WestBridge Capital has seen at least six departures from its investment team so far in 2026 in a churn that comes at a time when the India-focused investment firm is slowing fresh investments and placing greater emphasis on managing its existing portfolio and generating liquidity, people familiar with the developments told Moneycontrol.
The exits span the firm's Bengaluru and San Francisco offices. In Bengaluru, Ishita Shah (Assistant Vice President) and Siddharth Pareek (Senior Vice President) have moved on, while Aditya Shah, Aman Kai Sidhant, Achal Singi and Lakshraj Doshi from the investing team have exited from the San Francisco team, sources told Moneycontrol.
While some of them have quit to start their own venture, the others have quit citing personal reasons.
WestBridge did not reply to Moneycontrol’s queries.
While WestBridge has also added at least two people to its investment team, including Chitranjan Jain and Aayush Kumar, among others, the departures appear to have outpaced additions as the firm slows fresh investments.
WestBridge's website lists a total team strength of around 41 people. The six departures, therefore, account for nearly 15 percent of its overall listed workforce. The investment team represents only a part of this headcount, over and above operations and portfolio advisory services. To be sure, while the departures span different seniority levels, the scale of exits is unusual for an investment firm of WestBridge's size.
The movement is notable for a firm that has historically maintained a relatively established investment team, with professionals working across private and public market investments. While employee movement is not unusual in venture capital, the concentration of departures across two key offices comes at an important juncture for the firm.WestBridge’s Princeton problem
As Moneycontrol exclusively reported earlier, WestBridge's key limiter partner (LP), which has invested over $500 million in WestBridge, is expected to reduce to zero as its relationship with the endowment fund has come under strain over lack of payouts.
As a result, has been slowing the pace of fresh investments in recent months, with its focus shifting towards portfolio management and monetisation of existing holdings.
The firm has been looking to generate liquidity from several investments, including Star Health, TransUnion CIBIL and DealShare, while also trimming stakes in listed companies. Its moves come amid concerns around distributions to paid-in capital (DPI), a key measure of how much capital investors have received back from a fund.
At the same time, while WestBridge has slowed new investments, it continues to back existing portfolio companies. It participated in Third Wave Coffee's Rs 408 crore (around $42 million) funding round in August and has been doubling down on businesses such as ride-hailing upstart Rapido.
The latest exits and additions point to a period of transition for the investment firm, as it balances the management of its existing portfolio and liquidity requirements with selective fresh investments.
