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Certus Capital, a real estate investment firm, invested Rs 180 crore in a premium residential real estate project in Hyderabad. Located in an established micro-market ~15 minutes from HITEC city, the project is being developed by CYBERCITY Builders and Developers. The developer has already delivered and sold 4,000+ apartments in this location. This latest investment marks Certus Capital’s foray into the Hyderabad real estate market.
Certus Capital has touched Rs 1,000 crore in secured, private credit investments with this investment. Certus Capital, founded by former KKR director Ashish Khandelia, more than doubled its investment in FY24-25 compared to the year before, citing its deep leadership experience, presence across project lifecycles and asset classes, proven expertise in managing complex transactions, and growing mixed investor base.
Certus Capital’s capital base has grown to more than 1,000 investors, driven by a track record of delivering 15%+ net returns on its fully exited investments. All investments made in 2022 and 2023 were fully exited by the end of FY 24-25. The company has also invested heavily in its digital platform Earnnest.me, which manages the firm’s investor base with industry-leading transparency and institutional-quality reporting. As a result, Certus Capital enjoys a healthy 75 percent repeat investment interest.
Certus’s investments witness strong co-participation interest from large financial institutions. This latest investment in Hyderabad is a collaboration between Certus Capital and a leading NBFC with an AUM of Rs 78,000+ Cr. The project has a saleable area of 33 lakh sq. ft. area spread across two phases. CYBERCITY Builders and Developers, a leading name in Hyderabad, has delivered over 70 lakh sq. ft. near this project. Development of phase 1 alone (~50% of the project) is likely to be sufficient to exit the investment fully.
In 2024, Certus’s Rs 130 crore Pune investment saw Rs 50 crore participation from an NBFC with over Rs 1 Lakh Crore AUM. Further, another housing finance company has sanctioned participation in Certus’s south-central Mumbai investment, which was closed in January 2025.
Ashish Khandelia, Founder of Certus Capital, said, “Our latest investment in Hyderabad aligns with our mission to expand our portfolio geographically by leveraging private credit opportunities in the real estate market. The debt financing opportunity is expected to grow to Rs 14 lakh crore by 2026, giving us a long growth runway. Going forward, our goal is to maintain the momentum of over 100 per cent growth in investments in total in FY25-26 while remaining hawkishly focused on investment quality. We expect the demand for capital in the real-estate sector to remain robust.”
Certus Capital has invested in real estate projects in Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, and Hyderabad and is in an advanced stage of evaluation in Bengaluru. The investors include family offices, single-family and multi-family offices, HNIs, CXOs, and institutions.
