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Aditya Bhise

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At a glance

Full Name
Aditya Bhisé
Title
Chief Operating Officer (previously Vice President)
Firm
Bravia Capital
Firm Type
Independent private equity firm / single-family office (not a traditional angel group)
Investment Stage
Private equity, credit, and early-stage growth/venture (firm-level); typically 3–5 year holds with defined exit strategies
Sector Focus
Transportation and logistics, aviation/aircraft leasing, fintech, leasing, commercial real estate, consumer, and media
Geographic Focus
United States, Europe, India, and Southeast Asia ("trans-global" cross-border investing)
Location
New York, NY

Background

Aditya Bhisé is the Chief Operating Officer of Bravia Capital, a New York–headquartered independent private equity firm and single-family office founded in 2000 by Bharat Bhisé. The firm is rooted in commercial aircraft financing and has grown into a global investor across transportation assets, logistics, fintech, leasing, and related growth industries, with additional offices historically in Las Vegas, London, and Mumbai. Aditya's stub title of "Vice President" reflects an earlier role; the firm's current team page lists him as COO.

He first worked at Bravia earlier in his career as Aviation Services Manager, and concurrently served as a Commercial Manager at Bravia's investee aircraft-leasing company, Hong Kong Aviation Capital (HKAC). He then moved into the technology and events sector as Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships at Scratch Music Group, a venture-backed music-and-technology company that had executed nearly 100,000 events. He re-joined Bravia Capital in 2019, later stepping into the COO role.

Aditya earned a Bachelor of Arts in Classics with a minor in Mathematics from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. He is described as conversationally fluent in Marathi and Hindi.

Note: Aditya's role at Bravia is primarily operational/executive leadership rather than that of an independent angel check-writer. The stub description of him as an "Angel Investor" writing "Seed Round" checks is not supported by public sources; his investing exposure comes through Bravia's platform, which spans private equity, credit, and early-stage growth deals.

Investment Thesis & Focus

  • Invests through Bravia Capital, which pursues "trans-global" cross-border opportunities connecting the global supply chain "from origin to destination."
  • Core sectors: transportation and logistics, aviation/aircraft finance and leasing, fintech, commercial real estate, consumer, and media.
  • Deal roles: majority-shareholder backing of management teams, GP-led investing, and lead minority co-investing.
  • Time horizon: relatively short-term holds of roughly 3–5 years with clearly articulated exit strategies.
  • Scale: firm leadership has originated, structured, and executed on the order of ~USD 10 billion in investments across equity, credit, and early-stage growth, including in excess of $4 billion of financing for 500+ commercial jet aircraft.

Notable Investments

  • Hong Kong Aviation Capital (2010) — Aircraft-leasing consortium backed by Bravia with Agricultural Bank of China and China Development Bank; closed nearly $1B of airline lease transactions in a six-month span and a $725M five-year warehouse facility. Aditya served as a Commercial Manager here.
  • Avolon Holdings (2015) — Bravia arranged, structured, and financed a 20% strategic investment in the aircraft lessor Avolon Holdings on behalf of Bohai Leasing Company.
  • Cronos (2015) — Container-leasing / transportation-sector acquisition.
  • TIP Trailer Services Group (2013) — European trailer leasing and rental business.
  • Africa World Airlines, Ghana (2012) — West African commercial airline investment.
  • Seaco (2011) — One of the world's largest container-leasing companies.
  • MyCargo Airlines (2011) and MyTECHNIC (2010) — Turkish cargo airline and aircraft MRO (maintenance) businesses.

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