Human flourishing across emerging markets.

Kaizenvest is an emerging markets asset manager tackling the most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges through strategic investment.

Since our founding in 2011, we havedeployed over $175 millionacross private equity (PE)and blended finance structures across South & South-East Asia and in Sub-Saharan Africa.
What began as India's first education-focused private equity fund has evolved into a comprehensive human economic mobility strategy.

We invest in growth-stage companies building the education-to employment pipelines, improving access to quality healthcare, and financial inclusion that unlock human economic mobility across Asia.




Our raison d’être is the conviction that social and economic mobility is driven by access to quality education and healthcare for individuals, and the financial inclusion of SMEs—a nation’s primary engine for job creation. We back the visionary founders building the companies that deliver these outcomes.































Capital that Drives
Job Creation
Our investment strategy has centred on backing category-defining entrepreneurs running growth-stage enterprises in the impact sectors. By creating high-quality jobs, these founders drive the human economic mobility that underpins both human flourishing and consistent investor returns.



Investing in our
founders.
Investing in our founders.
Innovators are the engine of job creation and social mobility. With 15+ years of sector-specific cycles navigated, we provide more than just capital; we work with founders to achieve sustainable growth in the development economy.
Impact Rooted in Data.
Our portfolio demonstrates that financial excellence and social scale go hand-in-hand. To date, our companies have met rigorous performance benchmarks while expanding educational access to 10.5 million learners and generating 9,100+ jobs across Asia and Africa.

152,000+
Student Enrollments with 70% from low-income households.

3.1M+
Students reached through school financing. 60% from low-income communities.

10M+
Tonnes of waste collected & processed. 144k tonnes of CO2 offset.

5,000+
Students placed in foreign universities.
80,000+
Graduates and 96% placement rate.

18,000+
Students acquired English-Language training

10.5 M+

37%

5,000+

> 2x

9,100+

3.9 M+

55%

10.5 M+

37%

5,000+

> 2x

9,100+

3.9 M+

55%

10.5 M+

37%

5,000+

> 2x

9,100+

3.9 M+

55%
Meet The Team
Global Presence, Local Expertise. With strategic bases in APAC, Africa, and the GCC our team is embedded in the world’s premier innovation hubs. We bring together visionaries and operators united by a single mission: harnessing technology to transform how the world learns and earns.

Hester Spiegel
Venture Partner

Jens Zimmermann
Advisor

Sunil-Sinha
Advisor

Ryoya Hoshino
Education Advisor

Kyoya Okazawa
Advisor

Koji Takahashi
Advisor

Vicki Phillips
Advisor

Alef Meulenberg
Advisor

Oliver Dick

Nirav Khambhati
Affiliate Partner

Siddhi Ved
Finance

Gaurav Jain
Partner

Hester Spiegel
Venture Partner

Jens Zimmermann
Advisor

Sunil-Sinha
Advisor

Ryoya Hoshino
Education Advisor

Kyoya Okazawa
Advisor

Koji Takahashi
Advisor

Vicki Phillips
Advisor

Alef Meulenberg
Advisor

Oliver Dick

Nirav Khambhati
Affiliate Partner

Siddhi Ved
Finance

Gaurav Jain
Partner

Hester Spiegel
Venture Partner

Jens Zimmermann
Advisor

Sunil-Sinha
Advisor

Ryoya Hoshino
Education Advisor

Kyoya Okazawa
Advisor

Koji Takahashi
Advisor

Vicki Phillips
Advisor

Alef Meulenberg
Advisor

Oliver Dick

Nirav Khambhati
Affiliate Partner

Siddhi Ved
Finance

Gaurav Jain
Partner

Raj Shastri
Advisor

Alex Ng
Advisor

Naina Batra
Advisor

Claudia Zeisberger
Advisor

Mike Michalec
Advisor

Matthias Tietze
Advisor

John Tan
Venture Partner

Shaun Wee
AVP

Marjon Irani
Partner

Jetu Lalvani
Managing Partner

Sandeep Aneja
Founder And Managing Partner

Raj Shastri
Advisor

Alex Ng
Advisor

Naina Batra
Advisor

Claudia Zeisberger
Advisor

Mike Michalec
Advisor

Matthias Tietze
Advisor

John Tan
Venture Partner

Shaun Wee
AVP

Marjon Irani
Partner

Jetu Lalvani
Managing Partner

Sandeep Aneja
Founder And Managing Partner

Raj Shastri
Advisor

Alex Ng
Advisor

Naina Batra
Advisor

Claudia Zeisberger
Advisor

Mike Michalec
Advisor

Matthias Tietze
Advisor

John Tan
Venture Partner

Shaun Wee
AVP

Marjon Irani
Partner

Jetu Lalvani
Managing Partner

Sandeep Aneja
Founder And Managing Partner
Our Commitment To Research
Our investment philosophy is informed by years of collaboration with the likes of World Bank, ADB, and UNICEF. These partnerships have built a proprietary body of knowledge that guides our strategy and ensures our capital creates meaningful change

Kaizenvest & INSEAD Symposium 2018


















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