Mayur Sardesai

“Capital for Change” — scalable healthcare businesses that combine sustainable financial returns with measurable healthcare impact.

The core thesis is to invest in businesses addressing India's healthcare-access gap, particularly the “missing middle” and underserved Tier-II and Tier-III markets.

Key investment criteria include:

Affordable and accessible healthcare
Scalable business models
Strong entrepreneurial/promoter teams
Healthcare delivery platforms
Diagnostics and MedTech
Pharmaceuticals and allied healthcare
Preventive and outpatient healthcare
Technology-enabled healthcare
Businesses capable of expanding beyond India's major metros
Potential for both financial returns and measurable social impact

Somerset's Fund III specifically identifies opportunities in preventive care, OPD-linked insurance, healthcare financing, embedded insurance, value-driven generics, MedTech innovation and diagnostics.

Krsnaa Diagnostics
Ujala Cygnus Healthcare
Apex Hospitals
Hexagon Nutrition
Browndove Healthcare
Cyrix Healthcare
NU Hospitals
Printmann Offset
Molbio Diagnostics
Genworks Health
Globela Pharma
Sterling Hospitals
Sandor Medicaids
Express Clinics
Prognosys Medical Systems
Sparsh Nephrocare
Emil Pharmaceuticals

Cyrix Healthcare,Printmann Offset,NU Hospitals,

1. Healthcare Access

Improving access to quality healthcare for India's underserved population.

2. The “Missing Middle”

Businesses serving consumers who are neither adequately covered by public healthcare nor traditional private insurance.

3. Tier-II & Tier-III Expansion

Moving healthcare investment beyond India's largest metropolitan markets.

4. Diagnostics

Scalable diagnostic platforms and technology-enabled testing.

5. MedTech

Medical devices, equipment, servicing and healthcare technology.

6. Specialty Healthcare

Focused hospital and clinical platforms, including nephrology and urology.

7. Pharmaceuticals

Generics, pharmaceutical products and healthcare supply-chain businesses.

8. Preventive Healthcare

Growing emphasis on screening, early intervention and preventive care.

9. Healthcare Financing

Fund III identifies healthcare financing, OPD-linked insurance and embedded insurance as emerging investment opportunities.

10. Healthcare Infrastructure

Platforms capable of improving the efficiency and accessibility of India's healthcare infrastructure.

Mayur Sirdesai is a healthcare private-equity professional with 30+ years of experience across healthcare, pharmaceuticals and life sciences. His career combines private equity, strategy, consulting, manufacturing, marketing, entrepreneurship and healthcare ecosystem development.

He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Somerset Indus Capital Partners, founded in 2011 with Avinash Kenkare.