Bridging global capital with climate solutions in India and Africa

Global capital. Local roots. Lasting impact.

Shaped by Heritage. Driven by Purpose. Focused on Impact.

Advising and partnering to finance scalable decarbonisation, with India at the core.

Surya Capital is a merchant banking and advisory firm focused on private markets across India and Africa, with a primary emphasis on climate and decarbonisation. We partner with entrepreneurs, companies, and private equity funds building solutions to drive decarbonisation in India.

Our focus

Advising, partnering, and investing in growth with impact.

Why India matters

India can leapfrog to low carbon growth at scale, supported by policy, entrepreneurship, and technology talent, delivering climate impact and attractive private market returns across energy, mobility, industry, and agriculture.

Bridge to outcomes

Surya Capital channels institutional capital and expertise to India and Africa, raising funds with incentives to deliver strong returns and climate impact through preparation and long term partnerships over time.


Beyond India

Selectively across Africa and the Indian Ocean, using Mauritius as a hub, we back climate solutions and infrastructure aligned to SDGs, catalysing growth where capital is scarce and governance strengthens.


How we help

Advisory, partnerships, principal investment, and a disciplined approach.

We prepare, partner, and invest to finance climate solutions across India and Africa, combining market depth, investor networks, and rigorous execution to deliver measurable impact and durable returns.

Advisory

We prepare companies and funds for fundraising, M&A, align capital allocation and leverage investor networks across India and Africa to translate strategy into institutional mandates that attract capital.

Partnership

We co create with founders and funds to shape growth and governance, support capital strategy, leadership and stakeholder alignment, enabling execution that compounds gains across markets over time and scale.

Principal investment

We invest with trusted partners backing leaders building climate solutions we add diligence structure and support to strengthen governance speed growth and align interests for result across markets over time.

Approach

We bridge global capital to local opportunity, and align rewards for long term outcomes. We focus on proven climate impact, and prudent returns, through rigorous preparation, stewardship, and clear dialogue.

Founder’s story

From family business values to global capital markets

I grew up in Mauritius in a fourth-generation family business, Currimjee Group, where responsibility, integrity, entrepreneurship, patience, and partnership shaped my values.

Studies at Boston College in the United States, Chartered Accountant training with Arthur Andersen in London, and investment banking at Lazard built discipline and attention to detail. Time as a partner at Arundel Partners, a boutique hedge fund seeding platform, strengthened persistence and resilience.

A meeting with Gopal Jain of Gaja Capital over twenty years ago set a new direction. Surya Capital followed, bringing me professionally to India, the land of my ancestors, while staying connected to Africa and Mauritius. India, Africa, and climate change form the core of my purpose

Let’s connect

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