About

Jayant Yadav is a Chief Investment Officer and Co-Founder at Equicap Asia, an infrastructure investment manager that invests and develops infrastructure projects. He has over 14 years of experience in the development, financing, acquisition, and sale of infrastructure assets, primarily in Asia, with extensive experience in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. Jayant has led the investment team at Equicap in setting up the South Asian infrastructure platform spanning investments in renewable energy, affordable housing, agri-tech, and waste management, totaling over U$500M when commissioned. He is responsible for investor management, IC approvals, business plans, due diligence, contract negotiations, KMP hiring, strategy, finance and planning, and compliances. Equicap is the mandated exclusive developer team in South Asia for InfraCo Asia Development Pte Ltd. Equicap is involved in originating and executing transactions within infrastructure space on behalf of InfraCo. Their focus sectors are Renewable Energy, Transport & Logistics, Solid waste & Wastewater Management, Affordable Housing, and Agriculture Supporting Infrastructure. Jayant has previously worked with Nexif in their South Asia Investment team focused on M&A activities, contracts and negotiations, and fund-raising activities primarily for a hydro power project in Nepal and a waste-to-energy project in Sri Lanka. He was based in Hanoi to close an acquisition of a distressed hydro power project and successfully raised funds for the restart of construction of the hydro project. Prior to joining Nexif, Jayant was working with Azure Power, towards bidding and securing solar power project PPAs and successfully bid for 2 rooftop projects in Gujarat and raised debt capital for 2 ground-mounted solar projects in Rajasthan. While at AES, Jayant was solely responsible for building financial models and analysis for hydro M&As, greenfield hydro projects, and 3 gas-based projects under development. Jayant completed his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and Bachelors in Technology from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad. He is actively involved in scouting and investing in the startup ecosystem in India. He prefers investments in SaaS, logistics, EV, energy efficiency, and sectors supporting infrastructure efficiency and continues to evaluate opportunities in these areas.