Here’s a curated list of the top seed fund programs in India, 2017 who are actively investing into early stage ventures. No matter if you are just in Idea stage or already have paid customers, you must reach out to them for your startup to get wings.
Note: This list is sorted alphabetically and doesn’t rank or endorse them for being better than another.
Aarin Capital seeks to create long-term value by partnering with talented, hungry management teams actively complementing their skills with their collaborative engagement. They aim to build profitable companies with sustainable value propositions. They are not merely financial investors but also trusted operating partners of their investee companies. Accordingly, they have separate investment and operating teams comprising seasoned, high-quality professionals with a wealth of hands-on operating and investing experience to streamline and maximize the impact and support they can provide to their investee companies. People You Should Know: Mohandas Pai Startups Funded: DoSelect, ImpactAnalytics, Campus Diaries, Oust Labs, Magic Crate, SavvyMob, KleverKid, Tabtor Contact: Website ah! Ventures is a platform that brings together investors and promising ventures and serves both of them through a unique blend of customized services, skill and experience. Startups associated with ah! Ventures receive an all-round development in every facet of their enterprise be it funding, networking or even recruitment of office space. They’ve made 29 investments in 27 companies in sectors like banking, e-commerce, consumer internet, etc. Their investment size varies between 100K – 1 million. People You Should Know: Harshad Lahoti, Abhijeet Kumar Startups Funded: Unocoin, ShaadiSaga, Joolz, Kickstart Jobs, DrivesKart, Wigzo Technologies, Origa, EYWA MEDIA, Bluegape Lifestyle, iDream Career, Catapoolt, Logic Roots, ufaber Contact: Website Artha India Ventures invests in the seed and early stages of startups with follow on commitments up to Series A. Their investment philosophy is tech enabled and sector agnostic. They invest across several horizons such as travel, hospitality, fin-tech, data analytics, big data, e-commerce, AI, SaaS, PaaS, etc. Artha India Ventures prefers operationally profitable models and defensible USP’s and scout for startups which address a clear existing pain point. They help startups refine their business model by providing business expertise to stay ahead of the curve. Also, they leverage their networks to the startup which helps the startup in fostering good networks. People You Should Know: Anirudh Damani, Ashok Kumar Damani Startups Funded: Krishi Star, WedMeGood, InstaSafe, The Home Salon, SeekSherpa, Hotels Around You, Klip.in Contact: Website Aspada’s approach has been to invest in home-grown business models that addresses the unmet needs of the middle class people by adopting a full stack approach. Their 14 investments have been across sectors like agriculture, healthcare, education, financial services, logistics and technology-led SME enablement platforms which showcase their commitment to solving India’s hardest problems in a capital efficient manner. People You Should Know: Kartik Srivatsa Startups Funded: Dunzo, Capital Float Contact: Website Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in every stage of a business. It backs passionate and thoughtful entrepreneurs who are energetic and with their drive turn exciting ideas into successful businesses. They are interested in founders who aren’t afraid to break convention and are driven to push the limits of what is possible with technology mainly in sectors like enterprise, consumer, e-commerce, healthcare, security, SaaS, enterprise software, fin-tech, mobile, etc. People You Should Know: Vishal Gupta Startups Funded: Vidooly, ReGlobe Contact: Website Blume Ventures is a seed fund venture that provides funding in the range of $50K-$250K to tech-centric startups. They back the startups not only with funds but also with active mentoring and support. They’ve already made 82 investments in 63 companies in sectors like software, mobile, e-commerce, etc. They are more inclined towards entrepreneurs who come up with innovative solutions to problems prevailing and affecting large markets. People You Should Know: Sanjay Nath, Karthik Reddy. Startups Funded: Unocoin, sourceeasy, unacademy, SMINQ India Solutions, FactorDaily, BHIVE WORKSPACE, The Wedding Brigade, Prepathon, InTouchApp, m.Paani, Dunzo, Buddy, Turtlemint, Mech Mocha, WebEngage, Zenatx, MockBank, Railyatri, Newgen Internet Networks, ReGlobe, Tookitaki, VoxPop Clothing Contact: Website Brand Capital articulates and establishes a startup’s growth potential through the branding prism. They are interested in growth-oriented entrepreneurs to provide funding for long-term advertisement solutions. Through their unique and pioneering models, Brand Capital is poised to provide critical leverage for brand-led growth and value creation. They have investments across wide sectors including mobile, healthcare, financial services, mobile, consumer services, etc. People You Should Know: Sivakumar Sundaram Startups Funded: CityFurnish, Extracarbon, iDream Career, ICustommadeit, Zoctr Health, Gingercrush, iChefin Contact: Website Calcutta Angels is a platform for entrepreneurs and investors to come together and build an environment for guidance and angel investment. Entrepreneurs receive funding as well as mentorship from the investors. Apart from the funding and mentorship, entrepreneurs can foster new connections and benefit from the large angel networks, accelerators and incubators associated with Calcutta Angels. It has made 8 investments in 8 companies till now mostly in healthcare, education and crowdfunding. It is the first structured platform of its kind in Eastern India. People You Should Know: Kumar Patodia, Pradyumna Dalmia, Raghav Kanoria Startups Funded: LetsMD, Zeroinfy, Purple Style Labs, Logic Roots, Klip.in, Catapooolt, Ketto Contact: e-mail – [email protected] GSF’s key objective is to spur innovation and entrepreneurship through angel and seed investing. Their mission is to encourage flow of informed, knowledgeable mentorship capital to the startups in India. GSF Superangels is a network of 20 iconic founders and investors dedicated to providing seed funding to the most promising Indian startups. As former and current founders themselves, this team of Superangels is particularly well-equipped to identify opportunity and talent in the Indian startup ecosystem. People You Should Know: Rajesh Sawhney Startups Funded: Flintobox, QuickoLabs, AirStream App, Cuztomise, Greymeter, DailyRounds, Tushky, SilverPush Contact: Website A Delhi-based early stage investment firm, GrowX Ventures Management will provide your startup with resources if they see passion, enthusiasm and a great idea. They will provide you with money, time and their experience to convert your startup into a successful one. They’ve made 13 investments in 12 companies. The sector your idea/ startup belongs to isn’t important. All they need is an evolutionary idea and a drive to turn that idea into a successful venture. People You Should Know: Sheetal Bahl, Ashish Taneja. Startups Funded: ZipLoan, i2e1, BiteClub, BetterButter, Qyk Contact: e-mail – [email protected] (for entrepreneurs) e-mail – [email protected] (for would-be entrepreneurs) Hyderabad Angels is a group of seasoned angel investors who are keen to invest in promising startups and early stage companies to create tangible as well as intangible value. Their investors are leading venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and business leaders, who, with their financial and business acumen, are committed to providing support to the Indian and global startup ecosystem. Besides providing the much needed capital, they also provide businesses with distinctive mentoring and access to their network. People You Should Know: Kishore Ganji, Lax Gopisetty Startups Funded: Epaathsala, RealBox, Twigly, Betaout, SparesHub, Online Prasad, Thrillophilia.com Contact: Website i2India Venture Factory is an incubator and venture capital center, which provides initial funding of $500K – $10 million for imperial innovations especially in sectors like technology and consumer internet. They’ve come up with a unique approach known as Venture Factory which brings in a “production-line” like predictability, quality and speed to the entire process of venture building. The Venture Factory methodology provides systematic, high impact and end-to-end support to its ventures People You Should Know: Deepam Mishra Startups Funded: Shippr, Zenparent Contact: e-mail – [email protected] Idein Ventures helps create disruptive companies out of emerging startups, aspiring entrepreneurs, and small/medium enterprises. They are early stage venture capital and growth stage private equity firm focused on overall growth of the startups they partner with. Along with their funds they offer immense value in the functioning of a company through their network, strategies and executional excellence. They offer seed funding in several sectors including technology, consumer internet, etc. People You Should Know: Ashwin Srivastava, Mahesh Vellaboyina Startups Funded: BuildTraders, ZoEasy Solutions, Qriyo InfoLabs, Infurnia Contact: Website IDG Ventures is a venture capital firm, focused on funding technology obsessed startups. It looks out to invest in high potential technology enabled businesses with strong leadership and management teams who have the potential to become disruptive category leaders. They’ve made 91 investments in 51 companies especially in sectors like e-commerce, finance, consumer media & technology, health-tech, software, etc. They invest in between $0.5 million to $10 million at seed as well as early stages of technology enabled ventures. People You Should Know: Manik Arora, Sudhir Sethi, TC Meenakshisundaram Startups Funded: Plusss App, RentoMojo, ICrushiFlush, Cityflo, NestAway, CloudCherry, Momoe Technologies, Hiree, AasaanJobs Contact: Website India Internet Fund invests in early-stage tech-based startups and their investment amount varies between $50K to a few millions. They along with their partners have invested in over 9 tech-based startups so far, ranging from startups in the location based products, music/entertainment, travel, tech support, credit scoring, app building and ad technology industries. People You Should Know: Nihal Mehta, James Pallotta, Anirudh Suri Startups Funded: AppVirality Inc, SquadRun, Graphic India, Snaplion, Tookitaki, 247 Techies Contact: [email protected] India Quotient a micro VC interested in investing in companies with ingenious ideas. It recently started off with IQ Snipers which is an accelerator for early stage startups in sectors like consumer internet, mobile, etc. IQ Sniper aims to make investments of INR 20-25 lacs in companies at the idea stage itself through a convertible note for a maximum stake of 2%. People You Should Know: Madhukar Sinha, Anand Lunia. Startups Funded: CREO, Care24, rBus, Teewe, Momoe Technologies, FRSH, HolaChef, 92Mobiles, Novelroots Internet, Roposo, Purple Squirrel Edventures, ShepHertz, Wishberg, InCights Mobile Solutions Contact: e-mail – [email protected] Info Edge is driven by innovation, creativity and a talented leadership team. It has an in-depth understanding of the Indian consumer internet domain with years of experience in this domain and a strong culture of entrepreneurship. It’s India’s premier online classified company in recruitment, matrimony, education, real estate and related services. People You Should Know: Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Arun Duggal Startups Funded: BigStylist, Happily unmarried Contact: Website IvyCap Ventures is guided by an entrepreneur-centric investment approach. They focus on investing in early and growth stage companies across sectors such as healthcare, education, food based businesses, technology, e-Commerce and other innovation oriented businesses. Their board of mentors bring the requisite skills, industry experience and passion to support creation of distinct value in their portfolio companies. People You Should Know: Vikram Gupta Startups Funded: GrabOnRent, FT Cash Contact: Website Jungle Ventures is a Singapore based venture firm that invests and helps build category leaders from Asia. It’s investment range varies from $500K to $1 million. It invests across all early stages of startups in all sectors including consumer internet, enterprise tech, etc. People You Should Know: Amit Anand, Anurag Srivatava Startups Funded: Moglix, Hey, Neighbor!, Momoe Technologies, POKKT Contact: Website Based in Mumbai, Kae Capital is one stop destination for early stage companies looking for capital. Kae Capital wants to invest in companies which come up with innovative solutions to bridge the existing gaps in the markets. They believe in Innovation, Leadership and Growth and they want to work with entrepreneurs who show passion and great potential in the above three areas. They’ve made 35 investments in 28 companies till now in fields like enterprise software, storage, mobile, e-commerce, education, healthcare, etc. People You Should Know: Sasha Mirchandani. Startups Funded: Azuro.in, ListUp, Inc42, Parentune, Shopsense, FRSH, Truebil, Sendd, Porter, Nudgespot, Trulymadly.com, DailyRounds, Fynd, Eventifier, Tiggly, Naiku, Qubecell Contact: Telephone – Board Number – +91 22 6194 4141 A seed fund program by Kalaari Capital, Kstart is a unique seed fund program designed for the next generation entrepreneurs to build game-changing ventures. At Kstart, they seek to establish long term relationships with founders and contribute positively from the very first day of their journey together. To maximize impact and reduce time to market, Kstart provides an integrated platform with all essential components for success. These include: Fair Capital, Partners, Catalysts, Kstart Institute and an amazing Re-space. Startups Funded: Active.ai, Indee, Affordplan, Guarented, Parablu, Advenio, Freespeech, Signzy Contact: e-mail – [email protected] | Website LetsVenture enables startups looking to raise seed/angel money to create investment ready profiles online and connect to accredited Investors. They also allow startups to get their business plans reviewed by experts in their domain and connect to mentors. After a startup has a verbal commitment from an investor, LetsVenture helps them in the funding closure process through their Commitment-to-Closure package which takes care of all legal and financial matters. People You Should Know: Shanti Mohan, Sanjay Jha Startups Funded: LetsMD, JustLikeNew, Petoo, Purple Style Store, IntensAquatica, SavvyMob, YourDost, Gridle.io, flipClass, Touchtalent, Ressy Contact: Website Based in Mumbai, Lightbox Management Ltd is a venture capital firm that makes investments in early-stage consumer technology business in India. Their team consists of a melange of investors, entrepreneurs and technologists who have an experience with consumer technology. They invest in the range of a few thousand dollars to a few million dollars in the seed round. People You Should Know: Sandeep Murthy, Sid Talwar Startups Funded: Melorra Contact: Website Lightspeed Venture Partners invests across several stages and sectors in India, including technology-led businesses as well as non-technology opportunities in sectors such as advertising and media, business services, financial services, healthcare, education and retail. Their primary goal is to provide talented entrepreneurs and their teams with growth or early-stage capital, coupled with ongoing consulting and advising to help them disrupt and transform large markets in the domestic economy. People You Should Know: Bejul Somala Startups Funded: Phone Warriors, Town Rush, BroEx Contact: Website Matrix Partners believes in making life-long relationships with entrepreneurs. They only invest in companies that they believe have the potential to become leaders in their domain. They’ve made 40 investments in 30 companies mostly in sectors like mobile tech, healthcare, consumer internet, etc. Apart from the investment, Matrix Partners also provides the startup with its extensive global network of experts. They help the startup to build strategic partnerships and connect with potential customers, investors and advisors. People You Should Know: Avnish Bajaj, Rishi Navani Startups Funded: Finomena, RazorPay Contact: e-mail – [email protected] Mayfield Fund follows an early-stage venture capital strategy and invest between $500,000 to $10 million in companies targeting the consumer & business sectors across non-tech, tech-enabled and technology verticals. They invest in passionate founders aiming to build businesses in large markets. They look for unique solutions solving pain points and disrupting existing value chains. People You Should Know: Vikram Godse, Nikhil Khattau Startups Funded: TaskBob Contact: Website Mumbai Angels’ main aim is to invest and build great companies. They provide early-stage startups with a platform to interact with successful entrepreneurs and investors who’d like to invest in startups. It is an innovative business incubator and helps the companies associated with them through their network of relationships. It has made 43 investments in 40 companies in sectors like agriculture, e-commerce, finance, healthcare, gaming, technology, IT, telecom, service, etc. The size of investment varies between $200,000 – $1,000,000 People You Should Know: Praveen Chakravarty, Prashant Choksey Startups Funded: Myntra, DoSelect, Azuro.in, Unocoin, MintM, Betaout, Advantage Club, Gingercrush, bounty app, Joybynature, BabyChakra, Klip.in, iKure Techsoft, Traffio, Jack On Block Contact: e-mail – [email protected] Nexus Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specialized in seed and early-stage investments. They are usually the first institutional investors and their investment size ranges from $500K – $10 million in the early stages of the company. They like to work with passionate and driven entrepreneurs, invest in capital efficient business models or innovative ideas that address a defined customer pain point in diverse sectors including consumer internet, mobile, SaaS, healthcare, e-commerce, travel, logistics, food, insurance, banking, entertainment, data analytics, etc. People You Should Know: Suvir Sujan, Sandeep Singhal, Naren Gupta Startups Funded: Housing.com, GoPigeon, Jumbotail, Postman Contact: Website Based in Bangalore, 3one4 Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that funds selected market sectors that are capable of growing and are ready for innovative new and unique products and services. They’ve made 23 investments in 21 companies in sectors like enterprise automation, drone technologies, ed-tech, fin-tech, media and multi-lingual content generation, and high-margin niche retail, etc. Their investment size varies between $300K – $5 million. People You Should Know: Pranav Pai Startups Funded: DoSelect, Scandid, Drawinbox, Airwood, Alma Connect, Gingercrush, Magic Crate, Oust Labs, i2e1, Wigzo Technologies, Tripoto, Aarav Unmanned Systems, Licious Contact: e-mail – [email protected] Ojas Venture Partners is an India-focused early stage venture capital financing and investment firm. They’ve made 10 investments in 7 companies. They believe in investing in, businesses either based on technology or those which use technology in creative and innovative ways to create good business opportunities. Fields like mobile technology, telecom, software as a service, embedded software, web applications, consumer internet, etc particularly interest them. They make an initial investment of US $250,000 to US $1.5 million in any company. In further rounds they invest a maximum of US $3 million per company over its life. People You Should Know: Dr Rajesh Srivathsa, Pavan Krishnamurthy, Gautam Balijepalli, Raghu Batta Startups Funded: Amagi Media Labs, Tyfone, CoCubes.com, Vizury, Unnati Skills Pvt. Ltd., TELiBrahma, Arigami Semiconductors System Private. Contact: e-mail – [email protected] Orios Ventures Capital is a Mumbai-based venture fund whose primary goal is to invest in companies with stellar ideas. They’ve made 15 investments in 11 companies in the fields like technology, consumer internet, e-commerce and education. Orios Ventures Capital is more inclined towards software and technology enabled startups. They intend to back companies which they believe are the next multi-billion dollar companies from India. People You Should Know: Rehan Yar Khan. Startups Funded: ePoise, Pickingo, Pipemonk, Taskbob, Yumist Contact: e-mail – [email protected] Palaash Ventures based in Delhi along with presence in Bangalore is a sector agnostic investment firm. They invest about $400K – $1 million in the seed funding stage. Along with the fund they also leverage their business and operational expertise to add value to the startup’s performance and growth. They believe in promoting startups with cutting-edge ideas and the potential to uniquely solve commonplace problems. People You Should Know: Piyush Goyal, Tapesh Singhi, Priya Mukherjee, Annu Batra, Ridhika Saraf. Startups Funded: Tripoto, JustRide Contact: e-mail – [email protected] SAIF Partners is a venture and growth capital fund that invests in startups of Asia with exceptional ideas and help them grow from concepts to IPOs. They believe in long-term seed investments ranging between $350K – $1 million in sectors like consumer, IT services, education, finance, internet, mobile, industrial, healthcare, etc. People You Should Know: Naiken Veerasamy Startups Funded: ShareChat, Playment, YourDost, Bumper, Voodoo, Care24, Zoomo, Capital Float, Touchtalent, Toppr, Niffler, Industrybuying, Contact: email – [email protected] Seedfund is an early-stage investment platform for companies across several sectors. They aim at supporting passionate and visionary entrepreneurs who with their innovative ideas are redefining the market paradigm for Indian customers. They are backing the startups with money and proper guidance, perspectives, ideas and connections. They’ve made investments in 31 companies till now mostly in sectors like e-commerce, fashion, curated web, etc. People You Should Know: Bharati Jacob, Mahesh Murthy, Paula Mariwala, Pravin Gandhi, Sanjay Anandaram, Shailesh Vikram Singh, Tarana Lalwani. Startups Funded: dailyobjects.com, Lifeblob, Browntape Contact: e-mail – [email protected] Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in both public and private companies from almost all sectors. It invests between $100,000 and $1 million in seed stage and between $1 million and $10 million in early stage. It has made investments in about 100 companies in India including several sectors like energy, enterprise, finance, health care, internet, mobile, etc. Along with money they also help startups in areas like financing, marketing, hiring and legal prospectives. People You Should Know: Shailendra Singh Startups Funded: Flyrobe, ClearTax, CREO, Ubiquitous Foods (Ovenfresh), Goodservice, Shuttl, PressPlay, NuvoEx, Grofers, MoonFrog, Helpchat Contact: Website Based in Mumbai, SIDBI Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that also does early-stage investments. It is the venture capital arm of Small Industries Development Bank of India specializing in direct and fund of funds. People You Should Know: Ananta Padmanabhan Sarma Startups Funded: Mosambee Contact: Website SRI Capital is a seed stage investor focused on enterprise software and deep tech. They are interested in startups that are selling to the US enterprise and/or SME market, preferably in a subscription model with built-in scalability for rapid growth. SRI Capital likes capital efficient product development teams, led by technology founders, serving niche markets. They invest between $250,000 and $500,000 for a meaningful minority interest, doing larger rounds in partnership with a select group of VCs and angel groups. They generally do 4-5 investments per year in this space. People You Should Know: Sashi P. Reddi Startups Funded: Zuppler, Yellowdig, WorkApps, NumberMall Contact: [email protected] TermSheet is an online platform that connects angels and entrepreneurs in order to help them close seed financing rounds, entirely online. The TermSheet team employs every possible tactic to remove bottlenecks in the conduct of the deals. Their business model is simple, they charge one percent of the amount raised for larger deals and two percent equity for smaller deals where they help startups with more than just funding. People You Should Know: Vivek Durai Startups Funded: Cupick Contact: Website The Morpheus is one of the oldest accelerator in India. It has accelerated 10 batches till now with more than 80 companies in their portfolio. They used to invest Rs. 5 lakhs in a company and would guide and mentor the company and also help them in building connections in return for 6-9% equity. The Morpheus has stopped raising any funds however, they will continue to help companies if they want to raise funds. People You Should Know: Sameer Guglani, Nandini Hirianniah Startups Funded: CloudEngine, HackerRank, Adscoot, Easy Square Feet, VeriCar, Picsean, Naabo Solutions, RobotsAlive, ReachTax, RetailVector TLabs an initiative by Times India. It is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor for startups with innovative and disruptive ideas. They have a panel of over 100 mentors who are experienced entrepreneurs who mentor the startups. TLabs offer a seed funding of about $50K along with that they offer a working space. Startups can leverage from prominent tech partners of TLabs. People You Should Know: Abhishek Gupta, Rahul Gupta Startups Funded: Degichorus Technologies, Peersome, Medaino, HopeOn, HomeTriangle, GetMyUni, Citru, Prokure, Pyck, SPOYL, Suoerdoc, Vibgyor, Epaathsala, Pratilipi, CustomerLabs Inc, 135 TechLbs, MintM, Ghar360, Neuron, GreedyGame, YIPPSTER, Labforth, Spayee, TAKE ZERO, iLenze, Fashupp, Paralleldots, Vidooly, Voltella, Fouch, Inshorts, Jiffstore, Hoverr.me, Retention, Get Me A Shop, Flynx, GradeUp, MintM, Bluegape Lifestyle, CustomerLabs Inc, Jiffstore, Flynx, Gradeup, Zipdial Contact: Website Tracxn Labs backed by Tracxn Technologies is a California-based company with headquarters in Bangalore. It is a startup research platform which is powered by a team of analysts. Tracxn Labs helps startups in raising $50K – $60K to build an MVP. They are more inclined to sectors like education, hyperlocal, e-commerce, consumer internet, etc. Apart from that, they help startups in cultivating their ideas with their insights and experiences which they’ve developed through their enormous database spanning over 100 sectors globally. People You Should Know: Abhishek Goyal. Startups Funded: Bharat Bazaar, Twigly, DailyNinja, Drawinbox, cookifi, DRIVOJOY.COM, Tauro Wealth, Loanzen, Buddy, JoeHukum, Qyk, Elanic Contact: e-mail – [email protected] Tracxn Syndicate is the seed investment platform of Tracxn, a startup analytics company. By inheriting Tracxn’s database of more the 10k technology startups, Tracxn Syndicate will help budding entrepreneurs obsessed with technology to accelerate and build amazing companies. Based in Bangalore it has already made 3 investments in 3 companies. People You Should Know: Abhishek Goyal, Neha Singh. Startups Funded: LoanZen, Wishup, KountMoney Contact: e-mail – [email protected] Unilazer Ventures is a venture capital that does early stage venture and private equity investments. They are interested in any business that is a part of the India Consumption Story which can build brand and scale and can make an impact on sectors like agriculture, healthcare, micro-finance and education. People You Should Know: Ronnie Screwvala Startups Funded: easypolicy, MeraDoctor, Yumist, niki.ai Contact: [email protected] Based in Bangalore and Seattle Unitus Seed Fund is a venture fund which focuses on investing in startups with innovative ideas for the common masses. An affiliate of The Unitus Group, Unitus Seed Fund has made 33 investments in 23 companies mostly in sectors like education, consumer products, health care, mobile, agriculture, financial technology, retail and e-commerce. Besides seed funding Unitus Seed Fund also provides strategic and operating support and helps the startup in building and fostering crucial connections. People You Should Know: Srikrishna Ramamoorthy Startups Funded: Labinapp, Driveu, BetterPlace Safety Solutions, Smile Merchants, VillFarm, Blowhorn, JiffStore, Welcare, Medypal, GoCoop, Caravan, Jack on Block, iStar, Villgro Innovation Marketing, Bodhicrew Services, Milaap Contact: Website A firm that provides seed fund for software, web, mobile, and cloud computing based Indian Startups, and also claims to provide a unique experience for entrepreneurs. The firm seeks to invest between $0.02 Mn and $0.03 Mn per startup in return of equity stake between 10% and 15%. People You Should Know: Mohsin Khan, P.Ramakrishna. Startups Funded: Vaava Contact: Website Venture Catalysts is one of India’s leading & fastest growing seed investment and innovation platform. It invests $100K – $500K in early stage startups that have potential to create enduring value for over a long period of time especially in fields like e-commerce, consumer tech, SaaS, IoT, fin-tech, etc. They also provide the startup with mentorship, hands-on support and connections. People You Should Know: Anil Jain Startups Funded: DSYH, Appsay, Coutloot, Urbtranz Technologies, LenDen Club, vPhrase Analytics Solutions, Siftr, ConfirmTKT.com Contact: Website Ventureast Fund is a pioneering Indian VC Fund manager which invests in innovative businesses along wide sectors including IT/ITes, healthcare, clean environment, etc. It invests in multiple stages of business including seed as well as early stages. People You Should Know: Sarath Naru, Raghuveer Mendu Startups Funded: Ben Franklin Contact: Website Venture Highway teams up with the next generation of entrepreneurs by providing guidance and capital to early stage nascent ideas in technology. They look forward to to team up with founders who demonstrate a passion and ability to create world-class businesses. If you’ve got the ability, drive, desire, passion, perseverance and all that ‘good’ (but really really painful) stuff then Venture Highway is the right place for you. People You Should Know: Samir Sood Startups Funded: ShareChat, ShieldSquare Contact: e-mail – [email protected] VentureNursery is India’s first angel-backed start-up accelerator. Based on their belief that the angel ecosystem must focus primarily on maximizing the success potential of startups, VentureNursery undertakes an intensive and immersive coaching and mentoring role in the chosen startups and helps each with end-to-end infrastructural and learning support. People You Should Know: Amit Patni, Ravi Kiran, Shravan Shroff Startups Funded: Aarya.ai, The Home Salon, Klip.in, HotelsAroundYou, Talview, Interview Master Contact: Website An investment firm specializing in seed and early-stage funding support for startups. They invest $50,000 to $100,000 in a wide gamut of sectors like IoT, robotics and automation, 3D VR & AR sectors, real estate, water management, education, fin-tech, etc. They don’t just invest, they also provide expertise through their strong advisor network, and with an open door policy, their expertise is available throughout. An early stage venture capital firm Yournest believes in ‘liberating human potential’, by investing in radical, vibrant and fresh business ideas. They have made 17 investments in 13 companies mostly in sectors like IT, ITES, mobile, cloud/SaaS and analytics. YourNest gives opportunities to startups with passion and zeal and help them turn into meaningful and successful business. They accept talented entrepreneurs filled with passion with open hands and help them in accelerating their ventures. People You Should Know: Girish Shivani, Sanjay Pande, Sunil K Goyal. Startups Funded: SmartQ, Fashalot Digital, Aahaa, Momark Services, Betaout, Arya.ai, Simpli5d Contact: email – [email protected]1. Aarin Capital
2. ah! Ventures
3. Artha India Ventures
4. Aspada
5. Bessemer Venture Partners
6. Blume Ventures
7. Brand Capital
8. Calcutta Angels
9. GSF
10. GrowX Ventures Management
11. Hyderabad Angels
12. i2india Ventures
13. Idein Ventures
14. IDG Ventures
15. India Internet Fund
16. India Quotient
17. Info Edge
18. IvyCap Ventures
19. Jungle Ventures
20. Kae Capital
21. Kstart
People You Should Know: Vani Kola, Muthiah Venkateswaran22. LetsVenture
23. Lightbox Management Ltd
24. Lightspeed venture partners
25. Matrix Partners India
26. Mayfield Fund
27. Mumbai Angels
28. Nexus venture partners
29. 3one4 Capital
30. OJAS Ventures
31. Orios Ventures Capital
32. Palaash Ventures
33. SAIF Partners
34. SeedFund
35. Sequoia Capital
36. SIDBI Venture Capital
37. SRI Capital
38. Termsheet.io
39. The Morpheus
40.TLabs
41. Tracxn Labs
42. Tracxn Syndicate
43. Unilazer Ventures
44. Unitus Seed Fund
45. Utthishta
46. Venture Catalysts
47. Ventureast Fund Advisors India Limited
48. Venture Highway
49. VentureNursery
50. White Unicorn Ventures
51. YourNest
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