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Ripplr is a Zephyr Peacock portfolio company that is a provider of tech-enabled logistics services and distributor of retail consumer products. Ripplr’s founders, Abhishek V. Neheru and Santosh Dabke, comment on how COVID-19 has ushered in a new era of digital distribution for FMCG brands. Click here to read the full article on "The Financial Express" Below is ...

“India needs to nurture and retain its human talent, attract global capital, and integrate with global supply chains. Improvement in education and urbanization will help India ensure that its own best minds stay home. India should also welcome the entrepreneurs and scientists from overseas to live and work in the country,” writes Mukul Gulati, Managing Partner, ...

“Even if a company has the best employees, a negative culture can influence worker morale, increase employee turnover, and decrease organisational productivity,” writes Pankaj Raina, Managing Director, Research and Investments, Zephyr Peacock. Click here to read the full article on “The Hindu Business Line” Below is an excerpt from the post that first appeared on The Hindu Business ...

Mukul Gulati, Managing Partner of Zephyr Peacock, speaks to YourStory on why the fund is focused on MSMEs, our focus areas, investments made over the last 10 years, and details out current portfolio companies. Click here to read the full article on "YourStory" Below is an excerpt from the post that first appeared on YourStory on 16 February ...

“To create value, the finance function needs to provide meaningful insights into the decision-making process. It means getting the right information to the right people on time,” writes Pankaj Raina, Managing Director, Research and Investments, Zephyr Peacock. Click here to read the full article on “The Hindu Business Line” Below is an excerpt from the post that first ...

Shiksha Finance is a Zephyr Peacock portfolio company that provides loans to affordable private schools (APS) and to students from low-income backgrounds in India. Shiksha’s founders, V.L. Ramakrishnan (Ramki) and Jacob Abraham, comment on how APS are dealing with the impact of COVID-19. Click here to read the full article on “Higher Education Digest” Below is an excerpt ...

Data science applications in Agriculture  Illustration by Zephyr Peacock  “The time is ripe for the Indian agricultural sector to adopt best practices by using data science, deploy smart farming techniques and build integrated supply chains to boost productivity,” writes Pankaj Raina, Managing Director, Research and Investments, Zephyr Peacock. Click here to read the full article on “YourStory” Below is an ...

Mukul Gulati, Managing Partner, Zephyr Peacock writes for Economic Times on stakeholder capitalism, sustainability, and impact investing. Click here to read the full article on ‘Economic Times’ Below is an excerpt from the post which first appeared on Economic Times on 21 September 2020: "Gradually… then suddenly" is Ernest Hemingway's famous response to the question "How did you go ...

Pankaj Raina, Managing Director, Research and Investments, Zephyr Peacock India writes for Business Line on how private equity investors create value for SMEs. Expertise in business management and assisting founding teams in developing growth plans and strategy are among the benefits that private equity investors bring to the table. Click here to read the full article on ‘Business ...

In an interview with Business Line, Pankaj Raina, Managing Director, Zephyr Peacock India said, alternative investments sentiment will be subdued, funding will slow down by 30-40 per cent in 2020 and recovery is likely in the next 12-15 months.   Click here to read the full article on ‘Business Line’ Below is an excerpt from the post which first ...

Providing guidance to entrepreneurs and family run business owners, Mukul Gulati, Managing Partner, Zephyr Peacock, writes, “While private companies are not required by law to appoint independent directors, management teams of ambitious young companies should consider constituting a Board of Directors that include a combination of executive, non-executive and independent directors.” Click here to read the full ...

Providing insights on getting the India economy back on course post-covid ,“The government has the obligation and the opportunity to take some bold steps to get the economy back on track and implement much awaited structural reforms,” writes Mukul Gulati, Managing Partner, Zephyr Peacock India. Click here to read the full article on ‘Economic Times’ Below is an ...

Pankaj Raina, Managing Director, Zephyr Peacock writes for Inc42 Media on how to identify resilient businesses. - Investors will sharpen focus on value creation as a result of Covid-19. - A useful checklist comprises of both quantifiable and non-quantifiable parameters. - No investment checklist is complete without considering qualitative metrics With the wreckage of Covid-19 led recession smoldering and slow ...

Abhijeet Kudva, Managing Director, Zephyr Peacock India writes for Outlook Money on what companies can do to overcome the COVID-19 crisis. Read the full article on Outlook Money here> Below is an excerpt from the post that first appeared on Outlook Money on 30 April 2020: "In the face of COVID-19, businesses face unprecedented challenges. Companies must rethink their ...

Providing guidance to entrepreneurs and business owners from his own experience in the aftermath of 9/11 and the Great Financial Crisis, "Google and PayPal were founded just two years prior to the dot-com crash. A crisis is a terrible thing to waste", writes Mukul Gulati, Managing Partner, Zephyr Peacock. Click here to read the full article on ...

Zephyr Peacock recognizes the importance of capital for innovative businesses serving low-income populations. One of Zephyr Peacock’s investment themes is affordable education and the fund has invested in Shiksha Finance, a provider of loans to affordable private schools and to students from low-income families for school education. V.L Ramakrishnan, co-founder of Shiksha Finance and Pankaj Raina, Managing ...

Mukul Gulati, Managing Partner, Zephyr Peacock writes about the Nobel Laureates Esther Duflo’s and Abhijit Banerjee’s recent book ‘Good Economics for Hard Times.’ “Economic theory often fails when facing the reality of human behaviour. The authors use their real-world experience derived from hundreds of field trials to help us understand the challenges of migration, trade, and ...

Pankaj Raina, Managing Director, Zephyr Peacock India writes in Livemint on the investment themes to watch out for in food and agriculture sectors in India. Click here to read the article full article on ‘Livemint’ Below are excerpts from the post which first appeared on Livemint on 26 May 2018: The agriculture sector accounts for around 17% of India’s ...

“A focus on the domestic market will also protect Indian businesses against future global economic crises, which may reoccur due to high debt levels and zero-interest monetary regimes” says Mukul Gulati, Managing Partner, Zephyr Peacock India Click here to read the full article on ‘Economic Times’ Below is an excerpt from the post which originally appeared on Economic ...

Mukul Gulati, Managing Partner, Zephyr Peacock India writes in Livemint on the positive impact of investment bubbles. He says “the tech bubble in the late 90s resulted in significant investment in global telecommunication infrastructure” and that some of the new businesses in India are “already changing consumer behaviour” Below is an excerpt from the post which first ...