New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- With competition for investor capital intensifying, Indian managers are committing substantial amounts of their own money to new venture capital and private equity funds to attract limited partners (LPs), going well beyond the regulatory minimums to signal conviction in their investment strategies.

Motilal Oswal Private Equity and its leadership team have consistently committed 10-12% of each fund raised over the past two decades as fund sizes grew from Rs.550 crore in 2007 to Rs.8,500 crore this year.

Boutique investment firm Carnelian Asset Management & Advisors is committing more than Rs.100 crore of its own capital to a Rs.2,000 crore private equity fund.

Mettle Capital, founded by former Peak XV managing dire...