Cornerstone Ventures

Before you write

• Cornerstone Ventures is a venture fund that takes equity. It is investment, not a grant.
• Its own writing prefers B2B and enterprise technology companies with established product-market fit, paying customers and validated commercials. Consumer-facing companies are described as a harder fit.
• Read its posts on investment stage selection and on why it cares about B2B before writing.

How to approach

• The site gives no pitch form or deadline. Write to the contact inbox listed in the footer and state your product, customers and traction in a few lines.
• If you run an enterprise tech company, the invite-only CornerstoneONE community has a Join Us form on its page. It is a founder network, not an application for funding.
• Early founders with deep domain expertise can ask about its 10^12 Program, which the site mentions but does not describe.
• The firm states no reply time. Do not assume a response.

Cornerstone Venture Partners Fund, which trades as Cornerstone Ventures and shortens its own name to CSVP, is a venture capital fund based in Mumbai. It describes itself as an India-based venture capital fund backing visionary entrepreneurs and disruptive technologies, and says it is often the key institutional investor in a founder's journey. The fund is managed by Cornerstone Ventures Investment Advisers LLP, and its site lists two registered funds. It takes equity, so this is investment capital and not a grant.

Who it backs

The site frames its focus as enterprise technology. Its first fund, launched in 2018, targeted Enterprise SaaS startups in India, and its second, launched in 2024, continues in enterprise tech. In its own writing it says it is a B2B investor and calls B2C a harder fit for a mid-sized fund. The portfolio page tags companies as Unicorn, Soonicorn, Minicorn or Emerging, and the named companies include Ofbusiness, Yotta, Mystifly, Blubirch, Credilio and ManageArtworks. Exits listed include companies acquired by Shiprocket, Perfios and Interpublic Group.

Stage and what it looks for

In a post on investment stage selection the firm says it prefers companies with established product-market fit, meaning engaged and paying customers, validated commercials, and global relevance, the ability to repeat success in new markets and segments. It adds that it occasionally meets founders who are early in their journey but bring deep domain expertise and a large problem, and says its 10^12 Program caters to those. The site does not describe that programme further, so check with the firm before relying on it.

How to reach them

The site publishes no pitch form, intake window or deadline. The footer gives a contact inbox, contact@cornerstoneventures.vc, and no street address beyond Mumbai. The firm also runs CornerstoneONE, which it describes as an exclusive, invite-only community for enterprise tech founders, with a Join Us form. Members get quarterly meet-ups in cities such as Bangalore, NCR, Mumbai and Chennai, mentor question-and-answer sessions, scaling webinars, and networking with enterprise customers. Membership of the community is not a promise of funding.

Research it publishes

Beyond investing, the firm publishes its CGES Index, SaaS metrics, a global indices and IRR calculator, an India factsheet, and a regular series of written posts. These are worth reading to see how it thinks before you write to it.