Kishan Chotai

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Non Executive Director at Higgs LLP

United Kingdom

Overview

Kishan is a Partner at August Equity, leading investments in high-growth, service-led businesses across the UK and EU. His focus areas include business services, technology, healthcare, and education. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Warwick and has been with the firm since 2012, specializing in partnering with entrepreneurial management teams.

He recently celebrated his firms nomination for three awards at the Real Deals Private Equity awards and the successful closing of their largest fund to date.

Personality Overview

Process Oriented

Tough To Convince

Late Adopter

Being observant comes to them naturally.  They tend to have clarity about their needs and constraints, and are unlikely to over-promise. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Topics They Care About

Service-Led Businesses
His role at August Equity is centered on investing in and working with high-growth, entrepreneurial, and service-led businesses headquartered in the UK.
B2B SaaS Investing
His firm's latest fund specifically targets investments in high-potential B2B SaaS businesses, a key area of focus for future partnerships.
UK Private Equity
He is a leader in the UK investment space, focusing on empowering management teams of UK-based companies through strategic partnerships and funding.

Media Appearances

Kishan has no verified media appearances

Work History

11-2025
Non Executive Director at Higgs LLP
6-2025
Non Executive Director at The Superbia Group
5-2024 - 1-2025
Non Executive Director at Impact Futures UK
5-2023
Non Executive Director at OneTouch Health
12-2022
Non Executive Director at Family First Day Nurseries

Education

2009 - 2012
Bachelor of Science (BSc with Hons) from University of Warwick
2002 - 2009
Education details unavailable from Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree

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Exp : 12 Location : United Kingdom Job Level : Senior Designation : Non Executive Director at Higgs LLP
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Insights For Selling To Kishan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them
  • First of all, focus on building their confidence by sharing examples, case studies etc.
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control

DONT's

  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't use phrases like 'do not worry', 'i promise' etc.
  • Don't be very accepting if that is your natural style, stay firm

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kishan is

  • Adoption by others is very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kishan

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kishan move?

  • They don't like to hasten, so their speed of decision-making may be slow.
  • Can Kishan take some risk or not?

  • They have little willingness to take risks, and prefer making calculated decisions.

You And Kishan

Personality Compatibility


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