Investing in exceptional Indian listed businesses
Prescient Capital (SEBI Regn No. INP100007286) is an India focused, public market investment firm that aims to generate attractive absolute risk adjusted return over the long term by investing only in high quality listed companies run by honest and competent management teams at valuations that offer significant margin of safety. The firm follows a rigorous research and due diligence process to evaluate business and management quality and then patiently waits to invest in high quality companies at attractive valuations that lowers risk of not only permanent capital loss but also sub par returns. Prescient Capital is founded by Sonal Minhas and Anubhav Mukherjee. The founders have a combined investing experience of more than 15 years at India's leading private equity firms, where they have generated cumulative return of 3x+ on corpus of 100 Mn $+ under personal advice. A significant portion of the founders' net worth is invested as per the same recommendations they offer to clients, and the firm aims to approach investment management with highest level of integrity, diligence, humility and intellectual curiosity.
Sorted by 3-year return. Returns are TWRR, net of fees; CAGR above 1 year.
PRESCIENTCAP INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLP
Anubhav Mukherjee
Founder
PGDM (IIM Lucknow), B.E. Computer Science (NSIT Delhi)
Anubhav has more than a decade of investing experience in Indian public equities at India's leading PE & VC firm SAIF Partners (Elevation Capital), which has more than 4Bn $ assets under management. At SAIF, his last role was a Principal in the investment team and he has extensive experience of the complete investing lifecycle across capital allocation, portfolio construction, position sizing, portfolio management and timing of exits. During his long investing career, he has built deep understanding of diverse sectors like pharma, IT services, consumer, engineering, infra, auto & ancillaries, cement, etc. At SAIF, Anubhav has led investment in companies like Atul, Persistent Systems, Mindtree, Supreme Industries, Ratnamani Metals & Tube, etc. He has evaluated more than 300 listed companies and has identified several multi-baggers like Vinati Organics, Ajanta pharma, Eicher motors, TD Power, Birlasoft, FIEM Industries, Granules and Suprajit Engineering. Prior to pursuing his MBA, he was part of the core technologies team at Adobe Systems. He has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Lucknow, where he was awarded the Director's medal for academic excellence, and a B.E. in Computer Science (Merit Scholar) from NSIT, Delhi.
Sonal Minhas
Founder
PGDM (Indian School of Business), Civil Engineering (IIT Kanpur)
Sonal's decade long career spans across entrepreneurship, investment management and investment banking. In his last role, Sonal was leading a food-tech venture, which he exited/sold in 2018. He has led consumer, financial services and B2B investments at SAIF Partners (Elevation Capital) and AIF Capital. During his investing career that includes both public and private investing, he has actively led investments, represented his funds on the boards of portfolio companies, very closely worked with managements and led exits. At SAIF Partners, he has led investments in KDDL, Industry Buying, Blue Star, Orient Electric amongst others. At AIF Capital, he has led/managed successful investments in: Bharti Infratel, RBL and Catholic Syrian Bank. He has evaluated more than 300 listed and unlisted companies and has identified several multibaggers like Cera Sanitaryware, Relaxo, La Opala, TVS Motors, Indian Terrain, Indigo Paints, NGL Fine Chem, Sharda Cropchem, Mphasis, Canfin Homes and RBL. He has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian School of Business, where he was a Dean's scholar and was awarded the Torch Bearer award for winning the maximum number of competitions across B-schools in India, and has done his Civil Engineering from IIT Kanpur. He has been actively managing his personal portfolio of investments in Indian listed companies since 2007.
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Sumit Kumar
Heads the Compliance and Operations team
Bachelor's degree in commerce (Delhi University), Master's (IGNOU)
Sumit, heads the Compliance and Operations team at Prescient Capital. He oversees client onboarding, filing reports, stock & trade orders and other related work. He is a seasoned professional with a rich background in Compliance and Operations, boasting nearly 2 years of hands-on experience at Banyan Capital Advisors LLP, a registered PMS, and an additional 4 years in a Family Office.
Chinmay Nema
Chinmay joined the Investment team at Prescient in 2023. Previously, he was a part of the portfolio risk team at Deutsche Bank's Mumbai office. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani and has cleared all three levels of the CFA program.
Ikshit Katoch
Ikshit’s role in Prescient Capital is to oversee day to day financial control functions of the fund. He overseas fund accounting, capital movement and internal accounting functions of Prescient Capital.
Vansh Gupta
Research Analyst
PGDM (International Management Institute, New Delhi), CFA Program (two levels cleared)
Vansh joined Prescient Capital as a Research Analyst in 2025. Prior to this, he worked as a Senior Consultant at Kroll in the Portfolio Valuation division, where he led independent valuations of private equity portfolios. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the International Management Institute, New Delhi, and has cleared two levels of the CFA Program.
Jalaj Manocha
Investment team
CFA charterholder, PGDM (MDI Gurgaon), Engineering degree (Thapar University)
Jalaj joined the Investment team at Prescient in 2026. Before that, he was with SVAN Investments, where he tracked the IT/ITes & EMS sector for ~3 years. He brings in rich corporate experience and has worked with Mindtree, Yes Bank and American Express. He has a PGDM in Management from MDI, Gurgaon and an Engineering degree from Thapar University. He is a CFA charter holder.
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