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About Us

OVERVIEW

Investing Beyond Capital

Global South Capital was founded to bridge global capital with emerging market opportunity. Our mission is to enable visionary investors to create meaningful impact, combining financial growth with societal value.

Our Purpose: to transform India's industrial potential into performance. We blend entrepreneurial agility with institutional discipline, pairing decades of on-ground experience with a client-centric, repeatable process for growth.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Our Business Philosophy

We are partners, and not rent-seeking financiers.We invest with conviction, stay deeply involved, and align our success with our founders. Our approach is simple: back capable teams, professionalize operations, and help them grow into market leaders, through IPOs, M&A, or global acquirers.

OUR TEAM

Ritesh Dudeja

Ritesh Dudeja

Managing Partner

India-entry & cross-border JV specialist with global network.

  • Market entry & M&A leader with 25+ years across India & Southeast Asia.
  • Founding partner of CIBC (2010), later merged with Acclime (2022).
  • Advised 650+ global companies across industrials, pharma, healthcare, chemicals, and consumer sectors.
  • Strong global network with 1,000+ companies across US, Europe, and Asia.
  • Led 12 manufacturing setups and 22 India-foreign JVs.
Arjun Gupta

Arjun Gupta

Chief Financial Officer

Core team at Global South Capital, investment execution, fund finance, governance and LP reporting.

  • Sector depth: solar and green hydrogen (ACME), EV and asset finance, battery recycling (Attero).
  • Ex-Singhi Advisors; CA (2012) with strong underwriting and structuring.
  • Leads financial rigor, risk management and AI-enabled investing for scalable value creation.
Ananya Bathla

Ananya Bathla

Analyst

Strategy professional with experience at Acclime, advising international companies.

  • Focus areas: market entry, M&A, and growth across India and Southeast Asia.
  • Worked closely with senior leadership in driving strategy, commercial planning, and execution.
  • Expertise in market assessment, business planning, financial analysis and stakeholder coordination.