Typical route: Category I AIF · VC manager directory
Seed, early-stage, growth and specialist venture managers investing across India. Compare the public evidence before you decide which managers deserve a deeper diligence conversation.
Indian venture capital and angel-fund strategies are commonly structured as Category I AIFs. Verify the specific vehicle and registration before investing.
Understand this AIF category →Strategy research
The directory covers Category I AIF venture capital strategies across seed, early-stage, growth and specialist sectors. Compare managers by the stage they underwrite, their sector concentration, fund vintage, team attribution and evidence of realised exits.
VC fund returns should be read by vintage and with DPI, TVPI and RVPI separated. Paper portfolio valuations are not the same as cash distributed to investors.
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Manager universe
2019
Pre-seed
Generalist
2015
Pre-seed to Series A
SaaS, fintech, consumer, digital health
2019
Seed
Fintech, commerce
2018
Growth (Series B-D)
Consumer, healthcare, fintech, tech
2001
Seed to growth (impact)
Agri, financial inclusion, climate
2008
Seed to Series B
SaaS, consumer, fintech, AI
2020
Early-stage to growth; India technology venture capital
Fintech, consumer technology, marketplaces and enterprise software
2013
Early-stage; pre-Series A; Pre-seed to Series A; multiple fund vintages bundled
Deep science, digital transformation, decarbonisation, agritech
2017
Pre-seed (day zero)
Generalist
2019
Pre-seed to seed; multiple fund vintages bundled
Enterprise AI, industrial AI, fintech infrastructure, B2B commerce
2017
Seed to Series B
"Middle India" - fintech, SaaS, AI, aerospace
2020
Pre-seed to growth; deep tech
AI and enterprise software, climate and energy, healthcare and spacetech
2013
Seed to Series A; micro-VC
Fintech infrastructure, applied AI and deep tech, consumer
2008
Seed to Series A; multiple fund vintages bundled
Consumer, enterprise, deeptech, Consumer technology
2018
Seed to Series A
Climate, sustainability
2019
Growth (SaaS $15M+ ARR)
Enterprise SaaS
2014
Seed and pre-Series A; technology venture capital
Enterprise SaaS, deep tech, healthcare, climate
2015
Growth
Fintech, health, enterprise
2015
Pre-seed to Series A; India early-stage venture capital
Fintech, SaaS, marketplaces and climate, agritech
2006
Series A or earlier (80%+)
AI services, SaaS, fintech, digital health
2018
Pre-seed to seed; founder-first venture capital
Fintech, consumer technology, AI, software
2018
Seed to Series A; deep-tech venture capital
Healthcare, advanced technology, climate and agriculture
2010
Pre-seed to Series A
Consumer, fintech, deeptech, climate
2021
Series A to early growth; India technology venture capital
Advanced manufacturing, climate technology, enterprise software and consumer
2020
Pre-seed to seed
Deep tech, enterprise software, climate and consumer
2023
Seed to early growth
Sports technology, fitness and wellness, gaming and interactive media
2006
Seed to Series B
Consumer, health, deeptech, fintech
2019
Early growth
Enterprise SaaS, B2B software, deep-tech infrastructure
2013
Seed (consumer)
Consumer brands, F&B
2007
Series A-C
Health, fintech, SaaS
2022
Growth
Fintech, consumer internet, SaaS, B2B platforms
2002
Seed to Series B + pre-IPO holdings
Consumer, fintech
2016
Seed
Healthtech, SaaS, semiconductors
2016
Growth (Series C+)
Tech, consumer
2018
Seed to growth; technology-led venture capital
Fintech, enterprise software, climate and consumer technology
2014
Seed to Series A; early-stage technology venture capital
Deep tech, AI software, B2B platforms, semiconductors
2021
Pre-seed and seed; thesis-driven venture capital
FinAI, enterprise AI, consumer technology, SaaS
2009
Growth
Consumer, fin services, health
2019
Growth (tech)
Software, tech services
2017
Seed to Series A
Consumer brands, D2C
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2019
Pre-seed and seed; first institutional cheque
B2B commerce, consumer, fintech, SaaS and deeptech
2019
Seed to Series A (fintech-only)
Inclusive fintech
2017
Series B-C (scale-up)
Consumer tech, SaaS
2000
Seed to growth, multi-stage
AI, health, fintech, defense
2019
Pre-seed to seed; early-stage technology venture capital
Fintech, consumer technology, enterprise software, AI
2017
Seed to early growth; technology and deeptech venture capital
Deeptech, climate, healthtech and enterprise technology
2012
Pre-seed / seed
Bharat consumer, fintech, social
2015
Seed to Series A; deep-tech and technology-enabled venture
Digital infrastructure, healthcare devices, energy and sustainability
2019
Seed to Series A
Consumer internet, SaaS
2016
Growth (B2B tech)
Cloud, SaaS, AI infra
2011
Seed to Series B
Consumer, health, deeptech, fintech
2020
Pre-seed to seed; deeptech and hard science
Space and defence, robotics, compute and climate technology
2016
Pre-Series A to Series A+; multiple fund vintages bundled
Consumer technology, healthtech, enterprise software, fintech
2012
Seed to Series B
Consumer, SaaS, fintech
2012
Pre-seed / seed; Seed to Series A; multiple fund vintages bundled
Consumer, fintech, SaaS, Consumer technology
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2011
Seed to Series A
Consumer, gaming, health
2018
Seed
SaaS, B2B
2007
Seed to growth
SaaS, consumer, fintech, AI
2004
Seed to Series A (impact)
Financial inclusion, health, agri
2020
Seed (gaming)
Gaming, interactive media
2022
Pre-seed and seed; early-stage B2B and emerging technology
B2B commerce, enterprise technology, fintech and deeptech
2006
Seed to Series B
Enterprise software, AI, infra software, consumer
1961
Growth + select early
Fintech, consumer, SaaS, health
2010
Seed to Series B
Agritech, climate, rural
2013
Seed to growth; technology-enabled businesses
Deep tech, climate and energy transition, fintech and B2B platforms
2006
Seed to growth
Consumer, fintech, SaaS, AI
2020
Seed to pre-Series A
B2B SaaS, enterprise AI, fintech, healthtech
2022
Pre-Series A to Series B
Fintech, SaaS and enterprise, consumer and healthtech
2016
Seed to Series A; deep-tech venture capital
AI and ML, spacetech, robotics, life sciences
2023
Growth
Technology, consumer internet, digital infrastructure
2016
Seed to early growth; technology-led venture capital
Fintech, enterprise software, deeptech and climate technology
2012
Seed
Fintech, SaaS, edtech
1997
Growth / late
Payments, food, edtech, commerce
2007
Seed to growth (fintech-only)
Lending, payments, embedded finance, fintech infrastructure
2015
Seed to Series B (fintech-only)
Inclusive fintech
2012
Multi-stage (fintech-only)
Consumer fintech, crypto-adjacent
2000
Seed to Series B; technology venture capital
Fintech, SaaS, climate technology and consumer technology
2019
Seed to Series A
Fintech, embedded finance, B2B platforms, Web3
2024
Seed to Series A; India early-stage venture capital
Fintech, agritech, healthcare and consumer technology
2019
Pre-seed to growth; Pre-seed to Series A; multiple fund vintages bundled
Consumer brands, food and beverage, personal care, apparel and lifestyle
2022
Pre-seed to Series A; frontier technology venture capital
Frontier technology, climate technology and AI software
2017
Late stage / growth
Consumer internet, fintech, logistics
2022
Early growth
Tech, consumer
2024
Pre-idea to seed; India technology venture capital
AI and software, fintech, hardtech and healthcare
2017
Pre-seed/seed (deeptech-only)
Space, defense, robotics, semiconductors
2015
Seed to early growth; B2B and deep-tech venture capital
Enterprise software, AI and semiconductors, spacetech, climate and industrial technology
2016
Seed to Series A (up to $10M entry)
SaaS, fintech, consumer, AI
2001
Late stage / crossover
Internet, SaaS, fintech
2011
Pre-seed / seed
Consumer, fintech
2021
Seed (SaaS)
SaaS, AI-first
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2022
Pre-seed to Series A
Energy transition, industrial decarbonisation, mobility, climate software
2007
Growth
Fin services, consumer
2015
Seed to Series A; multiple fund vintages bundled
Semiconductors, space and defence, robotics, fintech infrastructure
2010
Series A-B
Fintech, SaaS, consumer
2023
Pre-seed and seed; technology-focused micro-VC
Deeptech, climate technology, consumer and SaaS
2016
Pre-seed to Series A
Consumer, AI, SaaS
2018
Ideation, pre-seed and seed
Consumer, fintech, B2B commerce and SaaS
2024
Seed to Series A (deeptech)
Chips, aero, AI, robotics
2011
Seed to growth; deep tech; Seed to Series A; Growth-stage secondaries / follow-on venture; multiple fund vintages bundled
AI and quantum computing, spacetech, healthtech and climate technology, AI and deeptech
2006
Seed to Series A
Consumer, fintech, B2B
Evidence standard
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Investor questions
Compare VC funds by stage, sector, geography and vintage before comparing performance. Review team attribution, ownership targets, follow-on reserves, portfolio concentration, realised exits and the amount of value that remains unrealised.
Separate DPI, TVPI and RVPI by fund and vintage. Confirm whether the people raising the new fund produced the earlier results, distinguish cash exits from paper mark-ups and examine losses as well as the strongest portfolio companies.
DPI measures cash and securities distributed relative to paid-in capital. TVPI adds the remaining reported portfolio value to those distributions. TVPI can change with private-company valuations, while DPI reflects value already returned to investors.
Compare funds with similar stage and technical risk. Deep-tech strategies may require longer development cycles, specialist diligence and follow-on capital, while seed funds need a credible ownership, reserve and portfolio-construction model for high company-level failure rates.