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Investment Strategy

Growth Capital With
Conviction & Purpose

Our strategy is clear: partner with profitable, governance-ready Indian SMEs, build institutional depth through an active operational playbook, and create sustainable value over a 3–5 year partnership horizon.

Investment Philosophy

What We Look For

We focus on a specific, well-defined segment of India's economy: profitable mid-market enterprises with strong fundamentals, proven business models, and clear pathways to public markets — where our capital and operational expertise can create the most meaningful impact.

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What We Seek in a Company

  • Established profitability with track record of earnings growth over 3+ years
  • Dominant position within a defined market vertical or geography
  • Professional promoter/management team with credible succession depth
  • Clean regulatory and compliance history — zero tolerance for grey areas
  • Scalable business model with identifiable levers for the next growth phase
  • Clear and credible growth pathway — organic, through partnerships, or via new geographies
  • Asset-light or capex-efficient model enabling reinvestment-funded growth
  • Honest, aligned, and accessible promoter team — culture of governance openness
Our Edge

Value Creation
Playbook

We are not passive capital. From day one, Krit works as an embedded operational partner — executing a six-pillar programme designed to transform good SMEs into great, investor-grade businesses built for sustainable long-term growth.

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Leadership Deepening

We recruit CFOs, COOs, and domain experts from listed peers — giving portfolio companies the institutional-grade management layer that public market investors demand before backing a listing.

Outcome: Board-ready management team
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Financial Systemization

Monthly MIS reporting, internal audit programmes, and board-level financial oversight built to the standards expected by SEBI, rating agencies, and institutional investors.

Outcome: Audit-ready financials
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Governance Upgrade

Appointment of Big 10 audit firms, independent directors, and robust compliance frameworks. Governance transformation is a priority — not a checkbox — and begins on day one of our engagement.

Outcome: Listed-company governance standards
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Brand & IR Readiness

Crafting the investor relations narrative, building brand credibility, and driving institutional media visibility — ensuring the company enters the public market with strong analyst and investor recognition.

Outcome: Investor-grade business narrative
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Strategic Growth Enablement

JV structuring, export market entry, disciplined capex planning, and strategic partnership development — expanding the story beyond current operations to justify public market valuations.

Outcome: Wider revenue base & higher multiples
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Scale & Market Expansion

Identifying new geographies, distribution partnerships, and strategic alliances — expanding the SME beyond its current market to build a compelling and diversified revenue story for the next phase of growth.

Outcome: Wider market reach & scalable revenues
Our SME Selection Process

How We Filter
for Quality

Our screening is designed to surface India's highest-quality SMEs from a wide pipeline. We apply a people-and-culture lens first, then validate with financial and sector analysis before proceeding to investment committee.

What Qualifies a Deal

  • Established, profitable operations with consistent earnings track record
  • Sector leadership or strong regional dominance in addressable market
  • Promoter openness to governance improvements and institutional oversight
  • Identifiable path to the next stage of scale — organic, partnership-led, or through new markets
  • Growth capital requirement aligned to Krit's investment range — typically ₹15–100 Cr
  • Realistic, fair valuation that reflects the business's current fundamentals — not speculative future potential
  • Strong sectoral tailwinds with structural growth visibility
  • Management team with depth to sustain scale post-investment

What We Do Not Invest In

  • Early-stage or pre-revenue startups — we invest in proven profitability
  • Companies with unresolved regulatory, legal, or compliance issues
  • Businesses dependent on a single client or government contract
  • Companies where the promoter is not genuinely open to governance reform
  • Capital-intensive businesses with no clear path to cash flow positivity
  • Sectors or models with no clear path to sustainable profitability
  • Situations where the promoter is not genuinely committed to long-term partnership
Liquidity Pathways

Four Pathways to
Liquidity

We invest with a clear liquidity plan, but remain flexible in how and when returns are generated. Capital return follows value creation — and we maintain four well-defined channels for structured liquidity.

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Public Listing

Listing on BSE/NSE mainboard or SME board — a natural milestone for governance-ready SMEs that have scaled to institutional standards, unlocking broader capital access.

Public Markets
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Secondary Sale

Sale of Krit's stake to a larger PE fund, family office, or institutional investor seeking an established, de-risked SME with a proven growth track record.

Institutional Exit
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Reverse Merger / SPAC

Structured merger into a listed shell or SPAC vehicle — a faster path to public market status for companies with strong fundamentals but early-stage IPO readiness.

Alternative Route
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Strategic M&A

Sale to a strategic acquirer — domestic or international — at a premium valuation. Particularly relevant for companies in sectors with active consolidation dynamics.

Opportunistic
Illustrative SME Value Creation

Valuation Re-Rating
Across Sectors

The following represent anonymized examples of the type of SME value creation opportunities our strategy targets — drawn from real market transactions across Krit's sectors of focus. All figures are illustrative.

Infrastructure · Water EPC
₹450 Cr → ~₹1,500 Cr

3.3× valuation re-rating in progress ahead of next institutional round. Driven by order book growth and governance upgrade.

SME Growth
Infrastructure · Rail
₹300 Cr → ~₹800 Cr

Significant re-rating on back of sector tailwinds, expanding order pipeline, and improved institutional visibility.

SME Growth
Manufacturing · Iron & Steel
₹800 Cr → IPO ₹3,500 Cr

4.4× re-rating delivered at mainboard IPO. Governance restructuring and brand investment directly drove listing premium.

Public Listing
Technology · Geospatial
Entry 9× PE → Peers 50–60× PE

Entered at deep discount to sector multiple. Public market comparables trading at 5–6× the entry multiple, indicating substantial embedded upside.

SME Growth
Energy · Renewable
₹2,500 Cr → ₹12,500 Cr

5× re-rating driven by renewable capacity scale-up and strategic M&A. Thesis validated through portfolio growth and sectoral recognition.

Strategic M&A
Energy · Renewable EPC
₹1,000 Cr → ₹5,000 Cr

5× re-rating ahead of next fundraise. Institutionalization of operations and management team depth drove valuation expansion.

Growth Round
Technology · Data Infrastructure
₹2,200 Cr → IPO ₹5–6,000 Cr

2.5–2.7× re-rating at IPO. Strong data infrastructure narrative and BRLM engagement drove robust institutional subscription.

Public Listing
Capital Goods · Industrial Mfg
Entry 10× TTM → Listed Peers 40×

Entered at TTM PE of 10; comparable listed companies trade at 40× — evidencing 4× embedded multiple expansion at IPO.

SME Growth

All transactions shown are representative and anonymized for illustrative purposes. Company names withheld. Past performance or comparable transactions do not guarantee future results.

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Is Your SME Ready to Grow?

We work closely with investment bankers, advisors, and founder communities to source proprietary opportunities. If you have a company that fits our criteria, we would like to hear from you.