Venture Catalysts

Investor type

Angel

Founded

2015

AUM

-

Location

India

Investment Ticket

$0-1 m

Investment Stage

Seed

Region of investment

Asia
Investor profile last updated: 31 August, 2021

Profile

Venture Catalysts is Asia’s largest & No. 1 Integrated Incubator. It provides investment of $500K to $1MN per startup with incubation support for 1 year. It was established in year 2016 and in a short span of just two years, it boasts of successful incubatees like Fynd, Beardo, PeeSafe, Innov8, vPhrase, Supr, DSYH etc., which are today category leaders.



It is one of the largest early stage players in India with 3000+ angel investors spread across 11 cities in 3 countries - India, Hong Kong & Qatar. Globally, marquee investors such as YCombinator, Greenoaks, Axis Capital, Alpha Capital, Rocketship, FJ Labs (investors of Airbnb, Uber, Facebook) have co-invested with Venture Catalysts.



With its focus on developing startup ecosystem in Tier II, III cities in India, Venture Catalysts has launched its incubation program in cities like Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Raipur, Surat and Nagpur besides metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. These centres not only offer incubation support to startups but also organise regular investor education sessions for potential angel investors viz. HNIs & industrialists.



Besides raising seed stage and Round A and B investments for startups, Venture Catalysts is known for its startup building capability, strategic guidance, generating business leads, leveraging its network across the globe through its partners and providing phenomenal returns to its investors. It is evident from the fact that more than 10 incubatee companies of Venture Catalysts have raised Round A and B investment in the last two years especially when the market had not been very upbeat.



Today, Venture Catalysts has taken the leadership position in startup investments and incubation and has been rated as India's top Early stage Investor by leading national media.

Industry

E-commerce/Marketplace Fashion/Beauty Fintech Food and Beverage Hardware Retail SaaS

Contacts

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Anuj Golecha Cofounder
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Gagan Ghai (FCA ACMA ICVS) Managing Partner
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FAQs about Venture Catalysts

Venture Catalysts operates as an angel investor. It backs companies at Seed, writing tickets of $0-1 m.
Venture Catalysts is located in India.
Venture Catalysts was founded in 2015.
Venture Catalysts invests in companies and startups in E-commerce/Marketplace, Fashion/Beauty, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Hardware, Retail, SaaS.
Venture Catalysts invests in companies and startups in Asia.
Venture Catalysts invests in companies and startups at Seed.
Venture Catalysts usually invests $0-1 m on average.
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