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Investor
Sep 2020
100Unicorns - is India’s Largest Accelerator VC. The fund will operate uniquely as an accelerator & invest in very early-stage startups. It aims to disrupt idea stage funding in India by backing founders with early access to capital with mentorship.
100Unicorns has funded 145 startups & fuelled category leaders such as ShipRocket, VideoVerse, Zypp Electric, Renee Cosmetics, Assiduus, IGP - Join Ventures, Homeville, Alo Fruit, TruNativ, Rezolv.AI, OTO Capital, Klub, Wiom, BluSmart, DrinkPrime, LeverageEdu, Prescinto & Rooter among others.
Angel Investor
Oct 2017
Eastern India's favorite hangout and fastest growing Café chain with 21 outlets across Kolkata, Kharagpur, Guwahati, Jamshedpur and Bhubaneswar.
Board Observer
Apr 2017
Pernia Qureshi, leading stylist and fashion icon, has embarked on an exciting journey in the fashion industry. With her e-commerce venture, www.perniaspopupshop.com, India’s premier designers are now accessible to a global clientele. Whether you’re in Lucknow, New York or Sao Paolo, the elite labels of Indian fashion are just a click away.
Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop is a carefully curated design platform that articulates Pernia’s personal style and her accumulated experience. With this expertise at the helm, she brings you the opportunity to enhance your wardrobe with the creative excellence of our most coveted designers as well as the vibrant energy of bright young talent.
Exclusive to the website is also Pernia’s eponymous label – Pernia Qureshi, her debut women’s wear collection. A stylish mix of feminine and classic styles for the sophisticated woman, Pernia’s range will be showcased three to four times a year.
In addition, Pernia gives you a personal touch with her own section titled ‘Pernia’s P.O.V (Point of View)’. These stylized looks present you with pieces from different designers available on the website, and entice you to make your own stylish choices. ‘How-to’ videos, packed with fashion and beauty tips, go hand-in-hand to make your online shopping experience with us worthwhile.
Wherever you are, come join the experience of our fun and fashionable Pop-Up Shop!
Angel Investor
Oct 2016
Pee Safe - House of Brands
The experience that has always troubled women while visiting the public washroom has led to a journey of R&D by the co-founder, Srijana Bagaria, with the help of her husband, Vikas Bagaria, the Founder. They were determined to find a way out of risking UTI and other hazardous infections every time one visits a public washroom.
The Toilet Seat Sanitizer Spray was introduced shortly thereafter. A spray that has saved millions of women across the country from the risk of contracting UTI.
The Toilet Seat Sanitizer Spray has been a saving grace for all public toilets since 2013. With this product in your bag, everyone, especially women, feels much safer knowing that their risk of contracting UTI and other infections has been reduced by 99.9%.
Gradually, the need for a lot of other hygiene essentials has been identified, and we have taken it upon ourselves to talk about things that are usually hushed in society.
We pride ourselves on being outspoken, bold, courageous, witty, and a Personal, Sexual, Menstrual hygiene expert.
* Awarded as Amazons SMB Brand of the Year 2020
* Listed as Top 10 Startups in 2020 by LinkedIn.
* Present in over 5000 retail touch point across 90 cities and exporting to
close to 10 countries.
* Hired over 30 extremely talented team members from this amazing
professional networking site LinkedIn.
Investor
Apr 2016
Venture Catalysts is Indias first Multi-Stage VC, dedicated to backing the most promising entrepreneurs in India, the worlds fastest growing startup ecosystem.
Having started in 2016, we are amongst the most active investors in India with USD 200Mn+ deployed across 300+ companies through our syndication platform. The combined valuation of the portfolio companies is USD 10Bn+.
We typically invest 0.25 Mn - 2 Mn across seed to early stage companies & are sector agnostic.
Our 4000+ investor community is spread across 20+ countries in the world including India, Singapore, UAE, USA, UK, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Qatar, Oman, Mauritius, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe & more.
We are backed by some of the most marquee investors from India:
Radhakishan Damani (DMart), Haldiram’s, Enam Securities, Ashish Kacholia (Lucky Investments), Authum Investments, Shahrukh Khan (Bollywood), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Bollywood), Abhijit Pawar (Sakal Media Group), Utpal Sheth (Trust Group), Vinod Dugar (RDB Group), Hardik Patel (Finquest), Karthik Sundar Iyer, Mukul Agarwal (Param Caputal), Capri Global, Anil Singhvi (Zee Business), Aman Gupta (boAt), Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Nirmit Parikh (Apna), Srinath Ramakkrushnan (Zetwerk), among others.
The Venture Catalysts ecosystem of funds includes:
100 Unicorns | USD 100 Mn | Early stage accelerator fund
Beams Fintech Fund | USD 80 Mn | India’s first growth-stage fintech fund
Elev8 Venture Partners | USD 160 Mn | Growth technology fund for series B & C investments
Spyre Proptech Venture Fund | USD 50 Mn | Indias first proptech fund in partnership with CREDAI
VC Grid | Exclusive community for family offices & CVCs
Collectively, the group manages over USD 500 Mn and has supported 400+ companies.
If you are a startup founder looking to raise capital, write to us at ideas@venturecatalysts.in
If you are an investor, write to us at investors@venturecatalysts.in
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2021
Venture Partner
Aug 2021
Beams Fintech Fund is the First Fintech Focused Growth Capital fund for India offering Ecosystem, Value Add & Capital to support the Fintech founders of tomorrow. Beams Fintech Fund is backed by Venture Catalysts, it’s a first sector focused Growth Capital Fund by the Group & second fund from their platform after 9 Unicorns Accelerator Fund
Beams Fintech Fund is Co-Founded by Sagar Agarvwal, Dr Apoorva Sharma, Anuj Golecha, Anil Jain and Gaurav Jain,. Sagar has held Senior positions & built Investment Management firms over the last 15 years covering Emerging markets of India, Asia, Middle East & Africa. Founders have huge experience in the asset management space having built investment management firms over the last 20 years covering Emerging markets of India, Asia, Middle East & Africa. Founders have advised on more than $700 Mn+ of invested capital across 250+ investments, 50+ exits & liquidity events, $4 Bn in portfolio value creation. Founders have backed 30+ Fintech/FS Companies in India till date, created $3 Bn in portfolio value, returns ranging from 1.3x to 197x
Our key focus areas are Embedded Finance, SAAS Products or Technologies for the Incumbents & Disrupting the Incumbents, Global Enterprises SAAS, Open Banking & Digital Financial Inclusion
We have built an Alliance network of Banks, Fintechs, NBFCs, Fintech Founders, Mentors, Advisors & Portfolio Support Group from the Financial Services & Fintech Industry to provide maximum value add to the Fund’s portfolio companies
Founders key current & past Fintech/FS investments include BharatPe, Dukaan, Flobiz, Esskay Fincorp, Suryoday, Centrum Forex, MFS Africa, GetVantage, Sarva, Impact Guru, Creditwise, OTO, Liquiloans, Lenden, Junio etc
Venture Catalysts is the largest incubator & accelerator in India & third largest in the world. They have backed more than 200+ start-ups in India, syndicated $250+ Mn of invested capital, created two of the largest Unicorns in India, has a network of 500+ Founders
2020
Investor
Sep 2020
100Unicorns - is India’s Largest Accelerator VC. The fund will operate uniquely as an accelerator & invest in very early-stage startups. It aims to disrupt idea stage funding in India by backing founders with early access to capital with mentorship.
100Unicorns has funded 145 startups & fuelled category leaders such as ShipRocket, VideoVerse, Zypp Electric, Renee Cosmetics, Assiduus, IGP - Join Ventures, Homeville, Alo Fruit, TruNativ, Rezolv.AI, OTO Capital, Klub, Wiom, BluSmart, DrinkPrime, LeverageEdu, Prescinto & Rooter among others.
2017
Angel Investor
Oct 2017
Eastern India's favorite hangout and fastest growing Café chain with 21 outlets across Kolkata, Kharagpur, Guwahati, Jamshedpur and Bhubaneswar.
Board Observer
Apr 2017
Pernia Qureshi, leading stylist and fashion icon, has embarked on an exciting journey in the fashion industry. With her e-commerce venture, www.perniaspopupshop.com, India’s premier designers are now accessible to a global clientele. Whether you’re in Lucknow, New York or Sao Paolo, the elite labels of Indian fashion are just a click away.
Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop is a carefully curated design platform that articulates Pernia’s personal style and her accumulated experience. With this expertise at the helm, she brings you the opportunity to enhance your wardrobe with the creative excellence of our most coveted designers as well as the vibrant energy of bright young talent.
Exclusive to the website is also Pernia’s eponymous label – Pernia Qureshi, her debut women’s wear collection. A stylish mix of feminine and classic styles for the sophisticated woman, Pernia’s range will be showcased three to four times a year.
In addition, Pernia gives you a personal touch with her own section titled ‘Pernia’s P.O.V (Point of View)’. These stylized looks present you with pieces from different designers available on the website, and entice you to make your own stylish choices. ‘How-to’ videos, packed with fashion and beauty tips, go hand-in-hand to make your online shopping experience with us worthwhile.
Wherever you are, come join the experience of our fun and fashionable Pop-Up Shop!
2016
Angel Investor
Oct 2016
Pee Safe - House of Brands
The experience that has always troubled women while visiting the public washroom has led to a journey of R&D by the co-founder, Srijana Bagaria, with the help of her husband, Vikas Bagaria, the Founder. They were determined to find a way out of risking UTI and other hazardous infections every time one visits a public washroom.
The Toilet Seat Sanitizer Spray was introduced shortly thereafter. A spray that has saved millions of women across the country from the risk of contracting UTI.
The Toilet Seat Sanitizer Spray has been a saving grace for all public toilets since 2013. With this product in your bag, everyone, especially women, feels much safer knowing that their risk of contracting UTI and other infections has been reduced by 99.9%.
Gradually, the need for a lot of other hygiene essentials has been identified, and we have taken it upon ourselves to talk about things that are usually hushed in society.
We pride ourselves on being outspoken, bold, courageous, witty, and a Personal, Sexual, Menstrual hygiene expert.
* Awarded as Amazons SMB Brand of the Year 2020
* Listed as Top 10 Startups in 2020 by LinkedIn.
* Present in over 5000 retail touch point across 90 cities and exporting to
close to 10 countries.
* Hired over 30 extremely talented team members from this amazing
professional networking site LinkedIn.
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