Pre-seed to seed fund research profile
Campus Fund is an India-focused early-stage VC fund investing exclusively in student-led startups, including recent graduates and dropouts. Its student-founder thesis is paired with a scouting and community model designed to identify companies in deep tech, enterprise software, climate, space and consumer categories before conventional venture rounds.
At a glance
Research profile
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Investment lens
Campus Fund uses a pre-seed to seed approach across Deep tech, enterprise software, climate and consumer.
Current evidence
Campus Fund launched its $100 million third fund in June 2025 after a first close above $50 million. The vehicle is expected to back 60–80 student-led companies over four years, with initial cheques of ₹1–8 crore and follow-on capital reserved for half of the corpus.
Strategy
Pre-seed to seed
Sector focus
Deep tech, enterprise software, climate and consumer
AIF structure context
Indian venture capital and angel-fund strategies are commonly structured as Category I AIFs. Verify the specific vehicle and registration before investing.
Current signal
Campus Fund launched its $100 million third fund in June 2025 after a first close above $50 million. The vehicle is expected to back 60–80 student-led companies over four years, with initial cheques of ₹1–8 crore and follow-on capital reserved for half of the corpus.
Investor questions
Campus Fund is covered in Rupeia's venture capital research universe. The current public record describes the strategy as Pre-seed to seed, with a sector focus of Deep tech, enterprise software, climate and consumer. The profile should be read with the linked source trail and Typical route: Category I AIF context.
The profile displays only company or asset names attributable to Campus Fund in the reviewed public sources: EtherealX, Human Biogenesis, Raho Hospitalities, Gramiyaa, Treacle Tech, Plenome, Quickreel, Digantara, Sarla Aviation, Serendipity Space, Doodley, Carbelim, Dcluttr, Findr. It does not represent a complete current portfolio unless the manager has published one.
Campus Fund reports that finalists from its AWS Grand Challenge have collectively raised more than $90 million in follow-on funding. Public portfolio and announcement pages identify companies including EtherealX, Digantara, Gramiyaa, Raho Hospitalities, Sarla Aviation, Serendipity Space and Human Biogenesis. These signals are not a substitute for fund- and vintage-specific net performance, realised distributions and audited or administrator-supported reporting.
Public fund size: Fund III target: $100 million; first close: above $50 million in June 2025. Earlier fund sizes are not fully disclosed in current materials.. Public terms or access information: Student-founder mandate; Fund III public coverage describes ₹1–8 crore initial cheques, 50% follow-on reserve and a four-year deployment plan. Fees, carry and detailed reserve terms are not publicly disclosed.. Current fees, minimum commitment and availability must be confirmed for the exact named vehicle in its fund documents.
The current source record names Richa Bajpai (Founder and CEO); Bharat Shah (Chief Advisor); Preksha Sharma (Legal and portfolio team). Verify current roles, departures, attribution and key-person provisions before relying on the team history for a new commitment.
Review stage concentration, follow-on reserves, company failure rates, dilution, exit timing and the gap between paper valuations and realised distributions. The current open diligence point is: Fund-level return metrics and the complete Fund III portfolio are not publicly disclosed; the public portfolio and investment announcements support the named companies listed here..
2025-06-21: Campus Fund launched its $100 million third fund in June 2025 after a first close above $50 million. The vehicle is expected to back 60–80 student-led companies over four years, with initial cheques of ₹1–8 crore and follow-on capital reserved for half of the corpus.
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