Rising Straits Capital

Gaurav Rakyan is Managing Director and India Head of Rising Straits Capital, and the designated SEBI contact person for the 360 Rising Straits Capital Fund. He has over 20 years of experience in real estate investment management and capital raising. Prior to Rising Straits Capital, he was Managing Director at Red Fort Capital (predecessor firm to Rising Straits), successfully closing numerous transactions. Earlier he worked in business advisory and management consulting at EY across real estate, hospitality, and construction. He holds an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of International Business and has completed CFA Level 1. He is a Designated Partner of Rising Straits Capital Advisors LLP (LLPIN: AAC-9966).

The firm is led by Subhash Bedi. Subhash Bedi is serial entrepreneur and professional institutional investment manager. He founded Rising Straits Capital and earlier Red Fort Capital as a General Partner. Earlier in his career, he founded Krista International, a management consulting firm focused on advising private equity firms on cross-border investment strategies and EthnicGrocer.com, an ecommerce firm focused on Hispanic, Chinese and Indian communities backed by leading Silicon Valley venture firms. Mr. Bedi is on the board of multiple companies across Asia, an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year and a Chicago Crain's Forty under Forty award recipient. In addition, he has been a regular speaker at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He has been listed as one of the 100 most influential people of the decade in global real estate by PERE.

Rachita Rakyan is a Designated Partner of Rising Straits Capital Advisors LLP (LLPIN: AAC-9966), the advisory entity within the Rising Straits group.