Mumbai, March 29 -- India is seeing more domestic capital flow into private markets due to the financialization of savings, growing entrepreneurship culture, and good returns, experts said at the Mint India Investment Summit and Awards 2025 in Mumbai on Saturday.

"Financialization of savings has been a story since 1991 at least. It's moved from physical assets of real estate and gold, and it's finding its way from bank deposits to public markets and now to AIFs," said Imran Jafar, managing partner, Gaja Capital.

AIF is short for alternative investment funds, which, as the name suggests, are pooled investment vehicles that invest in non-traditional assets like startups, real estate or commodities. The minimum investment amount in an AIF ...