Gaja Alternative Asset Management

About company

Gaja Alternative Asset Management Limited was started in April 1999. It is an Indian owned alternative asset management company. In simple words, it collects money from large investors and invests that money in Indian companies through funds. It manages and advises Category I and Category II AIFs registered in India as well as offshore funds that invest in India. The company invests mainly in mid sized companies in areas such as education, energy and environment, financial services, consumer products and digital technology. It runs the Gaja Capital Funds, which include Fund II, Fund III and Fund IV, and has investors from more than 20 countries. The company earns in three ways, through management fees on the money it manages, through carried interest which is a share of the profit when a fund does well, and through gains on its own money invested in those funds. As on 31 March 2026 it had put in about Rs 274 crore of its own money as sponsor commitment, which is 6.41% of the total size of the Gaja Capital Funds. It follows an invest and collaborate approach and works with its portfolio companies on product, sales, hiring and finance. As on 31 March 2026 it had 37 people, including 23 permanent and 14 contract employees.