Sabre Partners

Rajiv Maliwal, Founder and Managing Partner, leads the investment team alongside Partners Tanushree Agarwal and Rahul G. Kurup. An Investment Committee chaired by Berjis Desai with Dr. Anupam Sachdeva provides approval and oversight, per the firm's website.

Sabre provides growth capital with typical ticket sizes of INR 15 to 75 crore. The firm pursues both growth and restructuring opportunities, investing in companies that demonstrate clear unit economics and the ability to scale, primarily in India.

Sabre concentrates on financial services, fintech, healthcare, and healthtech, according to its website. While no explicit sector exclusions are published, the firm requires investees to meet stringent ESG requirements — businesses that cannot satisfy these are not evaluated.

Sabre evaluates social impact along three pillars: affordability, accessibility, and digitisation. It targets underserved geographies, low-income or women customer segments, and meaningful employment creation, and maps its outcomes to specific UN Sustainable Development Goals, per the firm's public impact statement.

The firm reports deploying over INR 1,300 crore and distributing more than INR 6,800 crore. Its most notable exit is Centurion Bank of Punjab, which Sabre describes as one of Asia's most successful financial services private equity exits, reflecting a distinct capacity to exit scaled financial positions.

Yes, Sabre raises external institutional and commercial capital. In February 2024, it closed a $73 million fundraise for a new mid-market India vehicle, as announced on the firm's own website, indicating an ongoing appetite for third-party commitments.

The firm is managed by its four partners and supported by an Advisory Board chaired by Berjis Desai with Dr. Anupam Sachdeva as an Investment Committee member. This structure provides both strategic guidance and independent investment review, reinforcing Sabre's thematic and ESG discipline.