Archive · 15 Dec 2025
Aavishkaar's Vineet Rai on AI, Climate, and Valuations
Vineet Rai, the head of Aavishkaar Capital, talked about what he thinks will be big areas for investment in the future.
He believes that Artificial Intelligence (AI), climate change, and financial services will be very important.
AI will get a lot of money and will affect everyone's life, but it might also cause problems with decision-making.
For climate change, he mentioned things like reducing carbon, managing natural resources, and dealing with waste.
In financial services, he thinks there's a lot of room to grow, especially with new kinds of financial solutions.
He also said that companies should focus on good governance and be realistic about their value, not just aim for high valuations like Lenskart, which has been successful because it was one of the first in its market.
Aavishkaar Capital's portfolio is Rs 11,000 crore across various sectors.
AI is expected to attract the most capital and be highly scalable.
Climate-related themes like decarbonisation and waste management will be major investment areas.
Financial services have significant growth potential with newer financial solutions.
Companies should focus on governance and be realistic about valuations.
- Who
- Vineet Rai, Founder and CEO of Aavishkaar Capital
- What
- Discussion on future investable themes and corporate governance
- When
- During the second edition of the ‘Sankalp Bharat’ summit
- Where
- Interview with Business Today
- Why
- To share insights on future investment trends and corporate governance
- Founder and CEO
- Vineet Rai
- Company
- Aavishkaar Capital
- Portfolio Size
- Rs 11,000 crore
- Investable Themes
- AI, climate change, financial services
- AI Impact
- Scalable, biased decision-making
- Climate Themes
- Decarbonisation, natural resources, waste management
- Financial Services
- Financialisation of savings, newer financial solutions
- Investment Approach
- Social impact, financial strength, vision