Investors who write the earliest cheques — before metrics are clean and the round is crowded.
Pre-seed and day-zero investors specialise in conviction before proof. They back teams with a sharp insight, early product or prototype, and enough signal to justify the first institutional or angel cheque. Speed, founder quality, and problem obsession matter more than polished dashboards.
In India this capital often comes from micro-VCs, angels, and seed funds that reserve for the next round. Ask how fast they decide, what a strong first cheque looks like, and whether they lead or prefer to follow a lead.
Pitch tightly: why this team, why this wedge, why now. Overbuilding the data room at day-zero can signal you are optimizing the wrong thing.
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 – $3MInvest in 100 companies per year at pre-product stage and help them reach their next milestone
$25K – $250KInvest 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 – $100K888 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 – $1M9Unicorns 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 founders building scalable businesses from day one
$50K – $300KAakrit Vaish focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across AI / ML, Sector Agnostic, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.
Pre-SeedBack ambitious founders building technology-driven businesses
$100K – $500KAbhay Hanjura focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Consumer / D2C, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.
Pre-SeedAbheek Anand focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Sector Agnostic, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.
Pre-SeedAbhijit Kane focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across SaaS / Enterprise, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.
Pre-SeedAbhinav Asthana focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across SaaS / Enterprise, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.
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