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Bharat Innovation Fund vs Sun Icon Ventures

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Stage, sector, thesis, cheque size, and portfolio side by side, pulled from the VC Dekho directory.

Bharat Innovation Fund
Bharat Innovation Fund

Venture Capital · 1 partner on VC Dekho

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Sun Icon Ventures
Sun Icon Ventures

Venture Capital · 3 partners on VC Dekho

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Overview

Fund type

Bharat Innovation Fund

Venture Capital

Sun Icon Ventures

Venture Capital

Partners on VC Dekho

Bharat Innovation Fund

1 partner listed

Sun Icon Ventures

3 partners listed

Investment focus

Stages

Bharat Innovation Fund

  • Seed
  • Pre-Series A
  • Series B

Sun Icon Ventures

  • Seed
  • Pre-Series A
Sectors

Bharat Innovation Fund

  • AI / ML
  • Fintech
  • Healthcare / Medtech
  • Climate / Sustainability
  • Deep Tech
  • Agritech / Food
  • Social Impact

Sun Icon Ventures

  • AI / ML
  • SaaS / Enterprise
  • Fintech
  • Consumer / D2C
  • Healthcare / Medtech
  • Climate / Sustainability
  • Deep Tech
  • Agritech / Food
  • Social Impact
  • Blockchain
Thesis themes

Bharat Innovation Fund

  • Early-stage builders
  • Founder-led / operator capital
  • Tech-first / product companies
  • India-first / Bharat
  • Category creators
  • Impact & inclusion
  • Growth & scale-ups
  • Deep science / hard tech
  • Fintech / embedded finance
  • AI / ML
  • Healthtech / wellness
  • Climate / sustainability
  • Pre-seed / day-zero
  • Agri / food systems
  • Edtech / skilling
  • Series A / PMF capital

Sun Icon Ventures

  • Early-stage builders
  • Founder-led / operator capital
  • Tech-first / product companies
  • India-first / Bharat
  • Impact & inclusion
  • Deep science / hard tech
  • Fintech / embedded finance
  • SaaS / B2B software
  • Consumer / D2C brands
  • AI / ML
  • Healthtech / wellness
  • Climate / sustainability
  • Crypto / Web3
  • Agri / food systems
  • Edtech / skilling
  • Series A / PMF capital
Cheque size

Bharat Innovation Fund

$1M – $3M

Sun Icon Ventures

$30K – $400K

Thesis

Bharat Innovation Fund

Back IP-driven deep-tech founders building 'companies of consequence' that remain outside most VCs' deal flow at inception; as high-touch investors, lead founders in the right direction and help de-risk technology, regulatory and execution risk over long gestation periods, providing network, customers and resources.

Sun Icon Ventures

Invest in early-stage disruptive startups 'building the India of tomorrow', combining technology with impact; integrity- and trust-led, long-term partnerships over quick wins. Deliberately avoids me-too consumer brands, generic SaaS and fintech.

Investment criteria

Bharat Innovation Fund

Bharat Innovation Fund (BIF) is an Ahmedabad-based, deep-tech-focused venture firm launched in 2018 under the aegis of CIIE.CO, the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship continuum at IIM Ahmedabad, and…

Sun Icon Ventures

Sun Icon Ventures is a Mumbai-based early-stage venture capital fund founded in 2022 by capital-markets veteran Suresh Jain, alongside his children Saloni and Darshan Jain as founding partners. Jain spent decades on the…

Activity

Recent activity

Bharat Innovation Fund

-

Sun Icon Ventures

-

Portfolio

Portfolio (sample)

Bharat Innovation Fund

  • Algorithmic Biologics
  • Entropik
  • Detect Technologies
  • PlayShifu
  • Entropik Tech
  • CreditVidya

Sun Icon Ventures

  • StrainX Bioworks
  • StrainX
  • Yaanendriya
  • Suind
  • Suind (drones
  • Dhiway (blockchain

Links

LinkedIn

Bharat Innovation Fund

LinkedIn

Sun Icon Ventures

LinkedIn
Website

Bharat Innovation Fund

bharat.fund/

Sun Icon Ventures

sunicon.vc/

Things to remember

FAQ

Cheque size, thesis overlap, and seed versus Series A.

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02What data shows in the comparison?
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03Do I need an account?
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04How is this different from opening two tabs?
The same firm fields are aligned in one view so stage and sector overlap is obvious without switching fund pages. Use it to shortlist who to reach out to.
05How do I compare cheque size across Indian VC funds?
Cheque size is a row in the comparison. A fund that writes a small seed cheque and a fund that leads a large Series A round should not get the same first email. If the ranges do not overlap your raise, drop one of them.
06Can I compare a seed fund with a Series A fund?
Yes. Put them side by side when you are deciding who can lead this round. Stage guides for seed and Series A explain what each round usually needs before you write.
07How do I tell if two funds share a thesis?
Read the thesis themes and the short thesis excerpt on the same row. Overlap on a label is not enough if the portfolio shows they already back a close competitor. Use the comparison to decide who to contact, not to declare a winner.
08Can I compare individual partners?
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