Norbert Fernandes

Co-founding Partner at Kenro Capital | PE/VC secondaries specialist in India | IIT Kanpur | IIM Calcutta

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About

Experienced Investment Professional with strong transaction history and focus in Venture Capital / Private Equity in the Indian market.

Experience

  • Co-founding Partner at Kenro Capital
    Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    Dedicated Growth Secondaries investment firm in India and Southeast Asia With the region's secondaries market opportunity surpassing an estimated $100 billion and growing ~25% annually, the need for liquidity solutions has never been greater. Kenro Capital aims to fill this gap by providing secondary solutions in growth-stage companies. Our mission is simple: to enable founders, employees, and early investors to crystallize value and work with our portfolio companies in their journey to IPO and execute on their M&A strategy.

  • TR Capital Group (7 yrs 2 mos)
    • Director
      Apr 2020 - Nov 2024 · 4 yrs 8 mos

      Set up and ran the India office of TR Capital - a pioneering secondaries investor focused on providing liquidity solutions to owners of private equity assets through Secondary Direct (single asset) and Fund Restructuring (portfolio) transactions. Key investments / board positions: Lenskart, Sedemac, Sapphire Foods,, Sahajanand Medical Technologies (SMT), Bigbasket, Arohan, Paradise Food Court, Consure, SSIPL, Surewaves, Vegayan

    • Vice President
      Oct 2017 - Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Co-founder & Principal at IvyCap Ventures Private Limited
    May 2011 - Apr 2017 · 6 yrs

    Co-founded IvyCap Ventures - a VC firm based in Mumbai, India that invests in high quality teams leveraging technology to tackle high value problems, typically investing in series A/B rounds, and with selective participation in seed stage investments. Key investments / board positions: Purplle, Bluestone, Clovia, Sokrati, Aujas Networks, FieldEz, Taskbob, RML Information Systems

  • Temasek Holdings ()
    • Senior Associate (Investments)
      Apr 2008 - Feb 2011 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • Associate (Investments, Portfolio Management)
      May 2007 - Mar 2008 · 11 mos

  • Intern (Investments, Portfolio Management, Risk Management) at Temasek Holdings
    Apr 2006 - Jun 2006 · 3 mos