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VR Capital · SEBI Registered Investment Adviser

Rooted in quality,
powered by patience.

Hunting for mispriced quality in Indian small & microcaps.

3+
Year minimum horizon
<15
Holdings at any time
100%
Principal co-invested
₹0
Commissions · Zero distributors
01
Our DNA

A boutique investment practice built on five non-negotiables.

Quality always. Durable businesses. Honest management. Conservative balance sheets.
Price discipline. A wonderful business at the wrong price is still a poor investment.
Concentration over diversification. Fewer than 15 holdings, each earning its place.
Independent thinking. No benchmark. No committee. One decision-maker with skin in the game.
Aligned interests. Every client position is also a personal position. Always.
02
What We Do

Our hunting ground: the overlooked corners of the Indian market.

We specialise in finding asymmetric opportunities across three distinct market caps — each approached with a different discipline.

Primary Focus
01
Microcaps & Smallcaps
The deepest pool of mispricing in Indian equity. Under-researched, under-owned by institutions, and regularly priced for pessimism. Our core hunting ground.
Deep Value Quality Filters Long Horizon
Selective
02
Mid-Cap Opportunities
Occasionally, quality businesses in the mid-cap universe trade at distressed multiples — usually during sector-wide sell-offs. We participate with conviction when they do.
Contrarian Sector Dislocations
Tactical
03
Large-Cap Arbitrage
Large caps are efficient — most of the time. We use them only for arbitrage when severe displacement creates risk/reward we cannot find elsewhere.
Risk/Reward Event-Driven
03
How We Work

A straightforward, entirely transparent process.

You own everything. Your demat account, your broker, your capital — always.
We advise, you execute. Clear recommendations with reasoning. You decide.
Transparent flat fee. No commissions. No trail fees. No referral payments of any kind.
Quarterly reviews. Honest updates. Every position, every thesis, every change.
Direct access. You speak with Varun — the principal. Not a relationship manager.
The Principal

"Most of the returns available to a patient Indian investor don't live on the front page. They live in the small, boring, overlooked businesses that no one is writing about, until one day they are."

Varun Rastogi · Founder & Principal Adviser
04
Who We Work With

A deliberately limited circle.

We don't work with everyone. A few long-term relationships, considered and unhurried, are worth more than many transactional ones.

Entrepreneurs seeking a trustworthy steward for accumulated wealth.
Senior professionals with surplus capital and a multi-year horizon.
Families tired of PMS/MF product pitches.
NRIs wanting a direct, conflict-free window into Indian equities.
Indicative minimum
₹50 lakhs
Discussed candidly on our first call. The threshold exists to ensure the relationship is worthwhile for both parties.
2026 · Limited Availability

Accepting a small
number of new
conversations this year.

info@vrcapital.co.in · +91 81304 22102
Philosophy

We invest in businesses.

Equity is ownership.

Quality always. Durable businesses, honest management, defensible economics. Most of what screens cheap is cheap for a reason we reject most of what we see.
Price is everything. Even a wonderful business is a poor investment at the wrong price.
Concentration. Our best ideas deserve our full capital. Fewer than 15 positions held deeply beats a long tail held shallowly.
Independence. No benchmark hugging, only alpha generation compounded.
Skin in the game. Our capital sits in the same ideas as advised

We do not trade. We do not time markets. We do not anticipate quarters. We attempt to be right about a handful of businesses and behave like owners for as long as the facts support that view.

Strategy

Hunting the
overlooked corners
of Indian equity.

Our edge is structural, not informational. It comes from where we look and from having the patience to wait.

01
Primary Focus · Microcaps & Smallcaps

Where mispricing lives longest.

Under-researched by sell-side analysts
Too small for most institutional capital
Regularly priced for pessimism
Compounding opportunities hidden in plain sight

This is where we spend the majority of our time. Large institutions structurally cannot own these names meaningfully the position size is either irrelevant to their fund or the market impact too great. That structural asymmetry is the single most persistent source of opportunity available to a patient Indian investor.

02
Selective · Small-Cap Opportunities

Quality at sector-wide distress.

Sector sell-offs create quality at distressed multiples
Patience to wait years for the right setup
Position sizing matched to margin of safety

Smallcaps are efficient most of the time. But during cyclical sell-offs, excellent businesses trade at small-cap multiples. We participate with conviction when they do and only then.

03
Tactical · Large-Cap Arbitrage

Only when the risk/reward is undeniable.

Severe displacement events (index rebalancing, forced selling)
Short-horizon, defined-catalyst trades
Capital preservation over return maximisation

About

Varun Rastogi.

Founder, Principal Adviser, and the person whose own money sits beside yours in every single position.

One principal. One portfolio. No rotating fund managers. No sudden strategy shifts.
SEBI Registered Investment Adviser. Fiduciary duty. No commissions. No product pitches.
Never takes custody. Your capital stays in your own demat account at all times.
Full alignment. Personal savings invested alongside every client's, on identical terms.
Transparent advisory fee. Discussed upfront, in writing, before any engagement.
Varun Rastogi
Founder & Principal Adviser

Founded VR Capital to manage the family office, as well as friends, unimpressed by the information and conflict of interest within the wealth management business in India, gives investment advise the way it was intended!

EntityFama French Buffett Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
RegistrationSEBI RIA
LocationDelhi, India
CustodyNever held
CommissionsZero
DistributorsNone
FAQ

Honest answers.

What is the minimum investment?

Indicatively ₹50 lakhs of investable capital. The threshold exists to ensure the advisory fee structure is economical for both parties.

Do you take custody of my capital?

Never. Every rupee stays in your own demat account at a broker of your choice. We provide recommendations; you execute. We have zero access to your capital at any point.

How long should I expect to hold positions?

Minimum 3 years. Ideally 5+. Investors needing liquidity inside 3 years are not the right fit — and we'd tell you so upfront.

Why VR Capital?

Because every rupee of ours rides in the same seat as yours , no custody, no benchmark only an operator hunting for the best businesses on earth in the corners of India before institutions, and holding them long enough for compounding to do what compounding does.

How is this different from a PMS or mutual fund?

The structural differences are significant:

  • PMS and MFs take custody. We do not.
  • Both face benchmark pressure and redemption cycles. We have neither.
  • MFs must diversify by SEBI mandate. We deliberately concentrate.
  • Most earn commissions. We earn only a transparent advisory fee.

Why small and microcaps?

Because that is where the most persistent mispricing in Indian equity lives. These businesses are under-researched, too small for most institutional capital, and regularly priced for pessimism. For a patient investor, that is where the asymmetric opportunities sit.

Can I see your track record?

While we do not publish results, an audited performance of the portfolio managed will be shared on request.

Contact

Start a conversation.

The first call is mutual where we try to understand your situation, and you assess whether we are a good steward to manage your wealth!

Details
Email
info@vrcapital.co.in
Phone
+91 81304 22102
Location
Delhi, India
A Note
We accept a limited number of new conversations each quarter. If timing and fit are right, we respond within 3 business days.