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Yali Capital

Back exceptional founders building India's future technology companies

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Ticket size$100K – $500K
StagesPre-Seed
Sectors4 focus areas
01, Snapshot

At a glance

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

Ticket size
$100K – $500K
Stages
Pre-Seed
Sectors
4 focus areas
Themes
11 mapped
02, Focus

Where they invest

Stages and sectors this investor typically backs.

Sector focus

AI / MLSaaS / 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.

Back exceptional founders building India's future technology companies

Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatFintech / embedded financeSaaS / B2B softwareAI / MLPre-seed / day-zeroSeries A / PMF capitalMicro-VC / small chequeConsumer / D2C brands
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04, Portfolio

Portfolio companies

3 companies mapped to this fund.

DE
DeepLase
Deep Tech
₹6 Crore · Seed
20 Mar 2026
PO
PointAI
Artificial Intelligence
PR
Perceptyne Robotics
Robotics
05, Story

About Yali Capital

Background and context for founders evaluating this investor.

Yali Capital is an India-focused micro VC firm operating at the Pre-Seed and Seed stages, writing cheques typically between $100k and $500k. The firm concentrates on SaaS, FinTech, Consumer, AI, and B2B businesses, backing founders at the earliest and most critical stage of company building. Yali Capital's core belief is that exceptional founders are the primary driver of outsized outcomes, and the team positions itself as an early conviction partner rather than a follow-on investor. For founders, this means Yali tends to engage before product-market fit is fully established, making it a relevant first call for teams with a strong founding thesis and early traction. Given its micro VC structure, founders can expect a more concentrated portfolio approach, which often translates into more active engagement on go-to-market strategy, early hiring, and subsequent fundraising. Yali Capital is particularly well-suited for Indian technology founders targeting domestic or global markets who are seeking a knowledgeable, early-stage institutional partner willing to take a position when the opportunity is still being defined.

The firm concentrates on SaaS, FinTech, Consumer, AI, and B2B businesses, backing founders at the earliest and most critical stage of company building.

Notes

India early-stage micro VC

Data confidence: Unverified – inferred

06, Investors

Investors at Yali Capital

Partners and principals mapped to this fund in the directory.

Member Board of Directors

Ganapathy Gani Subramaniam

Yali Capital

Investor

Sandipan Mondal

Yali Capital

Investments

Karthikeyan 'Karthik' Madathil

Yali Capital

Investments

Kaushik Ram

Yali Capital

Advisor

Lip-Bu Tan

Yali Capital

07, Nearby

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Pre-Seed
AI / MLSaaS / EnterpriseFintechConsumer / D2C
Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatFintech / embedded financeSaaS / B2B softwareAI / MLPre-seed / day-zero
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