Oorja Capital Trust is a SEBI-registered Category II Alternative Investment Fund registered on 18 February 2016, managed by Oorja Finance Advisors Services India Private Limited (CIN: U74900KA2015PTC083385), a Bangalore-based investment management firm. The fund was established by the founding partners of Seedfund, India's pioneering early-stage venture capital firm, as a next-generation vehicle to invest in consumer internet and technology startups. According to Inc42 reporting from 2015, Seedfund partners including Bharati Jacob, Pravin Gandhi, Sanjay Anandram, Paula Mariwala, and Shailesh Vikram Singh planned to launch the fund as 'Oorja Capital'. The fund's registered address at A-32, Shefali Apartments, Aga Abbas Ali Road, Ulsoor, Bangalore 560042 corresponds to the addresses of both the fund manager and the trustee entity (Oorja Finance Advisors Services India (Trustee) Private Limited, CIN U74900KA2015PTC083773). The SEBI contact person is Bharati P. Jacob (bharati@oorjacapital.com), a renowned venture investor who co-founded Seedfund in 2006 and is known for early investments in redBus and other iconic Indian startups. Bharati Jacob began her investing career with Infinity Ventures (2000), then established Lazard India's South India operations, before co-founding Seedfund.
Bharati Jacob
Founder-Partner, Managing Partner
Bharati P. Jacob is the SEBI contact person for Oorja Capital Trust and a director of Oorja Finance Advisors Services India (Trustee) Private Limited. She is a veteran venture investor and Co-Founder of Seedfund, India's leading early-stage VC fund (co-founded 2006 with Pravin Gandhi and Mahesh Murthy). Notable Seedfund investments include redBus (sold to Naspers — one of India's top VC deals by return), Edusports, Jeeves, and Axisrooms. Prior to Seedfund, she was a Principal at Infinity Ventures. Before that, she established and ran the Southern India operations of investment bank Lazard India. She holds degrees from Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), XLRI, and the University of Delhi.
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