List of India’s Top Venture capital firms for startups

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Capital is one of the major components to start a business. Well-established businesses found it easier to avail capital for the expansion of its business but a small business and new startups found it very difficult to avail required capital for the business. That’s why the importance of venture capital is increasing nowadays. Venture capital firms provide the required capital to the start-ups that have the potential of growing in the coming future.

 Venture capital is necessary to encourage entrepreneurial talent among youth. These venture firms not only provide the required capital for business but also gives meaningful advice and guidance to the business. These investments are too risky as the returns totally depend on the performance of the startups. Yet, some businesses don’t opt for this option because of the dilution of ownership and control in the business.

In this article, we are going to talk about some of India’s leading venture capital firms for start-ups.

So, let’s start:

Top venture capital firms for start-ups-

Accel

Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm

Accel is a venture capital firm for a startup that was founded in the year 1983. The founders of the firm are Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz. The firm is also known as Accel partners and primarily focuses on sectors such as Infrastructure, Mobile & Software, Internet, and Consumer Services. The headquarters of the firm is situated in California. Venture capitalist firm works with early-stage, growth-stage investment, and seed. Some of the start-ups funded by Accel are Myntra, BookMyShow, BabyOYE, Freshdesk, Flipkart, etc.

Helion Venture Partners

Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm

Helion venture partners is one of the leading venture capital firms for startups which was started in the year 2006. The founders of the venture are Rahul Chandra, Ashish Gupta, Kanwaljit Singh, and Sanjeev Aggarwal. The Headquarters of the venture firm is situated in Portlious town of Mauritius. Some of the top startups funded by hellion venture partners are livspace, BigBasket, Toppr, MakeMyTrip, Ezetap, etc.

Sequoia Capital

Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm

Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm for startups which was founded by Don Valentine in the year 1972. This VC firm invests in both private and public investments. It works with seed stage, startup stage, early-stage, and growth-stage investments. This venture capital firm mainly invests in the Healthcare, Consumer Internet, outsourcing, and the Financial Sector. Some of the startups funded by sequoia capital are DailyHunt, Bira91,1mg, Awfis, Zomato, etc.

Blume ventures

Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm

Blume venture is an Indian based venture capital firm which was founded in the year 2011. The founders of the venture capital firm are Karthik Reddy and Sanjay Nath. The headquarters of the firm is located in Mumbai. Blume Venture firm mostly focused on Mobile Applications, Internet & Software Sectors, and R &D. Some of the top startups funded by Blume ventures are Unacademy, Orange grey, Dunzo, Purplle, cashify.

Nexus Venture Partners

Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm

Nexus venture capital is a leading early-stage venture capital firm founded in the year 2008. The founders of the firm are Naren Gupta, Sandeep Singhal, and SuvirSujan. The firm invests in early-stage and growth-stage startups in India and the USA. The firms invest in Data Security, Mobile, Infrastructure, Bio Data Analytics, etc. Some of the startups funded by Nexus venture are Zomato, Snapdeal, Delhivery, Goodera, and Craftsvilla.

Naspers

Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm

Naspers was founded in the year 1915 by J. B. M. Hertzog, although incorporated in 1994. Naspers VC is a multinational consumer Internet Company based in Cape Town, South Africa. Some of the startups funded by Naspers are Letgo, Delivery Hero, and Swiggy.

Inventus Capital Partners

Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm

Inventus Capital Partners was founded in the year 2007, headquartered in San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley. The founders of the venture are John Dougery, Kanwal Rekhi, and Samir Kumar. Inventus capital partners mainly invest in Consumer, Hotels, Media, Healthcare, Information Technology, Telecommunications, etc. Some of the startups funded by the Inventus Capital Partners are Savaari, Farfaria, Policy Bazaar.com, and CBazaar, etc.

SAIF Partner

Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm

SAIF Partners is a venture capital firm started as Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund is now one of the leading private equity firms that provide growth capital to companies in Asia. SAIF Partners is founded in the year 2001 by Andrew Yan. The VC mainly focuses on areas such as Financial Services, Internet, Consumer Product, Education, cleantech, Modern Agriculture, etc. Some of the startups funded by this venture capital are justdial.com, Paytm, Network18, HomeShop18, and Book My Show.

Jungle Ventures

Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm

Jungle venture is a venture capital firm that was founded in the year 2012 based in Singapore. The founders of the venture are Amit Anand and Anurag Srivastava. Some of the startups funded by Jungle venture are BookMyShow, Catch that bus, Shopspot.

Bessemer Venture Partners

Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm

Bessemer Venture Partner is an American venture capital firm founded in the year 1911 by Henry Phipps. The headquarters of the firm is located in San Francisco in California. Bessemer Venture Partners works with seed-stage, early-stage, and growth-stage private technology companies. The firm invests in Cyber Security, Financial Services, and Mobile related industries. Snapdeal, OnMobile are some of the top startups that are funded by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Shivani Awasthi

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