Top 10 Micro VC Investors in India

Venture capital funding has played a significant role in the development of startups in India. According to data from KPMG, Indian startups raised over $12.1 billion in venture capital funding during the first half of 2021. 

This marks a significant increase from the previous quarter, in which startups raised $6.7 billion. In the third quarter of 2021, venture capital funding for Indian startups reached a new high of $14.4 billion.

If you are seeking funding for your startup and want to know which micro venture capital firms to approach, we have compiled a list of the top 10 micro venture capital firms in India. These firms may be interested in investing in your company.

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India Quotient is a new type of early-stage investor. They invest in Education, Food and Travel, Mobile, Fashion, Lifestyle, and Consumer Finance.

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Founded: 2012

Website: https://www.indiaquotient.in/

Notable Investments: Webengage, Vyapar, Pagarbook, Topmate, Neodove

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Axilor identifies and invests in early-stage technology companies across several sectors: consumer Internet, enterprise SaaS, healthcare technology, artificial intelligence, and fintech.

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Founded: 2014

Website: https://www.axilor.com/

Notable Investments: Wiz, GoodHome, Quickshift, Prolance, Locofast, CapGrid

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Kae Capital is a pioneer of early-stage investing in India. They are focused on investing in tech startups and have been investing in India for 10+ years. Kae is a sector-agnostic fund that invests in pre-seed to pre-series A stages.

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Founded: 2010

Website: https://kae-capital.com/investments/ 

Notable Investments: Disprz, Hippovideo, Hiver, Nua, Certa, Foxtale.

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Ventureast is an early and growth stage fund. They invest in sectors like- life sciences & healthcare and technology-driven businesses.

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Founded: 1997

Website: https://www.ventureast.net/ 

Notable Investments: Moengage, Bioserve, Acko, Zaggle, Atyati

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Venture Highway helps the next generation of entrepreneurs by providing guidance and capital to early-stage nascent ideas in technology. 

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Founded: 2015

Website: https://www.venturehighway.vc/ 

Notable Investments: Fampay, Headout, Airmeet, Meesho, MPL, Moglix, OKcredit, Sharechat, Tracxn.

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Fireside Ventures is an early-stage venture fund. The fund aims to invest in consumer brands across sectors such as food and beverages, personal care, kids & education, Lifestyle, home products, etc.

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Founded: 2017

Website: https://firesideventures.com/ 

Notable Investments: Mama Earth, Boat Lifestyle, Yoga Bar, Kapiva, The Sleep Company, Bombay Shaving Company, Super Tails, Slurrp Farm.

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Prime Venture partners are an early-stage Venture Fund managed by serial entrepreneurs. We invest in category-creating technology-driven startups founded by rockstars who are passionate about their dreams and relentless at executing them.

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Founded: 2011

Website: https://primevp.in/ 

Notable Investments: My Gate App, Ezetap, Survey Sparrow, Happay, Mfine, Tracxn, Waggle, Affable.ai

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First Cheque back founders at the pre-idea stage follow a standard process of investing $100K at a 2M valuations.

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Founded: 2008

Website: https://firstcheque.vc/ 

Notable Investments: Mailmodo, Rocketlane, Zeda.io, Grow Simplee, Wint Wealth, Leap club, Ming out.

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Stellaris Venture Partners is an early-stage tech-focused venture capital firm that partners with fearless founders who dream big and think differently. They Invest in tech and tech-enabled consumer and enterprise startups in India.

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Founded: 2016

Website: https://www.stellarisvp.com/ 

Notable Investments: Mamaearth, Whatfix, mFine, Slintel, Loadshare,  Shop101, Vogo, Turno. 

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BlackSoil is pioneering unique advisory & financing solutions for developers, startups & high-growth companies. They have worked with companies at all stages of development through structured lending, fundraising, restructuring, etc.

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Founded: 2010

Website: https://www.blacksoil.co.in/ 

Notable Investments: WebEngage, ZoomCar, TVF-TheViralFever, Spinny, mCaffeine, Udaan, Jai Kisan, Big Haat, Chaipoint, Upstox