Growth fund research profile
Playbook Partners is an India growth-capital manager led by former digital-business operators. It backs technology-enabled companies with proven unit economics, digital scalability and large addressable markets, and supports founders with operating, distribution and acquisition capabilities.
At a glance
Research profile
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Investment lens
Playbook Partners uses a growth approach across Technology, consumer internet, digital infrastructure.
Current evidence
Playbook’s current website lists its manager team and 2026 investments in KaarTech and EverBrands, alongside the 2025 Renee Cosmetics round. The manager’s 2024 announcement recorded a first close above $130M against a $250M maiden fund target.
Strategy
Growth
Sector focus
Technology, consumer internet, digital infrastructure
AIF structure context
Indian venture capital and angel-fund strategies are commonly structured as Category I AIFs. Verify the specific vehicle and registration before investing.
Current signal
Playbook’s current website lists its manager team and 2026 investments in KaarTech and EverBrands, alongside the 2025 Renee Cosmetics round. The manager’s 2024 announcement recorded a first close above $130M against a $250M maiden fund target.
Investor questions
Playbook Partners is covered in Rupeia's venture capital research universe. The current public record describes the strategy as Growth, with a sector focus of Technology, consumer internet, digital infrastructure. The profile should be read with the linked source trail and Typical route: Category I AIF context.
The profile displays only company or asset names attributable to Playbook Partners in the reviewed public sources: Renee Cosmetics, KaarTech, EverBrands. It does not represent a complete current portfolio unless the manager has published one.
Playbook announced a first close above $130M for its $250M maiden fund in 2024. The manager’s current news archive identifies investments in Renee Cosmetics, EverBrands and KaarTech; fund-level returns are not publicly disclosed. These signals are not a substitute for fund- and vintage-specific net performance, realised distributions and audited or administrator-supported reporting.
Public fund size: $250M maiden growth-capital fund target with a first close above $130M announced in September 2024.. Public terms or access information: Growth-stage technology-enabled businesses with positive unit economics and digital scalability; reported target of 12–15 companies and approximately $10–20M investment sizes.. Current fees, minimum commitment and availability must be confirmed for the exact named vehicle in its fund documents.
The current source record names Vikas Choudhury (Managing Partner); Dushyant Singh (Managing Director); Jayesh Agharkar (CFO); Manish Choksi (Operating Partner). Verify current roles, departures, attribution and key-person provisions before relying on the team history for a new commitment.
Review stage concentration, follow-on reserves, company failure rates, dilution, exit timing and the gap between paper valuations and realised distributions. The current open diligence point is: Final fund close, current deployment pace and fund-level return metrics are not publicly disclosed; the manager publishes attributable current investments and a named team..
2026-03-09: Playbook’s current website lists its manager team and 2026 investments in KaarTech and EverBrands, alongside the 2025 Renee Cosmetics round. The manager’s 2024 announcement recorded a first close above $130M against a $250M maiden fund target.
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