA). He is a founding partner at Oculus and is involved in developing equity strategies, generating stock ideas using macro and micro analysis. Before Oculus, he worked with J.P. Morgan (Investment Banking) in New York, handling various M&A and financing assignments.
Abhisek Bhutra
Investment Strategist
Chartered Accountant
Abhisek is a Chartered Accountant with experience in capital markets of over 13 years. With deep industry connect, he specializes in financial statement analysis, forensic accounting, reference checks and scuttlebutt. Prior to Oculus, he was working as an Independent Market Expert and was a Practicing Chartered Accountant.
Mona Bajaj
Operations and Risk Management
Mona has done PGDM, Finance from XIM, Bhubaneswar. Mona has over 17 years of experience in macro research & asset allocation for Asset Management businesses including CRISIL and Morningstar. As a co-founder, Mona handles client relations, product structuring, recommending asset allocation instruments and heads risk management and process control.
Bhavini Shah
Compliance Officer
Bhavini has 23+ years' experience in operations with 16+ years in Financial Market with institutions like HDFC, Religare, and Standard Chartered Securities Ltd. She has done her M.com in finance from Mumbai University.
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Sandeep Raj
Investment Analyst and Compliance Professional
Sandeep has 8+ years of experience in Capital Market Advisory. He was previously with ExeEns Capital Advisors. His advisory domains include M&A, Buybacks, Due Diligence, Valuation and Industry Research.
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