Venture debt and structured growth credit fund research profile
Stride Ventures India Fund IV is the manager’s India-focused venture-debt vehicle, legally identified in current disclosures as Stride Ventures Debt Fund 4 under Stride Ventures India Focus Fund. Direct 2026 exchange filings name Veefin Solutions and Buildmex-Infra as vehicle-level counterparties. Earlier Stride fund vintages remain separate records and are not merged into Fund IV.
At a glance
Research profile
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Investment lens
Stride Ventures India Fund (Debt Funds 3–4 bundled) uses a venture debt and structured growth credit approach across Technology, fintech, SaaS, consumer brands.
Current evidence
An August 2026 BSE filing identifies Stride Ventures Debt Fund 4 as the investor in Veefin Solutions’ secured NCD issue. A September 2026 NSE filing identifies Buildmex-Infra Private Limited as the borrower for a proposed NCD issuance to Stride Ventures Debt Fund 4, backed by Arisinfra and Arisunitern guarantees. Stride’s own regulatory disclosure confirms the scheme, registration and current team.
Bundled fund series
Related manager and vehicle records are shown here as one fund family. The original source trails and vehicle-level caveats remain preserved in the research record.
Stride Ventures Debt Fund 3
Vintage / record year: 2023
Strategy
Venture debt and structured growth credit
Sector focus
Technology, fintech, SaaS, consumer brands
AIF structure context
Indian private credit, venture-debt and special-situations funds are commonly structured as Category II AIFs. Verify the specific vehicle and registration before investing.
Current signal
An August 2026 BSE filing identifies Stride Ventures Debt Fund 4 as the investor in Veefin Solutions’ secured NCD issue. A September 2026 NSE filing identifies Buildmex-Infra Private Limited as the borrower for a proposed NCD issuance to Stride Ventures Debt Fund 4, backed by Arisinfra and Arisunitern guarantees. Stride’s own regulatory disclosure confirms the scheme, registration and current team.
Investor questions
Stride Ventures India Fund (Debt Funds 3–4 bundled) is covered in Rupeia's private credit research universe. The current public record describes the strategy as Venture debt and structured growth credit, with a sector focus of Technology, fintech, SaaS, consumer brands. The profile should be read with the linked source trail and Typical route: Category II AIF context.
The profile displays only company or asset names attributable to Stride Ventures India Fund (Debt Funds 3–4 bundled) in the reviewed public sources: Veefin Solutions Limited; Buildmex-Infra Private Limited; BlueStone; Moneyview; Moove; Foxtale; CureSkin; NEWME; Nat Habit; Ather Energy; Sweet Karam Coffee. It does not represent a complete current portfolio unless the manager has published one.
The public record shows active 2026 deployments or proposed secured-debt transactions with Veefin Solutions and Buildmex-Infra. Fund IV-level realised returns, DPI, TVPI and credit-loss history are not publicly disclosed. These signals are not a substitute for fund- and vintage-specific net performance, realised distributions and audited or administrator-supported reporting.
Public fund size: The manager and press coverage report a USD 300 million target for India Fund IV; final close and current committed capital are not publicly disclosed.. Public terms or access information: Close-ended Category II AIF providing venture debt and structured growth credit, including secured NCDs with security packages, guarantees, receivables escrow and promoter support. Exact tenure, fee, carry, hurdle and redemption 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 Ishpreet Singh Gandhi; Apoorva Sharma; Pankaj Kwatra (key investment team named by Stride’s regulatory disclosure). Verify current roles, departures, attribution and key-person provisions before relying on the team history for a new commitment.
Review borrower concentration, security and seniority, cash versus accrued income, defaults, recoveries, fund leverage and liquidity. The current open diligence point is: Public 2026 disclosures identify two current Fund IV counterparties, but the complete borrower schedule, final close, vehicle-level NAV, fees, carry, audited returns and remaining deployment capacity are not publicly disclosed. Debt Fund 3 and Debt Fund 4 are shown as one Stride Ventures family record; vehicle-level differences and source trails remain in seriesRecords..
2026-09-10: An August 2026 BSE filing identifies Stride Ventures Debt Fund 4 as the investor in Veefin Solutions’ secured NCD issue. A September 2026 NSE filing identifies Buildmex-Infra Private Limited as the borrower for a proposed NCD issuance to Stride Ventures Debt Fund 4, backed by Arisinfra and Arisunitern guarantees. Stride’s own regulatory disclosure confirms the scheme, registration and current team.
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