 |
ENTREPRENEURS
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
| Fund |
Vintage |
Fund Description |
| Venture Capital Funds |
|
APIDC Venture Capital Fund
|
1997 |
One of the earliest Indian Venture Capital funds. Investments varied across sectors like Port Management, Industrial manufacturing, Auto components, Pharma, Semi-conductors and IT. |
|
Biotechnology Venture Fund
|
2003 |
The first and only Lifesciences focussed Indian Venture Capital fund. Investments include cross–border deals, drug discovery, biodiesel and healthcare infrastructure. |
|
Trans India (AMEX listed)
|
2007 |
The first foreign market–listed fund by an Indian Venture Capital firm. It is a blank–cheque acquisition company that has been setup to leverage the cross–border strengths. |
|
Ventureast Proactive Fund
|
2007 |
Early–to–growth stage technology focussed Venture Capital fund. Has so far made investments in the areas of Semiconductors, Infrastructure technology, technology for Microfinance and other cutting edge technology. |
| Incubation Funds |
|
Ventureast Tenet Fund - I
|
2001 |
The first seed stage fund in association with an academic institution to prove that IP based product companies can be built in India. Invested in areas like telecom, technology for Financial Inclusion, speech recognition and others. |
|
Ventureast Tenet Fund - II
|
2007 |
The first successive seed stage fund in Indian Venture Capital sector. Investments vary across Cleantech, Enterprise mobility, credential verification, IT outsourcing service provider among others. |
| Microequity Fund |
|
BYST Growth Fund
|
2007 |
The first Indian fund to provide equity-like support to small and disadvantaged entrepreneurs. |
|
|
|