Fund overview

Gymkhana Partners is an India-dedicated long-only investment fund managed by Farley Capital.  Since 2013, Farley Capital's investments in India have generated a cumulative USD return net of all fees, profit allocations, & Indian taxes of 384.9% – for an annualized return over that period of 13.9%,* exceeding the returns over the same period of the S&P 500, the BSE Sensex, & MSCI India indices.  After successfully investing in India via Farley Capital's generalist funds, Gymkhana Partners was born in 2017 out of demand for direct exposure to our India investing expertise.

*Returns are net of fees and updated as of July 31, 2025.

Why India?

We believe that Gymkhana’s leading investment returns are driven in part by India’s macro tailwinds

World-Leading Economic Growth
Underpinned by favorable demographics, accelerating urbanization, & other durable, long-term trends & historically coinciding with correspondingly robust long-term equity returns.
Vast Equity Opportunity Set
With more companies listed on India’s leading stock exchanges (the NSE & BSE) than on the NYSE & NASDAQ combined.
Inefficient, Uncorrelated Financial Markets
Featuring low levels of institutional ownership, sparse professional analyst coverage, drastic outperformance by mid- & small-cap stocks vs. large-caps, & limited correlation with global indices.

Why Indian Small Caps?

Opportunities abound in India for investors exploring beyond the well-known large-caps.

Despite India’s unparalleled equity opportunity set, most of the ~$52 billion in U.S. dollar-denominated, India-dedicated mutual funds & ETFs is invested in various combinations of the same large-cap stocks.

Compared to U.S. equities, Indian stocks – particularly those of mid- & small-cap companies – are significantly less correlated with their benchmark index.

Median institutional ownership among India’s ~3,000 largest listed companies is only 13%*, vs. 93% in the case of the United States’ ~3,000 largest listed companies.

Among all major global equity markets, India is the one where active managers outperform their passive equity benchmarks by the widest margin.

Otherwise reliable data sources such as Bloomberg often report inaccurate or incomplete figures for smaller-cap Indian stocks’ financials & cross-shareholdings – further bolstering the opportunities available to diligent investors.

*Per Bloomberg data on ~3,000 largest listed US and Indian companies.

Why Gymkhana?

Our performance has been – and, in our view, should continue to be – the result of applying our distinctive strategy to India’s target-rich opportunity set.

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Deep Research & Familiarity

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Distinctive Holdings

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We Buy Low & Sell High

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Conviction & Concentration

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Overlooked & Undervalued

Our Team

Our multinational team conducts intensive & recurring in-person research in India. Our experience analyzing businesses around the world allows us to better understand & contextualize Indian companies’ competitive advantages & valuations.

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Andrei Stetsenko
Princeton 2010; trusted source on Indian markets for Barron’s, Bloomberg, & the FT
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Stephen Farley
UT Austin 1980, Stanford GSB 1984; founded Farley Capital in 1990
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Nireeksha Makam
Alum of Everstone Group private equity & EY-Parthenon strategy consulting

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