Founder & Managing Partner
Ajay Jain
Founder & Managing Partner at Silver Needle
01 — Snapshot
At a glance
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Role
Founder & Managing Partner
Company
Silver Needle
Company type
Venture Capital
Firm ticket size
$120K – $600K
Firm stages
Seed · Series A
02 — Firm focus
Where Silver Needle invests
Stage, sector, and cheque signals from the linked fund profile.
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Ticket size
$120K – $600K
Stages
Seed · Series A
Sectors
2 focus areas
Themes
11 mapped
Sector focus
03 — Firm thesis
Investment thesis at Silver Needle
How this fund is described in the VC Dekho directory.
Silver Needle focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatCategory creatorsDeep science / hard techSaaS / B2B softwarePre-seed / day-zeroFamily officesAngel syndicates / networksSeries A / PMF capital
Full thesis on firm profile →04 — Activity
Recent activity at Silver Needle
Latest checks and mentions from India startup news.
25 Sept 2025$500K fundingevent marketing SaaS22 Sept 2025Investment in OnFinanceFinancial Software8 Jan 2025$5 Mn funding
View on firm profile →05 — Portfolio
Portfolio at Silver Needle
5 companies mapped to this fund.
OnFinance AI
Fintech / AI
8 Nov 2023
Disprz
SaaS / Skilling
23 Jan 2023
BrainSightAI
Deeptech / AI / Healthcare
Dhruva Space
Spacetech
Makers Hive
Consumer / Tech
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