About Us
We are a VC & strategic Family Office backed Investment Bank,
conceived to help identify investable whitespaces for VCs, Family Offices and Corporate VC Funds across
- Climate & Environment Technology solutions
- Enterprise Software
- Value Chain of Consumer Brands – Supply Chain – Retail-Tech
The word ‘Yugo’ is Japanese for ‘Fusion’. The cornerstone of Yugo Capital’s Foundation is the intent of delivering a blend of intellectual & financial capital to entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Our Backers
We are fortunate to be backed by VCs and Family Offices who share our vision and have become an active part of our journey.
The word ‘Yugo’ is Japanese for ‘Fusion’. The cornerstone of Yugo Capital’s Foundation is the intent of delivering a blend of intellectual & financial capital to entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Leadership
Mr. Rahul Gupta
Mr. Harsh Gupta
Mr. Karanbir Bhatia
Mr. Darshit Jain
Sajal Gupta
Core Philosophy
Deliver value with the fusion of intellectual & financial capital. We bring in sectoral expertise of operations & strategic corporate financial acumen of VC/PE/Banking professionals.
Operator VC Fundamentals in IB
Through our investment careers, we have focused on deploying capital in fundamentally sound assets and helping the founders fix the gaps in their businesses. We bring the same methodology to Yugo. We are hands on and help with Product Development/Mgmt., Product & Corp Marketing, Intellectual Capital Mgmt.
Research Driven Deal Making
Plugging the vacuum of research led technology trend discovery which forms the fundamentals of innovation & its commercialization.
Long Lifecycle association
We aim not only to capture deal making through Seed to Series B but we also look at driving strategic M&As.
Our Edge: For Entrepreneurs
Through our combined VC investment experience of over 4 decades, we have realized that there is a large gap between Innovation and Commercialization. Yugo helps entrepreneurs escape this ‘Valley of
Death’.
We focus on fundamentally strong businesses with product and/or business model innovation at their core. Most times, these are difficult to understand models and entrepreneurs need a partner who can share the vision, conviction and help them translate their complex solutions into formats which can be easily communicated to Investors.
Understand innovation, sector & industry depths
Ability to understand innovation, sector & industry depths. We are not boasting, we have had relevant operating, consulting & investing experience in the fields we work in
Technology & Product expertise to assess companies
Technology & Product expertise to assess companies
We don’t look at fundraising as a Single Isolated Event
We help leaders incorporate fundraising strategy into long term Corporate Strategy. Think of capital as a tool, accessed through multiple stages of fundraising
Deep relations with Corporate Venture Capital Funds
Deep relations with Corporate Venture Capital Funds & Family Offices to help understand strategic alignment of our client’s solutions to investment goals
Our Edge: For Investors
From our experiences as a VC, we realize that while most institutional investors have handsome deal flow, most transactions are not aligned with their thesis, objectives and portfolio design resulting in a very high rejection rate. This is more true for CVCs and Family Offices which view
transactions through an additional lens of longer corporate strategy alignment.
Yugo works closely with Investors to first understand their thesis in gravity and bring meaningful relevant investment opportunities which have the potential of driving healthy shareholder & stakeholder returns.
Here is what we try to assist investors with-
- Pre-validated models from an Innovation & commercialization point of view
- Research driven deal analysis & diligence
- For CVCs: Alignment of deals with Corporate Strategic Goals- innovation and/or diversification
- For FOs: Strong ability to understand overall portfolio thesis & allocation + Relevant deals from a Family business perspective
- Post Transaction portfolio management support & accountability
