Capital that underwrites India as the primary market, including Tier 2/3, vernacular, and mass adoption stories.
India-first investors believe the next decade of outcomes will be built for Indian users, merchants, workers, and households, not only for coastal metros copying Silicon Valley playbooks. This thesis includes Bharat-facing distribution, vernacular products, UPI-native fintech, and services that work in low-trust or low-bandwidth environments.
These investors ask how you acquire users outside paid social, how unit economics work at Indian price points, and whether regulation or infrastructure is a tailwind. They are often patient with longer education cycles if the TAM and distribution path are credible.
If your company is India-first, do not hide it. Show density in a city or cohort, explain payment and logistics realities, and be clear whether you expand city-by-city, category-by-category, or online-first. Global “someday” stories are fine only after the India wedge is sharp.
021 Capital focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
$1M – $6MBe 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 – $3MInvest in 100 companies per year at pre-product stage and help them reach their next milestone
$25K – $250K108 Capital focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
Seed · Series AInvest in founders from emerging countries building global businesses
$100K – $500K1818 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 – $500K2048 Ventures backs early-stage founders building transformative companies across AI, DeepTech, Climate, SaaS, and Consumer, with a long-horizon view on where the world is headed by 2048.
$500K – $2MAlways-on support for founders building ambitious companies
$100K – $500KA 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 – $500KBack resilient founders scaling toward high summits
$100K – $500KBack founders who solve large problems for India and the world with technology and systems
$250K – $5M500 Global focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Sector Agnostic, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
$50K – $500K77 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 – $100K77 East Ventures focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
Seed · Series A888 VC focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a Accelerator relevant to Indian founders.
$25K – $460K888vc 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 – $500KBack India's most ambitious founders with capital and community
$100K – $1MDeepTech-focused VC backing startups with strong scientific and research foundations that can fundamentally transform industries and economies; invests and enables, leveraging Middle East and Europe relationships to help portfolio companies expand globally and raise larger follow-on rounds.
$241K – $602K9Unicorns focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Sector Agnostic, operating as a Accelerator relevant to Indian founders.
$25K – $250Ka-IDEA NAARM focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Agritech / Food, operating as a Accelerator relevant to Indian founders.
$120KBack founders aiming to build 100x companies
$100K – $500KBack India's next generation of growth-stage companies across sectors
$10M – $75MBack founders building scalable businesses from day one
$50K – $300KAagama Ventures focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
$964K – $1.8M