For Indian founders wondering how to get funding from Vitruvian Partners, the good news is structural: the growth investor runs a Mumbai office with a dedicated India head, and has been investing in India since 2021. Founded in 2006, Vitruvian backs ‘dynamic situations’ — higher-growth, asset-light businesses undergoing rapid growth and change — through growth buyouts and growth capital, with a partnership-led, entrepreneur-first approach. That positioning matters: it is built for companies too big for venture and too dynamic for traditional buyout, a segment where the right partner can double the pace of international expansion.
Investment thesis
Scale: €20 billion in total assets under management and 90+ investments (official approach page), writing €40 million to €600 million-plus per investment into companies valued at €75 million to €4 billion-plus (official boilerplate). Sectors span information technology, financial services, life sciences and healthcare, and business services, across 11 offices globally.
Sectors, stages and cheque size
Vitruvian Partners focuses on information technology, financial services, life sciences and healthcare, business services. Stage: growth buyout and growth capital; global, with offices including London, Mumbai, Singapore, Shanghai and Dubai. Cheque sizes: €40M–€600M+ per investment; growth buyout and growth capital.
Notable portfolio
- Just Eat — food delivery — Vitruvian-issued boilerplate, businesswire Oct 2024
- Wise — fintech — same boilerplate
- Trustpilot — reviews platform — same boilerplate
- Skyscanner — travel — same boilerplate
- Darktrace — cybersecurity — same boilerplate
Key people
- Mike Risman, Managing Partner and co-founder, per Vitruvian-issued quotes
- David Nahama, Senior Partner, per Vitruvian-issued quotes
- Kartikeya Kaji, India head (ex-Kedaara Capital, appointed 2024), per cxolanes.com
India connection
Strong. Mumbai office; India head Kartikeya Kaji; verified India investments include Pine Labs and Hiranandani Financial Services (Rs 800 crore, Sep 2025, Kaji quoted as leading Vitruvian’s India investing team, ET BFSI).
How to apply for funding
No open application; engagement is intro-based (contact +44 (0)20 7518 2800 or the website). This is growth-stage capital — founders should approach with serious revenue and a category position, ideally via the Mumbai team.
Why it matters for founders
Vitruvian is one of the most founder-relevant growth investors with an on-the-ground India team — a rare combination of global scale and local access. If you are past venture scale with strong unit economics and want a partner for the next leg rather than an exit, the Mumbai office is the door to knock on. Few global growth funds combine this scale with a dedicated India team on the ground — that local presence is the difference between a fly-in investor and a real partner. Come with numbers, not narratives.