about us

“The markets are effective at pricing market risk but ineffective at pricing and discounting political risk.”

— Gautam Katoch, Founder

Sansar Insights is a firm that works with single family offices and UHNWIs to help navigate the critical area between investing, risk, and strategic decision making. We help clients anticipate the ways in which economic and political changes create both risk and opportunity – and to develop pre-investment strategies to address these challenges.

Sansar Insights works with clients to anticipate changes in the market driven by macro trends, political events and changes in policy. Our work, which is backed up by high quality analytical research, provides timely and insightful analysis that is politically and economically informed and builds into actionable strategies.

Driven by the needs of our clients, we have developed an expertise in the Impact Investment space, covering the majority of the UN’s SDGs.

WHat WE OFFER

Our research combines expert insight with systematic analysis to translate economic, market and policy signals into actionable strategies for our clients.
Our unique method identifies opportunities and risks ahead of the curve, helping our clients arrive at better decisions in a timelier manner.

Our Services

INVESTMENT & STRATEGIC PLANNING

Sansar Insights adds external challenge, sound boarding and pressure testing to internal decision-makers when defining their strategic plans and the testing of investment theses.

IMPACT INVESTING

Sansar Insights takes an integrated, customized approach to building investment strategies that reflect our clients’ specific impact and mission driven goals, without making concessions on returns. Our goal is to identify and back innovative founders with a magnetic sense of purpose, that bring innovative, scalable and defensible business models to real societal challenges. Sansar Insights has built up an extensive knowledge and a robust network of experts, from investors to academics to great founders, to aid us in our search for future world leading companies.

SOURCING DEAL FLOW

Sansar Insights leverages its extensive network within the start-up ecosystem, including Venture Capital Funds, Start-up Accelerators, Investment Banks and Angel Investors to help investors with their deal flow.

MARKET INSIGHTS

Sansar Insights network of market and sectoral specialists can enhance the capabilities of internal teams with a timely and trusted flow of tailored analysis and insight.

POLITICAL & COUNTRY RISK ANALYSIS

Risk analysis to clients, taking into account their specific requirements, so that they make investment decisions being aware of the key risks that could affect the returns of their investments.

How We Help

We support Single Family Offices in their strategies related to equity and debt investments and market entry situations around the world with a focus on Europe.
We work as a central, coordinating team leveraging our vast network of industry leaders in sectors including banking, law, economics and PR.

Our clients are looking for:

· Deal flow: Introductions to business and investment opportunities in developed and emerging markets.

· Pre-Investment risk analysis: Geopolitical and macro and country-specific risks

· Regulatory developments and dynamics in major economies impacting investment decisions.

· Overview of fiscal, economic, monetary, trade and financial policies.

· Business and market research

· Engagement of business community, societal and political elites to build support for an investment or market entry.

Why us?

• We leverage the expertise and connections of regional advisors to become aware of the risks before your competition are

• Acute insight: We combine deep sector and regional understanding

• We understand the complex and unique considerations surrounding SFO investment/business decisions

• Depth of resource – we gain access to reliable insights from experts in industry, finance, politics, regulation and the media