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TASE Global Raises $32 Million From ValueQuest's Tristar Fund to Scale Precision Manufacturing
The Chennai-based supplier to Roche, Honeywell and GE will use the ₹300 crore infusion to add capacity and fold in its U.S. operations.
Chennai-based precision manufacturer TASE Global has secured ₹300 crore — roughly $32 million — from ValueQuest's Tristar Fund, a private equity vehicle dedicated to India's advanced manufacturing sector. The company announced the deal on Friday, Nov. 6.
The investment lands as global OEMs work to diversify supply chains beyond traditional hubs, and as India pushes to become a go-to source for high-precision components in aerospace, defense and medical technology.
What TASE Global Does
TASE Global — short for Trusted Aerospace & Engineering — operates as an integrated manufacturing platform with facilities in India and the United States. Its capabilities span high-precision machining, complex component manufacturing, sheet-metal fabrication, specialized processes and precision assemblies.
The company supplies original equipment manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers across medical and analytical instrumentation, aerospace, defense and industrial markets. Its customer roster includes Roche, PerkinElmer, Honeywell, Collins Aerospace, GE and Eaton.
How the Capital Will Be Used
TASE Global plans to direct the funding toward expanding manufacturing capacity, integrating its U.S. operations and pursuing larger OEM programs. Founder, chairman and CEO Shankar Raman Vaidyanathan said ValueQuest's partnership "will support our next phase of growth as we expand capacity," citing aerospace, defense, medical and semiconductor customers as the demand behind the expansion.
Spark Capital served as exclusive financial adviser on the transaction, according to DealStreetAsia.
Inside ValueQuest's Tristar Fund
TASE Global is the fourth portfolio company for the Tristar Fund, which backs Indian businesses in aerospace, defense, precision engineering and energy-transition-linked manufacturing. Earlier this month, ValueQuest said the fund had raised more than ₹2,100 crore in commitments within 15 months of its first close, beating its target including the greenshoe option.
Mumbai-based ValueQuest was founded in 2010 and reports group assets under management of ₹32,304 crore. Its private equity arm, Quest4Value Investment Managers LLP, manages more than ₹6,500 crore.
Co-founder and managing partner Aniket Dharamshi pointed to TASE Global's engineering depth and long-running customer relationships, noting that "these capabilities and relationships can create meaningful barriers to entry."
Why It Matters
Precision manufacturing for regulated industries is notoriously hard to break into. Qualification cycles are long, quality standards are unforgiving, and customers rarely switch suppliers once a part is certified. That makes established vendors with blue-chip relationships attractive targets for growth capital.
The deal also fits a broader wave of private money moving into Indian manufacturing, as government incentive programs and "China plus one" sourcing strategies push multinationals to build supplier bases in the country.
For TASE Global, a dual India–U.S. footprint offers customers a way to reduce single-country supply chain risk while keeping a cost advantage. For ValueQuest, it's another bet that India can compete at the high-value end of global manufacturing.
Source
Business Standard — "TASE Global to raise ₹300 crore from ValueQuest's Tristar Fund for growth"