Nadathur Group

Nadathur Group

Nadathur Group was founded in 2000 to steward the multi-generational wealth of Infosys co-founder N.S. Raghavan. The office operates out of its headquarters at Nadathur Place in Bengaluru, with additional presences in Singapore and the United Kingdom. Day-to-day leadership sits with CEO Donald Soo, while the Raghavan family remains deeply involved: son Sriram Raghavan directs life sciences and technology investments from Weybridge, UK, and son Anand Raghavan oversees the hospitality arm as CEO of Next Story Group. The group allocates capital through three distinct sleeves. Its diversified core builds endowment-style portfolios alongside fund managers and other family offices, spanning traditional and alternative assets. The concentrated and thematic bucket originates from the Raghavan family’s roots as angel investors, taking meaningful stakes in science and technology ventures. Confirmed positions include media technology platform Amagi, backed alongside Premji Invest, Accel, Norwest Venture Partners, and Avataar Ventures. A third dedicated pillar directs time and capital toward social causes, with the office also holding a portfolio of directly owned real estate assets — including hospitality properties in Singapore, Australia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka — and lifestyle franchises such as the Long John Silver’s master franchise in Singapore. Geographic reach extends across Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and the Middle East. The office’s venture practice, originally incubated internally, was later spun out as Ojas Venture Partners to manage early-stage commitments. In the healthcare vertical, Partner and Global Head of Healthcare Investments Biju Mohandas anchors deal activity — an area where Raghavan co-founded Indegene and Lifespring Ventures alongside operating partners Manish Gupta and Suri Venkatachalam, respectively. In September 2024, Nadathur principals appeared alongside the Kirloskar family office at the 10th India Wealth Management Conference, signaling ongoing institutional engagement with the Indian family-office ecosystem. Nadathur Group’s structural difference lies in its parallel integration of for-profit portfolio management with deep operating experience in philanthropy. The family’s commitment to social impact is overseen through the Collective Good Foundation, the N.S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at IIM Bangalore, and the Youth4Jobs Foundation — a tripartite architecture that embeds grantmaking and capacity-building directly alongside the investment engine rather than walling them off. This design allows the office to move flexible, patient capital into life sciences and technology while simultaneously funding biodiversity, neurodevelopmental disability support, and arts education through the same governance structure.