Gopal Srinivasasan

Chairman and Managing Director
TVS Capital Funds

Gopal Srinivasan is the Chairman and Managing Director of TVS Capital Funds (TCF). TCF — a growth private equity platform set up in 2007, is the largest Indian rupee capital Fund in India, with a corpus of ~₹6,000 Crores. Under the leadership of Gopal, the platform has invested in more than 35 businesses that include companies like Nykaa, RBL, National Stock Exchange (NSE), Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), GoDigit, Yubi, Five Star, Insurance Dekho and Sarvagram. 

Gopal is a third-generation member of the illustrious TVS Family; his entrepreneurial career spanning well over three decades, in which he has founded, steered and scaled up over 10 new ventures across diverse verticals. 

Gopal also believes that the key for building the new India is to energize educational institutions. He has contributed significantly to his alma mater. Gopal is a member of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business Advisory Board. Gopal was also associated as a Governing Board member of Great Lakes Institute of Management-Chennai, IFMR- Chennai and Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai. 

Gopal has played an extensive role in VC/PE industry bodies as well as regulatory policy landscape. Former Chairman of IVCA (Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association): 2016-2018 and currently serving as a Board member. 

Gopal has been a member of SEBI’s Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee (AIPAC), since 2016 till 2025 and he is also a board member of the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH), since its inception in Dec’20. 

He actively involves in promoting start-ups and Founding member of The Chennai Angels, TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), Chennai and Non-official member of National Start-up Advisory Council (NSAC) being formed by the DPITT 

Gopal’s pursuit of excellence in creating an environment of intellectual and creative engagement in his hometown of Chennai led him to yet another initiative to bring together diverse groups of people under the auspices of the Chennai International Center (CIC). As its chairman, he has sought to develop CIC into a think tank that brings together a cornucopia of thought leaders from business, economy, policy, science, art, culture, and governing bodies.