Investors Backing Deep Tech Startups
84 investors on our list name Deep Tech among the sectors they back, 19% of the 447 we list. They are 83 VC firms, 29 micro VCs and 8 angel networks; 73 are based in India. Open a profile to see the stages the investor covers and how it 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...
100X.VC
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Early-stage Indian VC investing through India SAFE (iSAFE) notes. Its website lists no application form, so see here...
Chiratae Ventures
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A venture capital firm in Bengaluru, formerly IDG Ventures, that backs technology startups. Its Chiratae Sonic DeepTe...
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...
888VC
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru venture firm that runs the GRO8 accelerator, a 12-week programme for early startups with global plans, and...
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...
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....
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...
IDBI Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
IDBI Bank's investment-banking and securities subsidiary in Mumbai. For startups it manages SEBI-registered funds for...
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...
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...
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...
AWE Funds
India
Early-growth venture equity fund manager investing in tech-led and deep-tech startups, mainly in India, at Pre-Series...
100Unicorns
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai accelerator and venture capital fund, formerly 9Unicorns, backing startups from idea to seed stage, with appli...
Olive Venture Partners
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Investment platform backing Seed to Series A companies in life sciences and TechBio (mainly Europe) and next-gen tech...
Chandigarh Angels Network
Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
Angel investor network in Chandigarh that backs early-stage startups. Founders apply online and pitch at a monthly in...
Hyderabad Angels
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Hyderabad angel network, founded in 2010, that backs seed and pre-seed startups across India and takes applications t...
Ankur Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Early-stage deep tech venture firm in Mumbai backing scientists and engineers in energy, materials, biotech and agrit...
growX ventures
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A venture fund that invests in B2B and deep-tech startups from pre-product to early-growth, with a Pitch to us form a...
Pune Angels Network
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Pune angel investor network in Baner that runs monthly startup Pitch Days and paid mentoring programmes for early-sta...
TiE Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
TiE Chandigarh is the Chandigarh chapter of the TiE entrepreneur network, based at ISB Mohali. Its angel group, TCHAI...
Kalaari Capital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru technology venture fund backing consumer tech, deep tech and Enterprise AI from Pre-Seed to Series A, with...
Together Fund
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Operator-led AI venture fund in Bengaluru, with a 12 weeks SwarmSpace AI Studio and a community for AI builders in th...
Speciale Invest
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
A deeptech venture fund with offices in Chennai and Bengaluru that backs science and engineering founders at pre-seed...
Elevation Capital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A sector-agnostic venture firm with offices in Bengaluru and Gurugram that takes pitches from founders at any stage,...
Capital A
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru early-stage venture capital fund backing manufacturing, deep tech and climate founders. Founders pitch thro...
Z47
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Venture firm that backs India-focused founders from seed to Series B, with offices in Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai and...
Stellaris Venture Partners
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru venture capital firm that backs founders from idea stage to Series A, and offers a free-to-read Fundamental...
Ventureast
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
One of India's longest-standing venture capital fund managers, investing in early-stage tech since 1997 across deepte...
Endiya Partners
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
A Hyderabad early-stage venture fund that writes the first institutional cheque in enterprise, industrial tech, healt...
First Cheque
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A Mumbai pre-seed and seed investor writing first cheques into teams at the paper-plan, pre-product and MVP stage acr...
Kae Capital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
An early-stage venture fund, with offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai, that backs founders from pre-seed to pre-Series A...
YourNest Venture Capital
Gurugram, Haryana, India
An early-stage DeepTech venture capital firm in Gurugram that backs IP-led startups in AI, robotics, quantum and Spac...
Upsparks Capital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A Bangalore micro VC run by former founders that backs pre-seed and seed technology startups with a strong India link...
pi Ventures
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A Bengaluru deep-tech venture fund that backs seed and Series A companies in AI, robotics, quantum, life sciences and...
Athera Venture Partners
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bangalore early-stage VC (formerly Inventus Capital India) that backs Indian Seed to Series A startups in consumer, e...
247VC
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Seed-stage venture fund working from Mumbai and Delhi NCR, backing 0-1 founders in advanced manufacturing, deep tech,...
BYT Capital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A Bengaluru deep-tech venture fund backing science-led founders from pre-seed to Series A, in areas like semiconducto...
Colossa Ventures LLP
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai-based venture capital manager backing early-stage startups founded or co-founded by women, through its Colossa...
Soonicorn Ventures
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Gurugram angel network investing in early-stage Indian startups through a SEBI-registered Category I Angel Fund, with...
Deep Tech investors at a glance
- 84 of the 447 investors we list name Deep Tech among their sectors (19%).
- By type: 83 VC firms, 29 micro VCs and 8 angel networks.
- The stages these investors name most often are Seed (49), Pre-Seed (26), Series A (25) and Validation (22).
- In India, the most are in Karnataka (22), Maharashtra (22) and Telangana (6).
- By city, the most are in Bengaluru (22), Mumbai (20) and Hyderabad (6).
- The other sectors they name most often are FinTech (44), SaaS (32), HealthTech (28) and AgriTech (17).
These are counted from the profiles listed above, so they move as investors are added or change their focus.
Questions founders ask
How many investors back Deep Tech startups?
We list 84 investors that name Deep Tech among the sectors they back, out of 447 in the directory. The count changes as profiles are added and checked.
Which kinds of investor back Deep Tech?
Counting the profiles here: 83 VC firms, 29 micro VCs and 8 angel networks. Open a profile to see the other sectors and stages the investor covers.
What should a Deep Tech founder check before writing to an investor?
Check that the investor names your sector and your stage on its profile, then look at what it has backed before and whether it has put money into a direct competitor. Confirm the current focus on the investor's own site, since a sector label on a directory is only a starting point.
Does an investor that names several sectors take them equally seriously?
Not always. A generalist may name many sectors and decide on the team and the market, while a specialist names few and knows them well. A specialist is more useful when you need help beyond money, and a generalist when your business crosses sectors.
Can I approach an investor that does not list my sector?
You can, but the odds are lower and the note has to explain why your company fits what the investor has backed. Lead with the investors that name your sector and stage.