The Innovation Engine
US university ecosystems are the world's premier incubators of frontier technology.
About Globridge
Bridging India and the World.
An IFSCA-regulated Fund Management Entity, built for one purpose: to catch global innovation value before the world prices it in, and bring it home to India.
Our story
From Dalal Street to Wall Street. America's universities invent the future and India's 1.5 billion people scale it. For the first time, GIFT City lets capital move freely between the two. Globridge was founded to stand on that bridge.
- Legal name
- Globridge Capital IFSC Private Limited
- Category
- Authorised FME
- IFSCA registration
- FMD2026FUM1106
- Base
- GIFT City, Gandhinagar
Three forces. One moment.
The bridge, finally built.
US university labs
GIFT City, IFSC
India · 1.5 billion
The Gateway
GIFT City and IFSCA open a frictionless route for cross-border capital, for the first time.
The Bharat Scale
India is the world's largest technology consumer, a market of 1.5 billion people.
The PhD-to-Market pipeline
We bet on the founder, not the pitch.
Our pipeline sources ventures from US university labs. A network of 127 faculty across 50+ US universities validates the science. Our partner KRUU's InvestED engine then evaluates the people building each company.
- Stage 1
Eligibility gate
A structured questionnaire screens every founder and venture before deeper diligence begins.
- Stage 2
Psychographics & simulation
Founder psychographics across eight dimensions, including risk appetite, resilience and grit, tested through project-based failure simulations.
- Stage 3
Investibility score
Scores, not impressions. Each venture receives a clear outcome: yes, no, or revise and retry.
127 Faculty validators
50+ US universities
8 Founder psychographic dimensions
Leadership
Led by market veterans. Validated by academia.
Our leadership combines decades of experience in asset management, capital markets, family offices and research.
Krishnamurthy Vijayan
Chairman
Four decades leading mutual funds and asset management.
Basanagouda Biradar
Managing Director & Co-founder
16 years of experience across family offices and HNI investing.
Pavan Sarawad
Chief Investment Officer & Director
SEBI-recognised stockbroker and advisor with 16 years blending technical expertise and strategic vision.
Sahil Balani
Principal Officer & Research
13+ years in markets, leading research across the pipeline.
Regulation
Regulated by IFSCA.
Globridge Capital IFSC Private Limited is an Authorised FME registered with the International Financial Services Centres Authority. Its registration number is FMD2026FUM1106. The disclosures required by IFSCA are published on this website.
Registration with the Authority does not imply approval or endorsement by the Authority of the FME, of any scheme, or of the financial soundness or performance thereof.
View IFSCA disclosures Leader Angel IFSC Fund · CAT I Angel Fund
Write the next chapter with us.
Back university-born US ventures through a regulated GIFT City fund.
Invest with usOur ecosystem partners
- CAMS Fund administrator
- PwC Tax & audit
- Amicorp Trustee
- GIFT IFIH × Plug and Play India-entry incubator
- KRUU InvestED Founder diligence & acceleration
- Akshayam Corporate services