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Updated · Entrackr · Jun 12
Aum Ventures Launches $80 Million India Deep-Tech Fund II for 25-30 Startups
Updated
Updated · Entrackr · Jun 12

Aum Ventures Launches $80 Million India Deep-Tech Fund II for 25-30 Startups

3 articles · Updated · Entrackr · Jun 12

Summary

  • $80 million—about Rs 750 crore—is the target size of Aum Ventures' India Innovation Fund II, aimed at Indian founders building IP-led deep-tech companies with global ambitions.
  • The fund will focus on pre-seed and seed rounds, writing initial checks of $750,000 to $2 million and reserving follow-on capital through Series A and B.
  • Aum expects Fund II to back about 25 to 30 portfolio companies across spacetech, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, defence technology and AI.
  • Since launching in 2022, the firm says it has deployed about $30 million across 24 early-stage companies, including Skyroot Aerospace, and recently added Nisha Shah as general partner for the new fund.

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