Swiss firm partners with Shankar Narayanan for private investment platform

Sanaka Capital will focus on identifying, building, operating and managing portfolios of companies across industry sectors through both control and minority investments

Sanaka Capital Partners Limited, a private equity firm, founded by Shankar Narayanan, formerly Co-Head of Carlyle Asia Growth Partners (CAGP) and Head – India (CAGP), and Woodman Asset Management AG, a Switzerland-based investment group, have partnered for an Asia- and India-linked private investment platform. Woodman has made a $100 million commitment to Sanaka Capital and also taken a minority interest in the general partner (the PE firm).

With subsidiaries in the UK and Denmark, Woodman provides a range of family office, wealth and asset management services and is entrusted with $5billion of capital.

Sanaka Capital will focus on identifying, building,