XEED Ventures

How to reach the fund

• Use the Pitch your idea form on the contact page. It asks for your name, email, LinkedIn, company name and a description of your idea.
• You can also write to the general inbox, info@xeed.vc.
• The fund says it will be in touch if there is a fit. It publishes no deadline and no response time, so do not wait on an answer before talking to other investors.

Before you pitch

• The fund calls itself early-stage and says it backs founders redefining the future through technology. It states no sector list and no stage definition, so open with what you are building and how far it has got.
• Study the portfolio page first. It shows a mix of software, consumer, fintech, health and hardware companies, so you can judge whether your business sits alongside them.
• The fund offers access to capital, its network and strategic guidance. Say in your pitch which of these you actually need.

What to check

• The site does not say how large the fund is or what size of cheque it writes. Ask early, so you know whether it can lead or only join your round.
• The fund manages several AIF schemes under different names, including 021 Capital. Ask which scheme would invest in you.

XEED Ventures is an early-stage venture fund based in Bengaluru. Its site says it backs exceptional founders who are redefining the future through technology, and that the fund is backed by successful founders, seasoned operators and reputed family offices. Beyond capital, it says it aims to support mission-driven founders through its extensive network and strategic guidance. You may also see the name 021 Capital: that is the name of two of the fund's older schemes, and the fund's own site now runs under the Xeed name.

The fund is registered with SEBI as an Alternative Investment Fund. 021 Capital Scheme 1 and Scheme 2 are Category I AIFs (Venture Capital Fund), and Xeed Ventures Fund 1 is a Category II AIF (Venture Capital Fund). All three are managed by Xeed Ventures Advisors LLP, and the registration numbers are listed on the fund's AIF Registration Details page.

Xeed names no sector or stage list, so read its portfolio page to see who it actually backs. The companies shown span contract automation (Spotdraft), school skills education (BrightChamps), franchised mini-marts for small towns (SuperK), inventory optimisation for fashion (Increff), gold-backed finance (Oro), tissue engineering (Pandorum), credit on UPI (Kredit.Pe), developer tooling (Codekarma), a smart robot chef (Posha), rapid medicine delivery (Rio Health), AI revenue operations (Nrev), robotic food kiosks (Xook), co-branded credit card infrastructure (Hyperface) and WhatsApp business tools (Zoko), among others. The mix tells you the fund is not tied to one category and has backed both software and hardware or consumer businesses. Its news page links press coverage of rounds such as a pre-seed round for CodeKarma and a pre-Series A round for Rio Health, which suggests it invests early.

There is one stated way in. The contact page asks you to tell the fund about your company and the idea you are building, and says it will be in touch if there is a fit. It has a Pitch your idea form asking for name, email, LinkedIn, company name and your idea, and a general inbox. The site does not publish an application window, a deadline, a selection process or eligibility criteria, so expect a conventional investor conversation rather than a programme with set steps.