Astarc Ventures

Fit first

• Check your sector against the themes the fund lists: its strategic areas (printing tech, health tech, auto-tech, agri tech, real estate and construction tech) and its wider themes such as AI, IoT, fintech, B2B SaaS and climate. - The fund states it can invest from Pre-Series A to Pre-IPO and prefers to come in early. It also says it mostly looks at companies in India, Israel, the US and the UK. ## What to send

• Use the Submit Your Business Plan page on the fund's site and upload a document. Cover the problem and why it is critical, market size, competition and defensibility, your solution and current stage, unit economics and scalability, and the team's background. - If you want to ask a question first, the Contact page lists a general info inbox on the fund's own domain. No named individual's email is published. ## Be realistic

• The site does not state an intake window, deadline or eligibility rules, and does not say it is open to applications. Treat the plan upload as a way to reach the fund, not a guaranteed review. A short note asking whether the fund is actively investing is reasonable before you spend time on a long plan.

Astarc Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Mumbai. It says it was established in 2015 as a division of the Astarc Group Family Office, so the capital comes from a family office rather than from a pool raised from outside limited partners. It describes its team as an independent one, advised by industry stakeholders, and it says it wants to use the operating experience of the wider group to support the companies it backs. ## What it invests in

The fund describes two kinds of theme. Strategic themes follow the businesses of the Astarc Group itself: printing tech, health tech and medical devices, auto-tech, agri tech, and real estate and construction tech. Sector-agnostic themes are areas it believes large businesses can be built in over the next decade: AI and machine learning, IoT, fintech, B2B SaaS, consumer brands, marketplaces and platforms, and climate and environment protection. It says the list is not limited to these. The portfolio page groups its investments under headings such as auto-tech and mobility, health-tech, fintech, logistics, deep-tech, e-commerce and climate-tech, and includes Rapido, Zypp Electric, Pixis, PharmEasy and Freight Tiger. ## Stage and geography

The fund says it prefers to come in as early as possible but could invest anywhere from Pre-Series A to Pre-IPO, and that it keeps investing in later rounds of companies it already holds. It says it can lead a round or co-invest alongside other funds and family offices in a syndicate. It also puts money into other funds as a limited partner. It is geography agnostic, but says it mostly looks at companies based in India, Israel, the US and the UK. ## How to reach them

The site has a Submit Your Business Plan page with a file upload. It suggests a plan cover the problem and why it matters, the size of the market, the competition and barriers to entry, the solution and the stage you are at, unit economics and scalability, and the team. The Contact page lists a Bandra West, Mumbai office, phone numbers and a general info inbox on the fund's own domain. The site also runs a Refer a Startup programme for outsiders to point the fund to early-stage companies; it asks for a working prototype, not just an idea. The site does not publish an intake window, a deadline or eligibility criteria, and does not say it is currently open to applications.