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Sharrp Ventures is the investment office of the Harsh Mariwala family — founding family of Marico Ltd, one of India’s most respected FMCG companies with a market cap of approximately $8.5 billion. Established in 2014 and led by Managing Partner Rishabh Mariwala, Sharrp Ventures manages proprietary capital across listed equities, unlisted early-stage companies, and private equity funds in India and the US. On the unlisted side, Sharrp focuses on consumer-facing businesses across FMCG, non-FMCG, consumer tech, logistics/supply chain, and sustainability sectors. The firm has built a portfolio of 39 companies, including 2 unicorns and 3 IPOs — with landmark investments in Nykaa, Mamaearth, Purplle, mcaffeine, Bold Care, and Slurrp Farm among others. Sharrp has delivered an impressive 5x returns track record for portfolio exits and has co-invested with top institutional names like Sequoia and Trifecta. The family office’s access to the Marico Group ecosystem gives portfolio startups rare strategic leverage — including distribution, branding guidance, offline GTM support, and supply chain expertise that pure-play VCs cannot replicate. Sharrp Ventures hosts the annual Sharrp Summit, bringing together 250+ consumer entrepreneurs in Mumbai.

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Thesis
Sharrp Ventures follows a consumer-first investment thesis with a primary bias toward FMCG, D2C, beauty & personal care, health & wellness, F&B, and consumer tech sectors — mirroring the Mariwala family"s deep generational expertise in building consumer brands. While sector-agnostic in principle, Sharrp has a clear competitive advantage in evaluating consumer businesses that require brand-building, distribution scale, and shelf-life resilience. The fund typically writes cheques in the $1M–$3M range for early to growth-stage companies that have demonstrated initial product-market fit and some revenue traction. Sharrp participates as a lead or co-lead investor and actively follows through at Series A and B rounds for high-conviction portfolio companies. The firm"s evaluation criteria centres on the founder"s domain competency, brand differentiation potential, consumer retention signals, and defensibility against disruption. As a family office with long-term capital and no LP-driven exit pressure, Sharrp offers founders patient, relationship-driven capital — combined with operational insights from the Marico ecosystem on GTM strategy, production, and retail distribution.

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Stage Focus
  • Early Traction
  • Revenue-Generating

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