VC Firms, Micro VCs and Angel Networks in India
447 investors in one list: 440 VC firms, 74 micro VCs and 55 angel networks. 311 are based in India, across 20 states, and the others are in 34 other countries. Filter by the stage and sector you are raising in, then open a profile to see how the investor works with founders.
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Techstars
New York, United States
Techstars is a New York-based pre-seed investor that runs mentorship-led accelerators in the US, UK, Netherlands and...
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Chicago, Illinois, United States
The University of Chicago's entrepreneurship hub. Its accelerators, incubator and pre-seed fund are mostly for UChica...
Forum Ventures
New York, United States
Pre-seed venture firm for B2B software founders: a 16-week accelerator that invests for equity, a pre-seed fund, an A...
GoMassive
Gurugram, Haryana, India
GoMassive Earth Network is a Gurugram-based climate innovation network that runs climate-tech accelerators and backs...
Hax
Princeton, NJ, United States
HAX is SOSV's hardware programme for pre-seed and seed teams. Admitted founders spend six months in residency at its...
InnoVen Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A venture debt lender that provides non-dilutive loans to venture-backed technology startups in India.
Zest (formerly LVenture Group)
Rome, Italy
Italian early-stage investor and accelerator, formerly LVenture Group: an eight-week programme for early-stage founde...
Mucker Capital
United States
Venture capital firm and startup accelerator with offices in Los Angeles, Austin and Toronto. Runs the MuckerLab acce...
100X.VC
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Early-stage Indian VC investing through India SAFE (iSAFE) notes. Its website lists no application form, so see here...
Quake Capital Partners
United States
U.S.-based venture fund that invests in pre-seed and seed startups for equity. It requires U.S. C-Corps or similar en...
Starburst
Los Angeles, United States
Aerospace and defence accelerator, strategy consultancy and venture fund, founded in 2012.
Chiratae Ventures
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A venture capital firm in Bengaluru, formerly IDG Ventures, that backs technology startups. Its Chiratae Sonic DeepTe...
StartupLanes
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
An angel network and startup ecosystem run by SL Enterpreneurs that connects founders with investors and takes a succ...
EarthON Foundation
New York, New York, United States
Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit that combines philanthropic, debt and equity capital to back climate-focused grassroot...
Antler India
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Day-zero venture investor in Bengaluru, the India arm of the global firm Antler — it runs an AI residency for foundin...
Katapult Ocean
Oslo, Norway
Oslo-based impact venture fund and accelerator for ocean companies, investing from Seed to Series B in any region. Fo...
JITO Incubation & Innovation Foundation
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
JITO's incubation and angel-investment arm in Mumbai, backing early-stage founders through incubation and two angel n...
Gemba Capital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A Bengaluru pre-seed and seed venture fund backing founders in Fintech, Consumer Tech and B2B Platforms.
888VC
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru venture firm that runs the GRO8 accelerator, a 12-week programme for early startups with global plans, and...
Prime Venture Partners
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
An early-stage venture capital fund in Bengaluru, sector agnostic, that aims to be the first institutional cheque. Re...
Accel
Palo Alto, California, United States
Venture capital firm whose Bengaluru-based AI investment team runs Accel Atoms, pre-seed cohort programmes for Indian...
Campus Fund
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A Bengaluru venture fund that backs only student founders - current students, and graduates or dropouts of the last t...
Favcy Venture Builders
Delhi, Delhi, India
A Delhi-based venture builder that co-builds startups with founders and operators, taking equity, plus a 10-week acce...
8X Ventures
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
A SEBI-registered Category II deeptech venture fund with offices in Chennai, Noida and Dubai, backing founders from P...
Silverneedle Ventures
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Hyderabad venture firm at T-Hub investing at Seed and Series A in Deeptech, SaaS and AI; reach it by email at its own...
Next Bharat Ventures IFSC Private Limited
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Impact investor at GIFT City backing revenue-generating rural and informal-economy ventures, through a three-month Be...
a16z
Menlo Park, California, United States
Venture capital firm founded in 2009 that also runs speedrun, a twelve-week in-person accelerator in San Francisco op...
EWOR
Berlin, Germany
Berlin-based founder fellowship that invests in a small number of startups worldwide, with one track for founders who...
O'Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV)
United States
O'Shaughnessy Ventures is a family office investment and holding company that funds individuals worldwide through a o...
AI House
Seattle, Washington, United States
AI House, formerly AI2 Incubator, is an independent Seattle incubator and pre-seed investor for applied-AI founders....
Prosus
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Global consumer internet investment group and Naspers subsidiary based in Amsterdam, with major India investments in...
500 Global
Palo Alto, California, United States
500 Global (formerly 500 Startups) is a venture firm that also runs accelerators. Its flagship four-month programme i...
Peak XV Partners
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Venture capital firm, formerly Sequoia Capital India, backing founders from seed to growth — its Surge seed platform...
Capgemini
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Global group whose corporate venture arm makes minority investments in B2B startups, plus a past CSR-focused innovati...
Amazon India
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Amazon India's routes for startups: the Smbhav Venture Fund for early-stage companies, the Propel accelerator for D2C...
Avaana Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai and Bengaluru investment firm for deep tech and climate ventures. Co-runs the Startup India Grand Challenge wi...
IDBI Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
IDBI Bank's investment-banking and securities subsidiary in Mumbai. For startups it manages SEBI-registered funds for...
NEDFi
Guwahati, Assam, India
Development finance company in Guwahati offering business loans to enterprises in India's eight north-eastern states,...
Titan Capital
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Early-stage venture capital firm in Gurugram, backing pre-seed and seed founders since 2011, with an always-open pitc...
Upaya Social Ventures
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Bangalore-based nonprofit that invests in and accelerates early-stage Indian businesses creating dignified jobs for p...
TiE Pune
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Pune chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs): an equity-free accelerator called Nurture, an angel group, a women's p...
UNICEF Venture Fund
Stockholm, New York, United States
UNICEF's Venture Fund makes equity-free investments in open-source frontier-tech startups building solutions for chil...
SAMRIDH Impact Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Grant and debt financing for healthcare enterprises in India, run by SAMRIDH Impact Solutions, a subsidiary of IPE Gl...
Indian Angel Network (IAN)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Indian Angel Network (IAN Group), an angel network and group of SEBI-registered venture funds that has backed early-s...
FundEnable
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A fundraising ecosystem for startup founders: a capital-raising accelerator, end-to-end round support, and its own ca...
NABARD
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
India's government-owned rural development bank — mostly a wholesaler, with one equity route (AgriSURE) a startup can...
Pegasus Tech Ventures
San Jose, California, United States
Silicon Valley venture capital firm that organises the Startup World Cup, a global pitch competition whose finale win...
UPES
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Runway Incubator, run by UPES in Dehradun, offers equity-free grants, mentoring and AI-focused angel investment to In...
What the list looks like today
- 440 VC firms, 98% of the list.
- 74 micro VCs, 17% of the list.
- 55 angel networks, 12% of the list.
- Most Indian investors are in Maharashtra (88), Karnataka (80) and Haryana (39).
- By city, the most are in Mumbai (79), Bengaluru (77) and Gurugram (37).
- The stages named most often are Seed (130), Pre-Seed (70) and Early Revenue (64).
- The sectors named most often are FinTech (88), Deep Tech (84), HealthTech (48) and SaaS (48).
These are counted from the profiles listed above, so they move as investors are added or change their focus.
How venture funding works in India, stage by stage
Most startups raise in steps. Each step asks the company to show more than the last, and each kind of investor tends to sit at a particular step.
- Pre-seed: an idea, a prototype or a first few users. The money usually comes from founders, friends, angels, grants, and incubator or accelerator programmes. Angel networks and the smallest micro VCs also work here.
- Seed: a working product and early customers. Micro VCs and angel networks are the most common investors, and some VC firms write first cheques at this stage too.
- Series A: a product that customers keep paying for, and a clear way to grow it. VC firms lead most of these rounds, and they look for a repeatable way of finding customers.
- Series B and later: scaling a business that already works. Larger VC firms and growth funds lead, and the questions turn to unit economics, hiring and markets.
Angels invest their own money and decide quickly, so they suit the earliest rounds. A micro VC invests from a small fund and comes in early and in more companies. A larger VC firm invests from a bigger fund in fewer companies and needs each one to be able to grow very large, which is why it asks harder questions about market size. Not every good business is venture-shaped. If yours is profitable but will not grow very large, grants, debt or a smaller angel round may suit you better than a VC.
How to pick investors that fit
- Stage: choose investors that write cheques at your stage. A fund that backs Series A will not read a pre-revenue pitch, whatever the idea.
- Sector: favour investors who have backed companies like yours. They understand your market, and they can introduce you to customers and to later investors.
- Geography: some investors cover only one city or country, and some will not take a company that is not yet registered where they invest.
- Cheque size: a fund that writes small cheques cannot lead a large round, and a large fund will not bother with a small one. Compare the size of the round you want with what the investor usually does, which is on the investor's own site.
- Conflicts: avoid investors that have backed a direct competitor, since they may pass or hold back help.
- Track record: look at what the investor did after the first cheque. Did it follow on, make introductions and stay supportive when the company struggled?
How to approach an investor
A warm introduction from a founder the investor has backed, or from someone the investor trusts, gets the most attention. If you have no route in, many investors accept applications through a form or a public email address, and a short, specific message works far better than a mass mail. Build a short list of good-fit investors and write to each one on its own terms.
A first email should hold, in this order:
- What you build and who it is for, in one or two lines.
- What you have achieved: users, customers, revenue, a pilot, or a product shipped.
- What you are raising, what it will be spent on, and where you are in the round.
- Why this investor, naming something it has backed or written that is relevant.
- A link to a short deck, and a clear ask for a call.
Before you send anything, have these ready: a short deck, a one-page summary, the founders' backgrounds, a view of the market, the main numbers behind the business, and your company registration papers. Investors move faster when the paperwork is already in order.
Red flags to watch for
- Anyone asking you to pay a fee to be introduced to investors or to be considered for investment.
- Pressure to sign quickly, or a term sheet that arrives with no conversation about the business.
- An investor who will not give you the names of founders it has backed, or who will not let you speak to them.
- Terms you do not understand. Get a lawyer or chartered accountant to read them before you sign.
- Claims about investments or returns that you cannot confirm on the investor's own site or in public records.
What we check on each profile
Each profile comes from the investor's own public pages and published material, and only investors we have marked as active are listed. We record the stage and sector it says it backs, where it is based and how to reach it. Investors change focus, so confirm the current details on their own site before you write. If you spot something out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
Frequently asked questions
How many investors are listed here?
We list 447 investors: 440 VC firms, 74 micro VCs and 55 angel networks. 111 of them fit more than one type, so they appear under each. The count changes as profiles are added and checked.
What is the difference between an angel, a micro VC and a VC firm?
An angel invests their own money, usually in the earliest rounds, and an angel network lets several angels review startups together. A micro VC runs a small fund and tends to come in early, at pre-seed or seed. A larger VC firm runs a bigger fund, backs fewer companies and expects each to be able to grow very large. The boundaries are loose, so read each investor's own description.
Are there more VC firms, micro VCs or angel networks on the list?
Counting the profiles here, there are 440 VC firms, 74 micro VCs and 55 angel networks.
Which investor should I approach first?
Start with the stage you are at. If you have a product but little revenue, angel networks and micro VCs are the realistic first step. Once you have real traction, VC firms that invest at your stage become worth a conversation. Use the stage and sector filters to cut the list down before you read any profile.
How do I get a meeting with an investor?
A warm introduction from a founder the investor has backed is the strongest route. Many investors also take applications through a form or a published email address, and a short, specific note that shows you have read what they invest in is read far more often than a mass mail. Each profile links to the investor's own site, which is where its process is described.
What should I send in a first email to an investor?
Say in two or three lines what you build and for whom, what you have achieved so far, what you are raising and why this investor in particular. Attach a short deck rather than a long one, and make it easy to say yes to a call.
Do investors charge founders to apply?
A venture fund earns when its companies do well, so it does not normally charge founders to be considered. Some angel networks charge a screening or pitch fee, and you should read the terms before paying anything. Be cautious about anyone who asks for a fee in return for an introduction to investors.
Can I raise from an investor outside India?
Yes, we list investors in 35 countries and you can filter by country. Raising from abroad brings extra paperwork on how the money comes into an Indian company, so take advice from a chartered accountant or lawyer before you accept a term sheet.
How do I know an investor is a good fit for my startup?
Check four things: the stage it invests at, the sectors it has backed, the geography it covers and whether it has backed a direct competitor. Then speak to one or two founders it has funded and ask how it behaved when things went badly, not only when they went well.
How are these investor profiles checked?
Each profile is built from the investor's own public pages and published material, and we list only investors we have marked as active. Details such as stage, sector and location can change, so treat a profile as a starting point and confirm the current focus on the investor's own site before you write.
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