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IvyCap Ventures

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Founded in 2011, IvyCap Ventures is one of India's leading homegrown venture capital funds leveraging IIT and IIM alumni networks to power the Indian startup ecosystem.

Headquartered in Mumbai with offices in Delhi, Bengaluru, US and Singapore, the company is currently managing assets in excess of USD 530 million with a portfolio of 30+ companies spread across sectors such as ConsumerTech, HealthTech, Fintech, EdTech, Saas, Enterprise Tech, DeepTech and others.

We are a sector agnostic fund stemming from our strong belief in people’s power to spark innovation & disruption. We invest in early to growth stage start-ups (Seed Pre-series A, Series A and Series B) that are building innovative technology-based products, services & business solutions and have the potential to scale and adapt to lead in a cut-throat market and became India’s first homegrown VC fund to have successfully created a dragon company'

As a homegrown VC fund, we are proud to have more than 20 institutional investors investing across our funds.

Promising start-ups, in addition to funding, could receive invaluable advice and scale-up support within the IvyCap Ventures ecosystem under the Mentorship Program. We also have an alumni-driven engagement platform for all the stakeholders in the start-up ecosystem under the name IvyCamp which helps in enabling engagement, accelerating business, design corporate innovation programs, and help early stage start-up communities to connect with investors.

IvyCap Ventures also have direct support from over 5,000+ IIT and IIM graduates globally.

Our core philosophy lies in creating enduring value for all our stakeholders through capital and expertise. We nurture relationships with our investors, and portfolio companies and believe in creating a meaningful impact while generating financial returns.

Our current portfolio includes Purplle.com, Bewakoof.com, Biryani By Kilo and more, together we are accomplishing a meaningful difference.

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