Our Ownership & Partnership Approach

Long Term Investment Horizon
Ekagrata brings a 26+ year investment horizon approach to all of our companies. Our competitive advantage is having the patience and resilience to prioritize longevity over short-term profit maximization.
Diversified & Functional Advantage
Our leadership team can provide better access to functional advantages that other private equity firms cannot in the form of sales, marketing, cultures establishment. These key success drivers often require an extended timeline and level of patience that many other firms are unable to provide.
Internal & External Business Support
Our portfolio of companies and personal global relationships gives us the ability to solve difficult problems and provide access to specialized resources across the globe.
Financial Independence of Action
Our investment approach is not IRR driven or interest rate driven, we focus on each opportunities ability to function regardless of these factors

Our Investment Approach

Priority Industries:
We are industry agnostic, but prioritize:
Transaction Characteristics:

Long Term Investment Horizon

Ekagrata brings a 26+ year investment horizon approach to all of our companies. Our competitive advantage is having the patience and resilience to prioritize longevity over short-term profit maximization.

Diversified & Functional Advantage

Our leadership team can provide better access to functional advantages that other private equity firms cannot in the form of sales, marketing, cultures establishment. These key success drivers often require an extended timeline and level of patience that many other firms are unable to provide.

Internal & External Business Support

Our portfolio of companies and personal global relationships gives us the ability to solve difficult problems and provide access to specialized resources across the globe.

Financial Independence of Action

Our investment approach is not IRR driven or interest rate driven, we focus on each opportunities ability to function regardless of these factors

Our Focus Areas

Priority Industries:
We are industry agnostic, but prioritize

Aerospace &
Defence

Distribution &
Logistics

Food &
Agriculture

Manufacturing

Infrastructure

Related Industry Technology

Transaction Characteristics:

Majority Control Investments

Owner/Founder Seeking Partial Liquidity & Growth

Legacy Preservation Through Staged Succession

Turnaround & Distressed Situations

Asset Intensive Businesses

Our Investment Approach

Priority Industries:
We are industry agnostic, but prioritize

Aerospace & Defence

Distribution & Logistics

Food & Agriculture

Manufacturing

Infrastructure

Related industry technology

Transaction Characteristics:

Majority Control Investments

Owner/Founder Seeking Partial Liquidity & Growth

Legacy Preservation Through Staged Succession

Turnaround & Distressed Situations

Asset Intensive Businesses

Our Focus Areas

Priority Industries:
We are industry agnostic, but prioritize

Aerospace &
Defence

Distribution & Logistics

Food & Agriculture

Manufacturing

Infrastructure

Related Industry
Technology

Transaction Characteristics:

Owner/Founder Seeking Partial Liquidity & Growth

Majority Control Investments

Asset Intensive Businesses

Turnaround & Distressed Situations

Legacy Preservation Through Staged Succession

Prashant Pathak

CEO & Chairman

Prashant Pathak is the CEO of Ekagrata.

Before joining Ekagrata, Prashant spent nearly a decade on the board of the Business Development Bank of Canada, chairing the Venture Capital and Investments Committee. Previously, he was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, leading North American Telecom, Financial Services, and Strategy & Corporate Finance practices. Prashant also held senior roles at Schlumberger and Halliburton, and was a co-founder at ReichmannHauer Capital Partners.

He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).

Geetu Pathak

Vice Chair

Geetu Pathak is the Vice Chair of Ekagrata Inc.

Geetu oversees management and operations of several portfolio companies. With extensive experience in client contract negotiations, government relations, and union bargaining. Geetu has a strong entrepreneurial background in sectors such as fitness, manufacturing, custom furnishings, and food-agricultural products.

Geetu serves on the Board of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and Ryerson University, and recently completed her term on the Board of TVO.

She holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).