A family. A few brands worth running.
KKEPV Ventures is a family-run operating company for brands that deserve to be run carefully. We started in 2026, with one venture, in Madurai.
The story behind the name
KKEPV is not a corporate acronym. It is a family name. Each letter stands for one of five siblings from our parents' generation. We are their children. We built this company to honour what they built for us.
We are not investors looking for portfolios to round out. We came to this work because we wanted to run businesses ourselves, to be on the ground every day, learning the craft of operating a brand well. That is still what we want.
Our first venture, The Tickle Truck, is an ice cream brand we run on the road, at events, schools, and community gatherings. It is small. It is daily. It is the way we are learning what it takes to grow a brand carefully.
Family-Founded
Named for siblings of our parents' generation
Operator-Run
On the ground, daily
Patient by Choice
We grow only as fast as we run well
Open by Default
Books open to founders and partners
Where we are headed
One brand at a time. Run well. For long enough that it matters. That is the whole plan.
01
Prove the craft
The Tickle Truck is where we are learning to run a brand well, day after day.
02
Find the next
We will take on a second brand only when there is one we would proudly call ours.
03
Stay patient
Two or three brands, run carefully, over many years. That is the kind of company we want to build.
What We Stand For
Transparency, by default
Books open to the founders we work with and to the partners who back us. Surprises are the kind of thing we work hard to avoid.
Operate, don't oversee
We are not on a board. We are on the floor, running the business, hiring the team, fixing the things that break. That is the job.
Few brands, run well
We would rather run two brands carefully than ten poorly. Scale comes from compounding good operations, not from collecting names.
The long road, by choice
We are building a company that should still be here in twenty years. Every decision is made with that in mind.
Built something worth growing?
If you have a brand worth running carefully and want a partner who will treat it like their own, we would like to hear from you.
Talk to Us