Ashvin Chadha

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Anicut Capital · 1 appearance on the record.

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Ashvin Chadha co-founded Anicut Capital in 2015, deploying venture debt, private credit, and equity across Indian startups and high-growth companies. Through Anicut Capital and angel syndicates, he has backed notable Indian brands including Burger Singh, ShareChat, Bira 91, and WOW! Momo.

31statements → 14claims → 9claims resolved → 33%fully supported → 3.77/5average certainty → 1.55/5average debate potential → ≈4.0/5argument clarity, estimated →

3 supported 3 partly supported 3 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 4 not checkable as stated how the 14 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

7 predictions · 7 assertions · 5 insights · 11 disclosures · 1 what if · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 14 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 9 are resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 4 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Ashvin argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Anicut Capital Manages 1,000 Crores Across Two Credit Funds

“We manage about a thousand crores of capital across two credit funds.”

Ashvin Chadha Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 1:43 Backing the best D2C companies with Debt & Equity Funding | Ashvin Chadha, Anicut Capital

Their most notable contradicted claim

Prediction Didn’t hold up

Chadha: Lendingkart Is Profitable and Will IPO in 2–3 Years

“Lending cart is from initially, you know, losing a lot of money because for running for growth is, you know, tremendously profitable now. So then I think that I, I'm very confident I'll see, we'll see an IPO in the next two, three years as well.”

Ashvin Chadha Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 37:00 Backing the best D2C companies with Debt & Equity Funding | Ashvin Chadha, Anicut Capital

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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What they said31 Episodes1

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Disclosure

Chadha: Anicut raised 1,000 crores in debt capital without distributors

“And interestingly, Siddharth, we've raised all that thousand crores without a single distributor.”

Ashvin Chadha Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 15:06 Backing the best D2C companies with Debt & Equity Funding | Ashvin Chadha, Anicut Capital

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Chadha: Earth Rhythm reached 1 to 1.5 crore monthly revenue before Anicut's check

“And, you know, all of a sudden she was you know one and a half crore a month direct to consumer brand.”

Ashvin Chadha Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 16:27 Backing the best D2C companies with Debt & Equity Funding | Ashvin Chadha, Anicut Capital

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Chadha: Anicut debt funds delivered 13% to 13.5% net IRR over five years

“Whereas on the debt business, we have delivered something like net of fees for the last five almost five years 1718 quarters. We've delivered about 13, 13 and a half percent net of fees in our funds.”

Ashvin Chadha Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 22:48 Backing the best D2C companies with Debt & Equity Funding | Ashvin Chadha, Anicut Capital

Disclosure

Chadha: Anicut Backed Wingreens with Both Equity and Debt for Raw Pressery

“So we are early investors in the company on the equity side. And we give them money to get money to finance the acquisition of wrong. So, so we are both on the both sides of the cap table, equity and debt.”

Ashvin Chadha Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 34:44 Backing the best D2C companies with Debt & Equity Funding | Ashvin Chadha, Anicut Capital

Disclosure

Anicut was the first lender to Sugar Cosmetics before A91 round

“Vinita and Kaushik of Sugar. We invested, we were the first lender to them from the Annika debt fund. And this was before the a-ninety-one round.”

Ashvin Chadha Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 40:38 Backing the best D2C companies with Debt & Equity Funding | Ashvin Chadha, Anicut Capital

Prediction Held up

Chadha: Neeman's will announce a new funding round within 45 days

“Hopefully in the next 3030, 45 days, they're gonna announce a new round as you are aware you know, it's being done by one of the best consumer investors out there.”

Ashvin Chadha Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 44:08 Backing the best D2C companies with Debt & Equity Funding | Ashvin Chadha, Anicut Capital

Assertion Partly supported

Anicut Angel AIF Closed Over 30 Transactions in 18 Months

“More recently, about a year and a half ago, we launched our first Angel AIF. So there we've been particularly active over the last 18 months. We've done north of 30 transactions there.”

Ashvin Chadha Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 1:48 Backing the best D2C companies with Debt & Equity Funding | Ashvin Chadha, Anicut Capital

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Backing the best D2C companies with Debt & Equity Funding \| Ashvin Chadha, Anicut Capital	Jun 21, 2021	37m

Ashvin Chadha

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