MOPE Investment Advisors Private Limited (“MOPE”) was started in February 2006 with a vision to emerge as preferred alternative equity investment platform in the mid-market space. It was sponsored by Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited (“MOFSL”) a highly regarded investment house. MOPE was started in the backdrop of the structural transformation of Indian economy which presented huge opportunity for scaling of alternative investments in India.
- Managing and/or advising three growth capital funds
- India Business Excellence Fund ("IBEF"), currently in divestment mode
Size |
Vintage Year |
#Investment |
$115 mn growth capital fund |
2007 |
13 |
- India Business Excellence Fund II (“IBEF-II”), fully committed
Size |
Vintage Year |
#Investment |
$155 mn growth capital fund |
2012 |
11 |
- India Business Excellence Fund-III ("IBEF-III"), currently in investment mode
Size |
Vintage Year |
#Investment |
$320 mn growth capital fund |
2017 |
4 |
In addition, Motilal Oswal also manages more than US$ 300 million through three Real Estate Funds: Motilal Oswal Real Estate (MORE)
Genesis of MOPE
Motilal Oswal Private Equity (MOPE) was founded in 2006 to put the investment philosophy and acumen of Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOFSL) into action.
From the outset, MOPE’s focus was the mid-market segment, where there was an acute need of capital, and where the MOFSL brand had significant leverage.
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Large Pool of entrepreneurial talent
India has large pool of entrepreneurial talent corporate transformation enabling value accretion
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Proven business model-capital for scale-up
Regional/product success needs growth capital for expansion in new geographies and products
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Avenues for capital of growth
Debt financing and terms there of have limitation public markets only for sizeable companies
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Opportunities in both listed and unlisted companies
Pre-mature listing large proportion of companies still unlisted
Growth capital opportunity in mid-market segment in India