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TDV Partners

TDV Partners backs exceptional early-stage founders across sectors at the pre-seed stage, writing smaller cheques to help Indian startups validate and accelerate their earliest growth milestones.

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Ticket size$500K
StagesPre-Seed
Sectors3 focus areas
01, Snapshot

At a glance

Key signals founders use to decide if this investor is worth a conversation.

Ticket size
$500K
Stages
Pre-Seed
Sectors
3 focus areas
Themes
10 mapped
02, Focus

Where they invest

Stages and sectors this investor typically backs.

Sector focus

SaaS / EnterpriseFintechConsumer / D2C
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Lead / invest stages

Pre-Seed
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03, Thesis

Investment thesis

Themes this investor is mapped to across the VC Dekho directory.

TDV Partners backs exceptional early-stage founders across sectors at the pre-seed stage, writing smaller cheques to help Indian startups validate and accelerate their earliest growth milestones.

Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatGrowth & scale-upsFintech / embedded financeSaaS / B2B softwareConsumer / D2C brandsPre-seed / day-zeroPlatform / marketplace builders
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04, Portfolio

Portfolio companies

40 companies mapped to this fund.

AT
Acaí Theory
Pre-Seed
21 Apr 2026
ET
Eternz
Consumer Upgrade
₹96 Mn · Pre-Seed
7 May 2024
AT
Acai Theory
Consumer Tech
₹4 Cr · Pre-Seed
21 Apr 2026
AF
Aftershoot
Consumer AI
Pre Seed
AF
Apps For Bharat
Consumer Tech
AP
AppX
Consumer Tech
$1.3M
18 Jan 2022
AW
Awign
Consumer Tech
$3.80 Mn · Series A
19 Aug 2021
DE
DevDham
Consumer Tech
Seed
FL
Flexprice
Consumer AI
$1.5M · Seed
26 May 2026
FU
Furnishka
Consumer Tech
GO
Goodmelts
Consumer Upgrade
Pre-seed
8 Oct 2025
GO
Goodscore
Consumer Tech
HE
Healofy
Consumer Tech
HQ
Hire Quotient
Consumer AI
HY
Hypergro
Consumer AI
Rs 7 Cr · Seed
21 Aug 2023
IG
India Gold
Consumer Tech
IV
Ivory
Consumer AI
Seed
27 Oct 2023
KI
Kindlife
Consumer Upgrade
$2.5 Mn · Seed Round
13 Dec 2021
KO
Kovon
Consumer Tech
$250K · Pre-Seed
28 Apr 2026
MA
Marrfa
Others
Pre-seed
1 Mar 2024
MA
Mindbase AI
Consumer AI
NE
Nector
Consumer AI
PR
Preimage
Consumer Tech
$1.7M · Seed
QU
QuantE
Consumer Upgrade
$500K · Seed
4 Sept 2025
05, Story

About TDV Partners

Background and context for founders evaluating this investor.

TDV Partners is a pre-seed focused venture capital firm that backs early-stage Indian startups across sectors, writing cheques of up to $500,000. The firm is sector-agnostic, meaning founders from SaaS, consumer, marketplace, fintech, and other verticals can approach them without needing to fit a narrow thesis box. Their portfolio reflects a diverse range of business models, Mailmodo is a SaaS email marketing tool, TradeX operates in prediction and opinion markets, Awign is a gig workforce platform, and 10Club is a rollup acquirer of D2C brands, signalling that TDV is comfortable backing unconventional ideas with large market potential. For founders, TDV Partners is most relevant at the idea or early-traction stage, before a formal seed round is on the table. Their pre-seed positioning means they are often one of the earliest institutional believers in a company, which can be valuable both for capital and for signalling to future investors. Founders should approach TDV with a clear articulation of the problem, an early proof point or strong insight, and a credible view of the market opportunity in India.

The firm is sector-agnostic, meaning founders from SaaS, consumer, marketplace, fintech, and other verticals can approach them without needing to fit a narrow thesis box.

Notes

Mailmodo, TradeX, Awign, 10Club

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06, Investors

Investors at TDV Partners

Partners and principals mapped to this fund in the directory.

Investor

Ujwal Sutaria

TDV Partners

07, Nearby

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Pre-Seed
SaaS / EnterpriseFintechConsumer / D2C
Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatGrowth & scale-upsFintech / embedded financeSaaS / B2B softwareConsumer / D2C brands
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