Created from scratch, Milestone Private Equity is a pioneer in the Private Equity World. Formed in 2007, Milestone Advisors, a privately held alternative investment advisory firm in India has raised funds of over Rs 3700 crore in less than 10 years. The company is India’s first Real Estate Private Equity Funds.
Founded by Ved Arya, the company has always relied on developing highly innovative funds in the Real Estate market, which in turn provided steady returns to the investors and some unique investment opportunities.
Arya’s entrepreneurial streak was lit by the persuasion of Management course at XLRI and an advanced Management Program at Harvard University. Grabbing the great opportunity that the Indian Real Estate and Private Equity Industry provided, Mr. Arya tapped into Retail Investment, and India’s first Real Estate Equity Funds was created. Within no time, Milestone gained significant traction and invested in key growth sectors with a focus on Real Estate.
Just when things were going very well for Milestone, the soon to be a Multimillion dollar company saw a fall, an unfortunate incident led to the demise of Mr. Ved Arya. Milestone was on a verge of disintegration or a potential sell off when Mrs. Rubi Arya, wife of Mr. Arya, took the reigns of the company in her own hands and carried it forward. The desire and motivation to fulfil the unfinished entrepreneurial journey embarked by Mr. Ved and to take Milestone to newer heights had Mrs. Arya leading from the front.
Mrs. Arya led Milestone Private Equity created assets under Management of Rs. 3700 crores in just 4 years. The funds started demonstrating full cycle of fund raise, deployment, nurturing and divestments. To install confidence of the investors in the brand and the Organization, Milestone had a constant focus on managing and existing portfolio of investments and providing better than Industry Returns to 16,000 of its Investors. Milestone constantly gave returns to Investors in the form of Capital and Income, making Milestone Equity one of the few Real Estate funds in India to have done so. The Company provided exit of more than Rs 4,000 crore to its Investors in a sluggish Real Estate environment.
Milestone is strategizing its next phase of growth and has expanded its footprints to the 4th REIT. The Company also replicated its successful structured debt strategy and launched a Residential Focused Structured Debt Fund. Milestone adopted to the market scenario and launched products in the Portfolio Management Services.
Set up by Mrs. Ruby, Milestone’s Trusteeship Business has grown exponentially to assets under Trusteeship of Rs 80,000 crores in just 3 years of operation.
Though the consumer sentiments for Residential Real Estate are quiet, Milestone Private Equity is working towards a more Sustainable growth. The Company is witnessing new point of growth in the Real Estate sector. Various Government Policies such as Affordable Housing and Infrastructure will drive the Real Estate growth in coming years, as a result of which Milestone has renewed its interest in Commercial Real Estate segments and Mid segment housing.
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