PE firm eyeing pros to build new startups

Gaja Capital wants professional managers struck by entrepreneurial bug

- Mansi Verma & Ranjani Raghavan

Gaja Capital is on the hunt for a refined version of the hungry but inexperienced startup founder—senior corporate leaders and professional managers struck by the entrepreneurial bug.

The mid-market private equity (PE) firm is actively scouting for seasoned professionals to build new ventures across consumer businesses, education, financial services, and enterprise software.

"We have a whole generation of professional managers who didn't have entrepreneurial opportunities when they were in their twenties and thirties. More people are now becoming interested in entrepreneurship," Gopal Jain, co-founder and managing partner at Gaja Capital, told Mint. "It works both ways—sometimes we approach people, sometimes they approach us," he added.