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021 Capital
021 Capital focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
Tech-first / product companies
Investors who back software, platforms, and product-led companies where technology is the core moat.
What this thesis means
Tech-first investors look for companies where the product itself creates leverage — SaaS, developer tools, enterprise software, AI products, and platforms where software compounds. They want to understand architecture, defensibility, and why customers will keep paying as you scale.
In the Indian context, this thesis spans India-for-India enterprise software and global product companies built from India. Diligence often goes deeper on retention, net revenue retention, sales motion, and technical differentiation than on brand or offline distribution.
Founders pitching this theme should lead with the product wedge, why switching costs or data flywheels build over time, and how go-to-market matches the product. Vanity download metrics matter less than usage intensity and willingness to pay.
Who it fits
- SaaS, AI, enterprise, and developer-tool founders
- Product-led teams selling to businesses or power users
- Companies where software margins and retention are the story
What to prepare
- Product demo that shows the aha moment quickly
- Retention, usage, or revenue cohorts if available
- A crisp view of ICP and why you win against incumbents or horizontal tools
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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.
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100X VC
Invest in 100 companies per year at pre-product stage and help them reach their next milestone
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108 Capital
108 Capital focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
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12 Flags
Invest in founders from emerging countries building global businesses
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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.
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2048 Ventures
2048 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.
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247VC
Always-on support for founders building ambitious companies
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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.
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3 Peaks Ventures
Back resilient founders scaling toward high summits
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3one4 Capital
Back founders who solve large problems for India and the world with technology and systems
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500 Global
500 Global focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Sector Agnostic, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
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.
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77 East Ventures
77 East Ventures focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
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888 VC
888 VC focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a Accelerator relevant to Indian founders.
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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.
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8i Ventures
Back India's most ambitious founders with capital and community
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8X Ventures
DeepTech-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.
Accelerator
9Unicorns
9Unicorns focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Sector Agnostic, operating as a Accelerator relevant to Indian founders.
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a-IDEA NAARM
a-IDEA NAARM focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Agritech / Food, operating as a Accelerator relevant to Indian founders.
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A100x Ventures
Back founders aiming to build 100x companies
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A91 Partners
Back India's next generation of growth-stage companies across sectors
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a99 VC
Back founders building scalable businesses from day one
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Aagama Ventures
Aagama Ventures focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
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