Venture Capital
Kathyawad Ventures
Empower startups with connections, expertise and hands-on support — notably through its 'Scaleation' / 3rd Horizon Scaleators program — to help them navigate scaling challenges and build sustainable, steadily-growing companies.
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About Kathyawad Ventures
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Kathyawad Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Ahmedabad, founded in 2022, that focuses on seed-stage investments in Indian startups while emphasising hands-on scaling support. A distinctive feature is its 'Scaleation' / 3rd Horizon Scaleators program — a structured 'scaleator' designed specifically for growth-stage startups navigating the difficult journey from problem identification and ideation through market entry and scale, where the firm provides connections, domain expertise and operational guidance. Backed by what it describes as a decade of financial expertise, Kathyawad concentrates on sectors including enterprise SaaS, software infrastructure, consumer services, fintech, healthcare, the future of work, and real estate and construction tech, with a stated emphasis on building sustainable companies. Its team of around eight spans a partner and several venture partners across India and Romania. Public disclosure on the firm is limited — its fund size and typical cheque size are not published, and only a handful of investments are on record, including agtech/proptech startup agprop (a seed round it led in 2023), EV-charging network SR Charging Stations and clean-energy/fire-safety firm Varistor Technologies — so this profile is intentionally conservative pending further confirmation.
A distinctive feature is its 'Scaleation' / 3rd Horizon Scaleators program — a structured 'scaleator' designed specifically for growth-stage startups navigating the difficult journey from problem identification and ideation through market entry and scale, where the firm provides connections, domain expertise and operational guidance.
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Ahmedabad. Founded 2022. Small team of ~8 (1 partner + 7 venture partners; India & Romania). Runs the '3rd Horizon Scaleators' / Scaleation program for growth-stage startups. Few disclosed investments: agprop (led seed, 2023), SR Charging Stations (EV charging), Varistor Technologies. Limited public data on fund size and cheque size. Ticket researched: cheque sizes ₹50 Lakh–₹4 Cr (Kathyawad Ventures FAQ).
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