Mumbai, May 21 -- K Hospitality Corp, which operates restaurant brands such as Copper Chimney and Bombay Brasserie, has launched Kliff Ventures - a strategic investment platform with a corpus of Rs.200 crore to invest in early-stage consumer retail brands, a top executive at the company said.

"Over the last five decades, we have seen the evolution of consumers, their eating habits and the multiple shifts that have taken place. The timing of this fund is closely linked to how the market has evolved and the enormous opportunity that the consumer sector in India presents," said executive director Karan Kapur in an interview with Mint.

The fund, which aims to selectively deploy capital across 5-6 investments, will focus on partnering with a...