500 Cr+
Advised across private markets
Curated private market opportunities built to improve decision quality before capital commitment.
Fund diligence
Every fund checked before it reaches you.
Every fund goes through structured checks on track record, terms and downside, so you get a clear verdict, not a sales pitch.
What brings investors to us
The pattern behind most first conversations.
Direct, no-commission model
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Our model is flexible and transparent. When you invest through Rupeia, you pay us no commission. Access comes at zero cost to you.
Who this is for
For investors, families and institutions deciding where private markets belong in their portfolio.
01 / 05
Founders
For founders who have recently sold shares, sold their company, or cashed out ESOPs, and now want a more deliberate plan for that money instead of leaving it sitting idle.
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Our 3-year journey
Three years of work.
Built through research, mandates and long-term client relationships across private markets.
20232026
22.5%
Blended net returns per year across client portfolios
300+
Individuals and families served
50
CVC and family-office mandates completed
250+
Tier-1 funds analysed across private markets
20
Countries served
Historical blended figures are not a promise or guarantee of future performance. Outcomes vary by mandate, vehicle, timing, fees and market conditions.
Why Rupeia
Rupeia against the usual private-market model.
What a brand is paid for shapes what it puts in front of you. We don't hold any fund or deal inventory of our own, so nothing here gets pushed to clear a shelf.
| Rupeia | Other platforms | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts with your mandate, not an existing shelfSee the mandate-first approach | ||
| Zero commission charged to you | ||
| Downside stated before you commit | ||
| Monitoring continues after the transaction closes | ||
| No fund inventory of our own to move | ||
| Access to VC, PE and private credit funds | ||
| Direct equity and credit deal access alongside funds | ||
| No cost to explore or compare opportunities | ||
| Works with founders, family offices and corporates |
"Other platforms" describes common practice across distributor and placement-led private-market platforms.
Advisory scope
We don't sell products marketed as wealth-builders. We research private-market options and help you decide.
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Venture Capital Fund
Gross IRR 20-25%Lock-in 8-10 years
For investors who want exposure to early-stage, high-growth companies through an experienced fund manager, instead of picking individual startups themselves.
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Accel
Lightspeed
Peak XV Partners
Nexus Venture Partners
Blume Ventures
Z47Independent reports
Each report checks the opportunity's terms, risks, evidence and unanswered questions from the investor's point of view.
We study each opportunity carefully and skeptically, looking at the actual terms and structure, not the sales pitch.
These reports help you compare, verify or rule out an opportunity. They don't push products. Each one lays out the terms, risks and open questions before you commit capital.
IC note
Bellatrix Aerospace IC Note
What has to go right before Bellatrix can justify its valuation, and which technical, customer and funding risks are still unverified.
Open report
Fund report
Accel India Fund VIII VC Report
A close look at Accel India Fund VIII: manager quality, portfolio construction, and whether access alone is reason enough to commit family capital.
Open report
Fund comparison
India Seed VC Comparison
Compares India's leading seed funds side by side, so brand reputation doesn't stand in for real differences in strategy, pace, downside and manager quality.
Open report
Secondary
Razorpay Pre-IPO Secondary
Checks entry price, liquidity, ownership transfer and the questions worth asking before a Razorpay secondary purchase looks like an opportunity.
Open report
Focus areas
Sectors where we look past the story to the operating and financial evidence.
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AI infrastructure and enterprise software
Compute, data pipelines and enterprise workflow tools built to last beyond the current hype cycle.
Journal
Start with the basics, in plain language.
Getting Started with Private Markets
The basics of risk, reward and how to prepare.
Venture Funds Explained
Types, stages, and how to compare one fund with another.
Equity Deals: Risk and Reward
Owning a direct stake, from the earliest stage onward.
Credit Deals: Risk and Reward
Lending directly to a business, and what makes a loan safer.
Numbers, Fees and Tax, Explained Simply
IRR, DPI, TVPI, MOIC, carry fees and AIF taxation.
Fee drag calculator
See how private-market fees change the final outcome before the fund closes.
This assumes management and operating fees are charged annually on committed capital, setup fee is charged once, carry is charged on gross profit and tax is applied at 12.5% on net profit after fees.
Fund value after 7 years
₹3,79,46,973
Gross pre-fee value ₹4,76,83,716
Total profit
₹2,79,46,973
Net IRR 20.99%
Total fee drag
₹97,36,743
IRR loss 4.01%
After tax remaining amount
₹3,44,53,601
After-tax CAGR 19.33%
7 year movement
How the money moved across gross, net and after-tax value
CAGR comparison
Fund modeled at 25.00% CAGR
better than public market by 13.00%
better than real estate by 14.00%
better than commodities by 13.50%
This comparison is done asset by asset on total value from the same starting commitment: Fund at the modeled fund CAGR, Public Markets at 12%, Real Estate at 11% and Commodities at 11.5%.
Testimonials
How demand-side private-market conversations usually sound when the work is actually useful.
01 · FOUNDER
Bengaluru"I had capital after a liquidity event, but not enough clarity on which managers actually deserved a long lock-up. The process slowed the decision down in the right way and made the final allocation easier to defend."
Aarav Mehta
Founder, Bengaluru
02 · NRI
London"From outside India the noise is the hardest part. What helped was having someone organize what mattered, what was still unverified and what did not belong in the first commitment at all."
Rhea Bansal
NRI, London
03 · CORPORATE
Mumbai"I did not need another alternatives brochure. I needed a cleaner way to think about ticket size, pacing and what part of my own capital should realistically go into illiquid funds."
Kabir Arora
Corporate, Mumbai
04 · FAMILY OFFICE
Surat"The most useful part was not access. It was getting the older AIFs, the new manager meetings and the family’s comfort level into one decision framework instead of treating each opportunity separately."
Naina Shah
Family Office, Surat
05 · CVC
Delhi"Internal discussions improved because the research note was cleaner than the manager presentation. It gave the team a better basis for comparison before the opportunity went any further."
Arjun Khanna
CVC, Delhi
Common questions