Ventureast

Before you pitch

• Ventureast is a venture fund. It takes a stake in companies it backs, so this is investment, not a grant.
• Check that you fit one of its four areas: deeptech, product software, B2B, or middle India fintech, consumer tech and health.
• It calls itself an early-stage tech investor, so it suits companies with a product and a clear market need.

How to apply

• Email your business plan to info@ventureast.net, or use the entrepreneur contact form on the contact page.
• The site gives no deadline, no criteria and no promised reply time.

What helps

• Say plainly what large unmet need in the Indian market you solve and what is different about your approach.
• Look at its named portfolio to see where your company fits or overlaps.

Ventureast is an Indian venture capital fund manager that says it has been investing since 1997. It describes itself as an early-stage tech investor and reports 100+ investments in technology, healthcare and clean environment. This is an investor, not a grant or an incubator, so there is no application window or fixed programme to join.

What it invests in

The site lists four areas. Deeptech covers climate, industry, mobility, energy and agri. Product software covers enterprise, SaaS, dev tools, data, AI and GenAI applications. B2B covers supply chain digitization and e-commerce enablers. Middle India covers fintech, consumer tech and health. On what it looks for, it says: a differentiated approach to solving a large unmet need in the Indian market.

How it works with founders

The firm says it focuses on rapidly growing businesses with clearly defined competitive advantages. Its stated approach is venture-style investing over multiple rounds to match what the business needs, proactive value addition by bringing in experts from its network, and support on fund raising and clear exit strategies. It also says many of its team have been entrepreneurs themselves.

Funds and history

The firm's history page describes a series of funds. The Biotechnology Venture Fund launched in 2005 as the first life-sciences focused Indian venture capital fund. The Ventureast Tenet Fund, set up with the Tenet Group of IIT Madras, was an incubation, seed and early stage fund, and Tenet Fund II followed in 2007. The Ventureast Proactive Fund, launched in 2008, targets early to growth stage companies in technology-enabled sectors. The Ventureast Life Fund, set up in 2011, focuses on cleantech, food and agriculture, and healthcare. Its contact page lists Ventureast Proactive Fund II as a Category II AIF with a SEBI registration number.

Portfolio

The home page names LOHUM, Kissht, Moengage, Infinite Uptime, Acko and VideoVerse as marquee investments.

How to approach it

The home page invites you to send your business plan to info@ventureast.net, and the contact page has a form for entrepreneurs looking to scale up. The site states no minimum traction, no deadline and no response time, so treat it as a cold approach to an investor.

Where it is

The contact page lists offices in Hyderabad (Financial District, Gachibowli) and Bangalore (Museum Road). Sarath Naru is listed as Managing Partner.