Investors
Entrepreneurial drive.
Institutional backing.
Ascent Capital partnered with Symbio in 2021, marking an important inflection point in the company's journey from a bootstrapped business into an institutionally backed pharmaceutical manufacturing platform.
The partnership brought together Symbio's customer and operating experience with the institutional perspective required to build for the long term.
Our partner
Private equity · Investing in India since 2008
A leading India-focused private equity firm.
Ascent Capital is a leading India-focused private equity firm with US$600 million+ in assets under management and a long track record of partnering with entrepreneurs and growth businesses across healthcare, technology, consumer and financial services.
Its portfolio includes several well-known Indian businesses that have built significant positions within their respective sectors.
Selected Ascent portfolio companies
The people
Partners guiding our journey.
Raja Kumar
Founder & Managing Partner, Ascent Capital
Raja has over two decades of investing experience in India across venture capital and private and public equity, and is associated with several successful private-equity-backed companies such as BigBasket, now a Tata enterprise, Acko Insurance and Alivira Animal Health.
Deepak Gowda
Partner, Ascent Capital · Board Member, Symbio Generics
A founding member and partner at Ascent Capital, Deepak has been actively investing in India for over 15 years across healthcare and technology. He works hand-in-hand with entrepreneurs at a strategic and operating level, guiding them into the next phase of their growth, and serves on the boards of companies including Naari, Daya Hospitals, Pivot Path and Haber.