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Stoicap Ventures targets Rs 750 crore fund for K-12 schools, student housing
Stoicap Ventures targets Rs 750 crore fund for K-12 schools, student housing
Stoicap Ventures plans to raise a Rs 750 crore fund to acquire rent-generating K-12 schools and student-housing assets. The Stoicap-NDR Edu-Infra Rental Yield Fund (EDIYF) will have a base corpus of Rs…
Stoicap Ventures plans to raise a Rs 750 crore fund to acquire rent-generating K-12 schools and student-housing assets. The Stoicap-NDR Edu-Infra Rental Yield Fund (EDIYF) will have a base corpus of Rs 500 crore and a Rs 250 crore green-shoe option. Chennai-based NDR Group is the co-sponsor and anchor investor.
The fund is a Category-1 Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) with an investment profile similar to an InvIT. It received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India in June. The fund will follow a sale-and-leaseback structure, acquiring infrastructure and leasing it back to operators for 25-30 years. Stoicap has signed a term sheet with a global institutional investor to acquire a seed portfolio of seven K-12 schools and around 2,000 student housing beds for about Rs 500 crore in equity value plus leverage. The first close of the fund is expected within this year.
Indian Opinion Analysis
This fund is an early institutional bet on India's K-12 and student housing real estate, segments largely dominated by private trust-run schools and family-owned hostels. Unlike mainstream office or retail real estate, education infrastructure has long lease tenures and high occupancy but fragmented ownership. The sale-and-leaseback model lets school founders unlock capital from land and buildings they already own while continuing operations. The key test will be whether the fund can source enough large, compliant school properties to deploy the full Rs 750 crore, given that many K-12 schools operate on small plots or have title issues. Sebi's approval of this Category-1 AIF signals regulatory comfort with this structure. The next milestone is the first close, which will show investor appetite for an illiquid, long-gestation asset class.
The fund is structured as a Category-1 AIF, which enjoys certain tax pass-through benefits and lower regulatory compliance compared to a full InvIT.
Source: livemint.com
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