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The four generations of the Thakral family have always promoted and embodied entrepreneurship, a trait that can be seen in the Group’s remarkable growth story. The Thakral group started with a single store in Thailand in 1905 and today operates in 36 countries with over 20,000 employees. The group’s operational breadth covers a wide range of activities from distribution and retail of Consumer Electronics, Computers & Peripherals, IT services, Real Estate Development, Hospitality, Logistics, Manufacturing of Yarn, export and retail of branded garments and accessories.
SGAN was born out a desire to promote this culture of entrepreneurship and to support the growing startup ecosystem in different countries. Our Chairman, Mr. Karan Singh Thakral has over four decades of experience running businesses in various industries across multiple geographies. The team at SGAN utilizes his business acumen and relies on his guidance for decision making.
As an entrepreneur, partnering with SGAN will not only provide you risk capital, but will also grant immediate access to the parent Group’s network and unmatched management expertise. Through this door-opening and practical mentoring approach, we strive to maintain long-term relationships with our portfolio companies. This model has been tested successfully across our investments where our portfolio companies have used this network to scale and raise further rounds of institutional capital.
SGAN brings in vast network of its existing business relationships, portfolio companies, offices and reach across Asia for startup like Anchanto, who need to shorten regional time to market by leveraging on right level shareholders network
SGAN has been very lucky for MW! Our relationship with Mr Thakral will be key to entering Asian markets
I as a Founder am extremely appreciative of the fact that SGAN has spared no expense in time, money and effort to help Glue get on its feet and achieve its potential
Access to the Thakral Group network already was and will continue to be an extremely valuable asset
SGAN connects with banking institutions helped kick start our growth, improving lead conversion and got us to where we are faster. SGAN also lead the round of bridge funding for the company
SGAN has been a partner more than an investor. They have helped us with multiple connects across geographies and been a crucial member of the cap table, and a long term partner
SGAN brings in vast network of its existing business relationships, portfolio companies, offices and reach across Asia for startup like Anchanto, who need to shorten regional time to market by leveraging on right level shareholders network
SGAN has been very lucky for MW! Our relationship with Mr Thakral will be key to entering Asian markets
I as a Founder am extremely appreciative of the fact that SGAN has spared no expense in time, money and effort to help Glue get on its feet and achieve its potential
Access to the Thakral Group network already was and will continue to be an extremely valuable asset
SGAN connects with banking institutions helped kick start our growth, improving lead conversion and got us to where we are faster. SGAN also lead the round of bridge funding for the company
SGAN has been a partner more than an investor. They have helped us with multiple connects across geographies and been a crucial member of the cap table, and a long term partner
With over 100 investments in companies across the entire economic spectrum, our objective at SGAN is to partner with innovative startups that have a desire to create globally successful companies. For companies that align with our vision, we provide early stage capital and are open to participating in follow-on rounds, especially in situations where we can add more than just monetary value.
Analytics
Clean Tech
Auto
Ecommerce
Education
Hardware
Healthcare
Logistics
Digital Media
Retail
SaaS
Tourism
FinTech
AI / Machine Learning
IoT
Venture Finance
Consumer
LegalTech
Karan Singh Thakral
Karan started working in 1975 at the age of 20 from the shop floor level of the family business. ...
P.L Angural
P.L. Angural has 24 years of experience in the banking industry and 15 years of corporate and fin...
Satveer Singh Thakral
Satveer has the experience of working across a few industries such as yarn manufacturing and real...
Rajan Anandan
Rajan has been VP of Sales & Operations for Google India & Southeast Asia at since January 2015. ...
Shiv Khemka
Shiv has over 20 years of investment and business experience, principally focused on Russia and ...
Jai Sumer Singh, CFA
Jai manages SGAN's India portfolio and is involved throughout the investment life cycle - From so...
Nikhil Kunchikorve
Nikhil is involved in portfolio management and helps in sector research. He has over 5 years of e...