Investor Profile: Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office — Thesis, Cheque Size & How to Apply

Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office funding has quietly become one of the most active chequebooks in India’s consumer and agrifood startup scene. The Mumbai-based family office led a $18 million round in clean-label food brand Khetika, co-led a $10 million Series A in dairy startup Sid’s Farm, and backs names as varied as Zepto, upGrad and Garuda Aerospace.

Founded in 2006, the family office invests the wealth of the Sekhsaria family — a business house with over a century of enterprise-building history in India. It operates as a private investor rather than a marketed fund, typically writing growth cheques into Series A and B rounds alongside institutional co-investors such as 360 ONE Asset, Anicut Capital, Omnivore and Fireside Ventures.

Thesis and sweet spot

The sweet spot is consumer brands with real revenue and manufacturing depth — clean-label foods, dairy, organic staples and beauty — plus selective bets in edtech, quick commerce, drones and cybersecurity. The office likes businesses that are already selling at scale and need growth capital for manufacturing, distribution and brand building. Its recent deals cluster around Series A and B, usually as a co-lead or significant participant rather than a solo seed investor.

Cheque size and fund

The fund size is not publicly disclosed. Public deals point to growth cheques in the $10–18 million range: $18 million (about ₹153 crore) led in Khetika with Anicut Capital, $10 million (about ₹83 crore) co-led in Sid’s Farm with Omnivore, and $12.4 million in Two Brothers Organic Farms’ Series B alongside 360 ONE Asset. It also joined a ₹50 crore round in Foodstories with Nikhil Kamath, and backed dairy brand FruBon with Fireside Ventures in an undisclosed round.

Notable portfolio

Consumer and food brands dominate: Khetika (Mumbai clean-label staples, four manufacturing units, quick commerce driving a quarter of sales), Sid’s Farm (Hyderabad dairy serving about 20,000 customers daily through subscriptions), Two Brothers Organic Farms (Pune organic foods expanding in the US and MENA), FruBon (north-India dairy and ice cream across 75-plus cities) and beauty brand Pilgrim. Beyond food, the office backs Zepto, upGrad, drone maker Garuda Aerospace and cybersecurity firm Sequretek.

Partners

The office is the family investment vehicle of Narotam Sekhsaria and is run by a professional team in Mumbai — industry data lists around 43 employees. It invests as a principal rather than raising outside capital, which lets it move without fund-cycle pressure.

Programs, credits and perks

The family office runs no startup accelerator or perks programme. Separately, the Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation works in philanthropy — scholarships and grants — which founders should not confuse with the investment office’s for-profit startup cheques.

How to apply for funding

There is no public application route or pitch portal for the Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office that could be verified. Every recent deal has been done alongside institutional co-investors — 360 ONE Asset, Anicut Capital, Omnivore, Fireside Ventures — so the practical path for founders is to get into a round those firms are evaluating and meet the family office through them.