Building Climate-Resilient Food & Agriculture Systems

Mandala Capital is a private equity firm investing in high-growth agriculture.

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OUR ORIGIN

Founded in 2008, the firm was established with a mission to transform the agri-food sector across South and Southeast Asia. With more than 17 years of investing experience in the region’s agri-food markets, it has built a strong track record of backing businesses addressing some of the most critical food system challenges – from strengthening agricultural value chains to improving food security and farmer livelihoods.

Operating across South and Southeast Asia, the firm focuses on scaling high-impact agri-food companies through a distinctive SME control-investing strategy that enables deeper operational engagement and long-term value creation. Through its partnership with the Green Climate Fund and a blended-finance investment model, the platform is able to mobilize capital that supports climate adaptation and sustainable growth at scale.

Mission

Mandala Capital is a vision driven investment firm with an aim to transform the lives of hundreds of millions of farmers, making agriculture more sustainable, climate friendly and resilient while increasing people’s access to affordable, healthy and nutritious food.

Vision

A future where farms, food systems, and agri-businesses across Asia are climate-adapted, efficient, and capable of feeding the next generation sustainably.

OUR INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY

The Mandala playbook

We take a highly operational approach to deliver exceptional performance. We identify scalable companies with a sustainable competitive advantage and make them regional, national and global industry leaders that can deliver attractive financial and social returns for our investors.

The Mandala Team

Deep sector experience investing and operating across the global food and agriculture sector.

Uday Garg
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Uday Garg

Managing Partner

Gopal Arjun
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Gopal Arjun

COO

Boon Ling Yee
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Boon Ling Yee

Operating Partner

Hiten Varia
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Hiten Varia

Operating Partner

Mark Turner
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Mark Turner

Operating Partner

Aditya Mody
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Aditya Mody

Investment Team

Gaurav Kumar
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Gaurav Kumar

Investment Team

Andrew Koger
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Andrew Koger

Investment Team

Demetrio Innocenti
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Demetrio Innocenti

Climate and Gender Specialist

Kim Cygler
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Kim Cygler

Investor Relations

Shyam Namdev
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Shyam Namdev

CFO

Yatish Totla
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Yatish Totla

Finance Controller

Rita Eustace
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Rita Eustace

Office Manager

Barry Schiffman
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Barry Schiffman

Advisor

David Hood
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David Hood

Advisor

Christopher llagan
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Christopher llagan

Country Expert - Philippines

Bradley LaLonde
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Bradley LaLonde

Country Expert - Vietnam

Vijaykumar Balakrishna
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Vijaykumar Balakrishna

Industry Expert

Raj Ketkar
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Raj Ketkar

Industry Expert

Mayank Jalan
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Mayank Jalan

Country Expert - India

Awards and recognition

Recognition of Mandala Capital’s investment, operational and impact leadership across the region.

Operational Value Add - 2024