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Shah Capital Partners
Shah Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm focused on technology buyouts in hardware, electronics, design services, and semiconductor...
Shah Capital Partners
Shah Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm focused on technology buyouts in hardware, electronics, design services, and semiconductor industries. The firm's transaction types include leveraged buyouts, management carveouts, restructurings, going private transactions, and spinouts. Shah Capital Partners has made 10 investments and achieved 5 portfolio exits.
General information
Firm type
Single Family Office
Year founded
2005
AUM
$1B (per firm website)
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Cupertino
Corporate office
Cupertino, CA, United States
Principals
Ajay Shah
Founding Partner
Lata Krishnan
Founding Partner
Raj Krishnan
Principal
Rohan Shah
Principal
Kavita Shah
Principal
Erik Kuld
Principal
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Shah Capital Partners?
Founding partners Ajay Shah and Lata Krishnan lead the investment strategy. The next generation is also active: Rohan Shah, co-founder of fintech Extend, and Kavita Shah, co-founder of Enterprise SaaS startup Inventive, are named principals. Erik Kuld and Raj Krishnan round out the investment team listed on the firm’s website.
Does Shah Capital Partners operate as a single family office or a fund?
The firm explicitly calls itself a globally focused family investment office that also manages endowment assets for the Krishnan-Shah Foundation. It invests both directly and as an LP. It does not market itself as a third-party private equity fund or registered investment advisor.
How does SCP source its direct investments?
SCP leverages its LP relationships with over 50 institutional funds — including Silver Lake, Francisco Partners, Iconiq, and Crosslink — to gain access to early-stage deal flow. The firm states it serves as a co-investor alongside these GPs, turning its fund commitment program into a proprietary sourcing channel.
Is the family capital pooled with the foundation's capital?
SCP manages the Krishnan-Shah Foundation’s funds alongside the family’s own capital, but no public document confirms whether they are commingled within a single investment vehicle. The foundation is separately active in grant-making, education, public health, and media.
What was Silver Lake Sumeru's role in the family's track record?
Ajay Shah was Managing Partner of Silver Lake Sumeru until 2021. The fund, formed after SCP’s predecessor merged with Silver Lake in 2006, became a control investor in over 30 technology companies including Talend, Blackline, and Primesense. The founding partners’ experience inside a $1B+ institutional fund shapes SCP’s underwriting discipline.
What is SCP's posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
Co-investment is a core component of the strategy. SCP describes its fund managers as 'a sourcing channel for new companies' and notes it acts as an 'active co-investor' alongside the GPs it backs. This means it likely avoids competing with its own funds and instead piggybacks on their diligence.
Which sectors does Shah Capital Partners explicitly avoid?
No negative sector exclusions are publicly disclosed. SCP states it invests across a wide range of industries including enterprise software, semiconductors, consumer, healthcare, fintech, real estate, energy, entertainment, and professional sports. Its direct portfolio spans over 100 companies with no stated avoidance policy.
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