The firm enjoyed close relationships with both Goldman Sachs and the Galleon Group: "A month before joining Goldman’s board, Rajat Gupta began marketing a $2 billion hybrid private-equity and hedge fund vehicle called Taj Capital Partners with one of Goldman’s biggest hedge fund clients, Raj Rajaratnam.
"[6] According to Fortune, "New Silk Route's original fundraising was for $2 billion (under the name Taj Capital) -- and [...] the first $600 million or so went into Galleon hedge funds.
[10] In 2008, it invested in Augere,[11] Beaconhouse School System,[12] Destimoney,[13] and Orissa Television Communications.
[14] In 2010 NSR invested in Café Coffee Day,[15] Nectar Lifesciences,[16] and Amonix.
Its other investments at the time included VRL Logistics, Rolex Rings, KS Oils, Varsity Education Management and Vasudev Adiga’s Fast Food.