Investing with Patience.
Building with Purpose.

Santalum Capital Partners is a platform focused on principal investments and investment banking for founder-led and middle-market businesses.

Who We Are

Santalum Capital Partners is an investment and advisory firm that invests as principals and advises founder-led and middle-market businesses on strategic transactions.

We invest in businesses with enduring potential and advise on significant transactions, including acquisitions, capital raising, and ownership transitions. Every engagement is guided by an investor’s discipline, an owner’s perspective, and an advisor’s rigor.

Our experience spans private equity, venture capital, investment banking, and corporate finance, enabling us to deliver thoughtful advice and disciplined execution throughout the investment lifecycle.

We are selective in the opportunities we pursue, partnering where our capital, expertise, and relationships can contribute to long-term value creation.

Our Platform

Two disciplines, one point of view.

Principal Investments

Investing our own capital

Direct principal investing alongside exceptional founders and management teams — including operating platforms we build and scale under majority ownership where applicable — and partnerships with family offices who share our long-term orientation.

Investment Banking

Advising on transactions

Advising businesses on mergers & acquisitions, capital raising and strategic transactions.

Investments

Where we've put capital to work.

Operating Platform

Capgen

Operating Platform

Acculeap

Operating Platform

Interra IT

Operating Platform

AWO

Portfolio Investment

Apnamart

Portfolio Investment

Visit Health

Portfolio Investment

Glider AI

Portfolio Investment

Biofuels Junction

Portfolio Investment

ScanPay

Portfolio Investment

SciSpace

Portfolio Investment

Lincode

Sectors

Where we focus.

Technology
Business Services
Healthcare
Financial Services
Contact

Start a conversation.

Emailinfo@santalumcapital.com
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Office — Bangalore 4th Floor, Suryalaya, Basavanagudi
Bangalore – 560004
Office — San Jose The Almaden, 99 S Almaden Blvd, Suite 600
San Jose, CA 95113
Office — Houston 12603 Southwest Freeway, Suite 555
Stafford, Texas 77477
About

Investing with Patience.
Building with Purpose.

Our Story

Santalum Capital Partners was built on a simple conviction: the firms that advise transactions well are the firms that understand ownership first. We invest as principals and advise as bankers, bringing the same long-term thinking to every relationship. Our work rests on disciplined capital allocation, alignment with the founders and management teams we partner with, and a belief that enduring businesses are built over years, not quarters.

Investment Philosophy

Four principles that guide our work.

01

Long-Term Partnerships

We build enduring relationships with founders, entrepreneurs and investors.

02

Selective Investments

We pursue opportunities where our experience, network and disciplined approach can create meaningful long-term value.

03

Execution Excellence

We combine investing experience with transaction execution to deliver thoughtful, practical advice.

04

Integrity & Independence

Every decision is guided by long-term thinking, alignment of interests and disciplined execution.

Senior Advisors & Operating Partners

A distinguished network across investing and industry.

Our network of senior advisors and operating partners brings decades of experience across investing, entrepreneurship and industry leadership. Their insights, relationships and operational expertise strengthen our ability to support founders, management teams and investors.

Our Professionals

The team that delivers our work.

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Shivdarshan TJ, CFA

Managing Partner

Shivdarshan is a Chartered Accountant and CFA Charterholder with experience spanning Investment Banking, Equity Research and Private Equity. His background includes roles at Morgan Stanley, Alliance Bernstein (UK), and Khetal Advisors (Singapore), where he advised on corporate finance and cross-border transactions across international markets. He was part of the founding team at Disruptors Capital, a San Francisco and Bengaluru-based venture capital firm, and continues to serve as a General Partner. He works closely with founders and management teams across both the investing and advisory activities of the platform.

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Nayana KN

Managing Partner

Nayana is a Chartered Accountant and an alumna of the National Law School, Bangalore. Her experience spans management consulting and transaction advisory, with a background at Deloitte, where she advised businesses on strategic, financial and tax matters. She works closely with founders and leadership teams, helping businesses navigate growth, fundraising, and operational challenges.

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Mayank Bhimani

Assistant Vice President

Mayank is a Chartered Accountant who leads the transactions team, focusing on investment banking, transaction advisory, due diligence, and deal execution. He works closely with clients and the team to guide transactions from evaluation through execution, bringing analytical rigor and disciplined execution to every engagement.

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Vaseem Mohammed

Senior Associate

Vaseem leads due diligence and transaction execution support at Santalum. With experience in the Transaction Advisory team at Cohen & Co. (US), he brings a disciplined approach to financial analysis, combining analytical precision with a deep understanding of the value drivers that shape investment decisions.

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Hemanth K B

Associate

Hemanth is a Chartered Accountant specializing in due diligence and transaction advisory. His background includes consulting experience at Ernst & Young (EY), bringing analytical discipline and a thoughtful approach to evaluating businesses and transactions.

Global Experience

Cross-border by experience, not by footprint.

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India
Singapore
Sector Focus

Where our experience runs deepest.

Technology

Advising and investing across software, infrastructure and technology-enabled businesses.

  • IT Services
  • B2B SaaS

Healthcare

Partnering with healthcare services and platform businesses across their growth.

  • Diagnostics
  • Hospital Chains
  • Geriatric Care

Financial Services

Advising financial services businesses on capital, strategy and transactions.

  • Advisory
  • KPO
  • BPO

Business Services

Supporting founder-led services businesses through growth and ownership transitions.

  • Human Capital
  • Tech-Enabled Services
Investments

Investing alongside exceptional founders and management teams.

Our investment philosophy is built on long-term partnership, operational expertise and capital discipline, working closely with the businesses we back.

Our Investments

Where we've put capital to work.

Finance & Accounting
Operating Platform

Capgen

Finance, accounting and value-creation advisory serving private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies.

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Majority
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Business Services
Operating Platform

Acculeap

A finance and business services platform supporting growing companies with core operating functions.

Founded
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Stage
Majority
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Technology Services
Operating Platform

Interra IT

Technology services and consulting for clients navigating data, engineering and digital transformation.

Founded
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Stage
Majority
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Diagnostic & Healthcare Services
Operating Platform

AWO

A healthcare platform providing diagnostic and patient care services, with a focus on expanding access across diagnostics, blood banking, and post-operative care.

Founded
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Stage
Majority
Consumer
Portfolio Investment

Apnamart

Apnamart is a Santalum Capital Partners portfolio investment. A verified company description is pending and will be added once confirmed by the Apnamart team.

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Healthcare
Portfolio Investment

Visit Health

Visit Health is a health-tech platform delivering wellness and outpatient (OPD) care through a cashless network of medical service providers, expanding access to affordable healthcare benefits.

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HR Tech
Portfolio Investment

Glider AI

Glider AI is a conversational AI talent platform that helps organizations verify identity, validate skills, conduct interviews, and develop talent — unifying recruiting and workforce development in one system.

Founded
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Stage
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CleanTech
Portfolio Investment

Biofuels Junction

Biofuels Junction delivers integrated biomass supply chain and steam-as-a-service solutions, helping industrial facilities replace furnace oil with sustainable biofuels across sourcing, manufacturing, and plant operations.

Founded
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Stage
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FinTech
Portfolio Investment

ScanPay

ScanPay provides one-tap, on-site payment and invoicing tools for field-service professionals, enabling contractors and technicians to collect payments with fewer chargebacks and lower fees.

Founded
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Stage
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Research Technology
Portfolio Investment

SciSpace

SciSpace is an AI research assistant for academics, helping researchers run systematic literature reviews across hundreds of millions of papers and write fully cited papers faster.

Founded
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Stage
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Industrial AI
Portfolio Investment

Lincode

Lincode builds an AI-powered visual inspection platform for manufacturers, enabling real-time quality inspection and no-code deployment of defect-detection models across production lines.

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Investment Themes

Where we look for opportunity.

Technology Business Services Healthcare Financial Services
Investment Banking

Helping founders and shareholders navigate strategic transactions.

Investment banking at Santalum is an extension of our investing mindset, grounded in real ownership experience rather than transactional expertise alone.

Capabilities

How we advise.

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Sell-side
  • Buy-side
  • Strategic Acquisitions

Capital Raising

  • Growth Capital
  • Private Equity
  • Strategic Investors
  • Family Offices
  • Venture Capital

Strategic Advisory

  • Business Divestitures
  • Joint Ventures
  • Strategic Alternatives
  • Corporate Strategy
Selected Transactions

Representative mandates.

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Sell-side M&A

Advised on the sale of a mobile infrastructure business to a strategic acquirer.

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Comet
Capital Raise

Led a growth capital raise from institutional investors.

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Apnamart
Strategic Advisory

Advised founders on strategic alternatives and market positioning.

ConsumerIndiaStrategic Advisor
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Confidential Client
Buy-side M&A

Advised a healthcare services platform on a bolt-on acquisition.

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2022
Confidential Client
Capital Raise

Raised growth equity for a business services platform from a private equity investor.

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Visit Health
Strategic Advisory

Advised on strategic positioning ahead of a subsequent financing round.

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Transaction Process

How an engagement unfolds.

Initial
Discussion
Engagement
Marketing
Materials
Investor
Outreach
Management
Meetings
Due
Diligence
Signing
Closing
Contact

Start a conversation.

Emailinfo@santalumcapital.com
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Our Offices

Where to find us.

Office — Bangalore

4th Floor, Suryalaya, Basavanagudi
Bangalore – 560004

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Office — San Jose

The Almaden, 99 S Almaden Blvd, Suite 600
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Office — Houston

12603 Southwest Freeway, Suite 555
Stafford, Texas 77477

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