About Us
Bijel Doshi, Founder
In Hindu philosophy, "sanskar" means "imprint" or "mental groove"—the values and experiences that guide our future actions. As the son of immigrants, Bijel's sanskar, humility, patience, hard work, scrappiness, and a relentless focus on protecting against downside, were ingrained while living and working in room 104 of his family's motel in Indiana. This "scrappy," immigrant mentality drives a deep-research process that uncovers mispriced opportunities missed by the market’s short-term focus.
Prior to launching Sanskar, Bijel built, grew and served as sole Portfolio Manager of the Moka Fund, a long/short fund with the same fundamental strategy as Sanskar Capital, from 2018 to 2025. Under his leadership, Moka delivered a 79% net return, significantly outperforming the Russell 2000’s ~30% return over the same period and grew assets to $50mm.
His approach is backed by over 20 years of investment experience, including tenures at Goldman Sachs, JGE Capital and Norwood Capital. Bijel was an Eli Lilly Scholar and graduated with Honors from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. Bijel lives in Reno, NV with his wife and three boys and enjoys playing pickleball and helping coach youth sports
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Chuck Royce, Special Advisor
Chuck and Bijel met on a bus at an investment conference and they instantly started exchanging notes on a small cap idea they had in common. Chuck has been a mentor to Bijel since then and brings more than five decades of experience in small cap investing to Sanskar Capital as Special Advisor.
Chuck was CEO, Chairman and Portfolio Manager of Royce & Associates, a firm synonymous with small-cap value investing that he founded in 1972. Chuck is a graduate of Brown University and received his MBA from Columbia University.
He currently serves as a Trustee of the Frick Collection, the Bruce Museum, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and the Ocean Community United Theater.