At 885 Capital we champion the big ideas that fuel ambitious, bold, and innovative projects.
Philosophy
Think & Dream
We seek out those that can execute upon their own ambitious thoughts, help them to dream even bigger and back them for the long-term.
Evaluate & Relate
As entrepreneurs who have built and scaled businesses, we can understand and connect with other founders.
Decisive & Fair
As direct hands-on decision makers, we are able to act fast and deploy capital decisively without a fear of short-term volatility.
Founders
885 Capital was founded by Jai Mahtani and Sudeep Ramnani, who have built successful investment careers as founders and investors by making smart decisions at the right time.
885 have pioneered an analytical yet practical approach to growing scalable technology-driven businesses in emerging markets and have identified and acted on diverse and varied opportunities across industries and geographies to ensure that the investment portfolio remains resilient, adaptive, and well-positioned for long-term growth.
Now located in Dubai – a strategic global hub at the heart of transnational investments – 885 is ideally positioned to execute its global vision for businesses and investment activities.
885 Capital was founded by Sudeep Ramnani and Jai Mahtani.
Fortunate enough to have founded numerous successful sports, fintech and technology-driven businesses together, Sudeep and Jai saw an opportunity to use that experience to support other founders - not just with capital, but with operating knowledge, distribution networks, and a sense of what the founder journey really feels like.
Sudeep and Jai think about investing as an extension of their entrepreneurial endeavours - not as financiers, but as fellow founders, who are seeking to support another founder's journey.
Every investment takes time, energy and attention and therefore it is important to personally connect as individuals with founders and potential business partners before a mutual decision is made on whether an investment should take place.
Sudeep and Jai don’t subscribe to the idea that detachment leads to better outcomes. In their view, the best investments come when you actually care - about the founder, the mission, and the impact.
885 is not a traditional fund or institutional LP structure. It’s a long-term investment brand built for flexibility, focus, and founder-first alignment.
Managed from the UAE, an increasingly strategic global technology hub, 885 Capital invests worldwide across a few high-conviction verticals, each reflecting areas where the team has operating experience, strategic insight and/or long-term belief.