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Fintech / embedded finance

Investors backing payments, lending, insurance, wealth, and finance embedded into products.

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01, Context

What this thesis means

Fintech investors in India underwrite companies that move, lend, insure, or manage money, and increasingly products that embed finance into commerce, SaaS, and consumer workflows. UPI rails, account aggregators, and digital KYC have lowered distribution friction; the bar now is unit economics, credit quality, compliance, and whether you own a real customer relationship.

These funds ask how you acquire and retain users cheaply, how risk is managed if you touch credit, and whether regulation is a moat or a landmine. Pure “fintech wrapper” stories struggle; products with proprietary distribution, data, or workflow lock-in do better.

Pitch with clear revenue model (take rate, interest, float, SaaS), loss ratios or repayment metrics if relevant, and a path to becoming infrastructure rather than a feature someone else can copy.

02, Fit

Who it fits

  • +Payments, lending, insurtech, wealthtech, and embedded-finance founders
  • +Teams building on India stack rails with a defensible wedge
  • +B2B finance products selling into SMEs, platforms, or banks

What to prepare

  • →Unit economics and risk metrics, not only growth charts
  • →Regulatory posture and licensing path
  • →Why your distribution or data is hard to replicate
03, Capital map

Funds with this thesis

Accelerator

100Unicorns

Be the 'Y Combinator of India', provide initial capital plus committed follow-on to idea-stage startups, supporting them across their first three funding rounds before connecting them to large VCs for growth capital.

$250K – $3M
Venture Capital

12 Flags

Invest in founders from emerging countries building global businesses

$100K – $500K
Venture Capital

1818 Venture Capital

1818 Venture Capital backs exceptional early-stage founders building in India across SaaS, Consumer, FinTech, AI, and B2B, writing pre-seed and seed cheques in the $100k–$500k range as a micro VC with a strong India-first mandate.

$100K – $500K
Venture Capital

247VC

Always-on support for founders building ambitious companies

$100K – $500K
Venture Capital

2am VC

A sector-agnostic, Gen Z-centric, 'India Only' early-stage fund backing young and first-time Indian founders building uniquely Indian companies for the 'New India' opportunity; acts as a hyperlocal bridge connecting global investors with Indian founders, prioritising speed, transparency and founder-friendliness, and leads over half of its deals.

$100K – $500K
Venture Capital

3 Peaks Ventures

Back resilient founders scaling toward high summits

$100K – $500K
Venture Capital

3one4 Capital

Back founders who solve large problems for India and the world with technology and systems

$250K – $5M
Syndicate / Network

77 Capital

77 Capital backs early-stage Indian startups at Pre-Seed and Seed stages, focusing on SaaS, B2B marketplaces, FinTech, and HealthTech through a syndicate model that brings together aligned capital and operator networks.

$75K – $100K
Venture Capital

888vc

888vc backs early-stage technology companies at Pre-Seed and Seed, with a focus on SaaS, Consumer, FinTech, and AI, writing cheques in the $100k–$500k range.

$100K – $500K
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8i Ventures

Back India's most ambitious founders with capital and community

$100K – $1M
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A100x Ventures

Back founders aiming to build 100x companies

$100K – $500K
Venture Capital

A91 Partners

Back India's next generation of growth-stage companies across sectors

$10M – $75M
Venture Capital

a99 VC

Back founders building scalable businesses from day one

$50K – $300K
Family Office

Aakash Emprise Pvt Ltd

Invest in high-quality teams solving large market problems

$250K – $2M
Venture Capital

Aarii Ventures

Back ambitious founders building technology-driven businesses

$100K – $500K
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Aavishkaar Capital

Pioneer impact investing in India's most underserved communities

$500K – $10M
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AC Ventures

AC Ventures backs technology companies across Southeast Asia at Seed and Series A, with a core focus on Indonesia and thematic interest in Consumer, SaaS, FinTech, B2B, and AI.

$500K – $10M
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Accel

Back bold founders from idea to IPO; Fund VIII centres on AI (enterprise, services-as-software, vertical AI) and consumer (Bharat, India-native, aspirational brands).

$1M – $18M
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Accion Venture Lab

Accion Venture Lab focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Fintech, Impact, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.

$200K – $1M
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AdvantEdge Founders

Help founders get the advantage they need to build their vision

$100K – $1M
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Aeravti Ventures

Invest at the earliest stage in technology-first founders

$50K – $300K
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Agility Ventures

Agility Ventures backs agile founders building adaptive technology companies across SaaS, FinTech, Consumer, AI, and B2B, writing early-stage cheques at Seed and Pre-Series A to help teams navigate and accelerate through product-market fit.

$250K – $2M
Syndicate / Network

ah! Ventures

ah! Ventures democratizes startup investing in India by connecting early-stage founders with a curated, pan-India network of angel investors, backing ventures from Pre-Seed through Pre-Series A across sectors including SaaS, Consumer, FinTech, and HealthTech.

$361K – $602K
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Airavat Capital

Back founders building technology companies with global potential from India

$250K – $2M
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