Investors Backing Growth Startups
55 investors on our list back Growth startups, 12% of the 447 we list. Growth is the stage after the business model works, when the aim is to grow faster in the market you already serve. They are 54 VC firms, 6 micro VCs and 6 angel networks; 42 are based in India.
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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...
Prosus
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Global consumer internet investment group and Naspers subsidiary based in Amsterdam, with major India investments in...
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...
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...
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...
Plug and Play Tech Center
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Global open-innovation platform founded in Silicon Valley in 2006, matching startups with corporate partners. Its Ind...
NextUnicorn.Fund
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A VC fund running a twice-yearly equity accelerator, a pre-incubation track, a standalone mentorship programme, and a...
Brinc
Hong Kong
Brinc runs accelerator programmes for founders in Hong Kong, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and India, and offers venture-buil...
HearstLab
United States
A strategic corporate venture fund backed by Hearst that invests in early-stage, women-led technology startups.
Indico Capital Partners
Portugal
Lisbon venture capital firm that invests in tech and ocean startups from Portugal, Spain and Italy as they grow abroad.
Iterative
Singapore
A venture firm backing Southeast Asian startups through a 12-week accelerator that runs twice a year, investing on a...
MiraclePlus
Beijing, China
A Beijing-based early-stage accelerator that invests in founders for equity and runs a three-month batch programme tw...
NCA
Germany
NCA VC, a Hamburg accelerator, invested in B2B startups from 2017 to 2025 and is not currently making new startup inv...
Pi Labs
United Kingdom
Early-stage venture capital firm in London backing founders building a digital and sustainable built world.
Reach Ventures
United States
REACH runs event-based growth accelerators for technology companies in real estate, operated by Second Century Ventur...
Bitcoin Frontier Fund
New York, United States
An accelerator for startups building across the Bitcoin ecosystem, listed here under its earlier name, Stacks Acceler...
Kerala Angel Network
Kochi, Kerala, India
Angel investor network and funding arm of TiE Kerala that takes equity in Kerala startups with market traction and in...
LVX Ventures
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Investor platform where founders raise Pre-Seed to Series A or later rounds, get a paid investment-style assessment,...
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...
TiE Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
TiE Chandigarh is the Chandigarh chapter of the TiE entrepreneur network, based at ISB Mohali. Its angel group, TCHAI...
TiE Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
TiE Ahmedabad is the Ahmedabad chapter of the TiE network, with an angel group, a women founders competition, a stude...
Elevation Capital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A sector-agnostic venture firm with offices in Bengaluru and Gurugram that takes pitches from founders at any stage,...
Z47
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Venture firm that backs India-focused founders from seed to Series B, with offices in Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai and...
Malpani Ventures
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A Mumbai micro private equity fund that backs frugal, revenue-generating Indian companies. You pitch by email or the...
NEDFi Venture Capital Limited
Guwahati, Assam, India
Guwahati-based investment manager of the North East Venture Fund and two other SEBI-registered Category I venture fun...
Dholakia Ventures
Surat, Gujarat, India
Surat-based early-stage venture fund, launched in 2020, investing from pre-seed to Series A across sectors, mostly al...
Finvolve Ventures
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Gurugram-based venture fund platform, a joint venture of India Accelerator and Finolutions, running SEBI-registered a...
Cedar Hill Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai early-stage VC fund backing India-founded AI-first enterprise technology startups for Financial Services, from...
Sharrp Ventures
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The Mariwala family's investment office in Mumbai, backing Indian consumer, consumer tech and health tech companies f...
Blue Ashva Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A multi-strategy Indian asset manager whose venture arm backs deep tech and impact companies at Pre-Series A and Seri...
July Ventures
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru venture capital firm backing B2B and digital platform startups that already have recurring revenue and are...
Astarc Ventures
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai early-stage VC fund of the Astarc Group Family Office, investing Pre-Series A to Pre-IPO in tech companies, wi...
Canbank Venture Capital Fund
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Growth-stage venture capital manager in Bengaluru, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canara Bank, running SEBI-registered...
Cornerstone Ventures
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A Mumbai venture capital fund backing enterprise tech and SaaS companies with proven customers. No pitch form is stat...
WestBridge Capital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
An evergreen-fund investor in Indian technology businesses with a Bangalore advisory office; the site lists a general...
Aavishkaar Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A Mumbai impact venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage companies in financial inclusion, food and agricult...
Zephyr Peacock India
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru equity investor for early to growth stage Indian companies in fintech, food and agriculture, infratech and...
Avataar Venture Partners
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bangalore venture capital firm backing growth-stage B2B technology companies in AI, deep tech and enterprise software...
Premji Invest
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Evergreen venture and growth investor with a Bangalore office; backs consumer, fintech, healthcare and industrials, a...
Norwest
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Global multi-stage VC and growth equity firm with an India team in Mumbai, investing in early- to mid-stage and growt...
Growth investors at a glance
- 55 of the 447 investors we list name Growth among the stages they back (12%).
- By type: 54 VC firms, 6 micro VCs and 6 angel networks.
- In India, the most are in Maharashtra (17), Karnataka (13) and Gujarat (3).
- By city, the most are in Mumbai (16), Bengaluru (12) and Gurugram (3).
- The sectors they name most often are FinTech (20), Deep Tech (16), SaaS (13) and HealthTech (11).
- The other stages these investors name most often are Early Revenue (29), Validation (21) and Seed (11).
These are counted from the profiles listed above, so they move as investors are added or change their focus.
Questions founders ask
What does the Growth stage mean to an investor?
Growth is the stage after the business model works, when the aim is to grow faster in the market you already serve.
What should I show an investor who backs the Growth stage?
Show the unit economics, what limits your growth today and exactly what extra money would change. Investors will test whether growth is efficient, not only fast.
How many investors back the Growth stage?
We list 55 investors that name Growth among the stages they back, out of 447 in the directory. The count changes as profiles are added and checked.
Which kinds of investor back the Growth stage?
Counting the profiles here: 54 VC firms, 6 micro VCs and 6 angel networks. Open a profile to see the other stages and sectors the investor covers.
Can I approach an investor that backs more than one stage?
Yes. Many investors name several stages and decide on fit, not on a fixed label. Read the profile for the sectors and the kind of company the investor has backed, then confirm the current focus on the investor's own site before you write.