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Biome announces first close; commits Rs 100 Cr to build co-founded startups

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Biome announces first close; commits Rs 100 Cr to build co-founded startups
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Biome announces first close; commits Rs 100 Cr to build co-founded startups Venture studio Biome has completed the first close of its capital raise, bringing together a group of backers that includes entrepreneurs and strategic family offices. Designed for experienced founders who want to start from zero with deep operational support, it co-creates a select number of high-conviction startups each year through its integrated model of strategy, talent, and capital. According to Biome, the first close brings onboard influential names such as BVR Mohan Reddy, Prasad Yerneni, and Abhinav Reddy, along with the family offices of Raj Phani (Zaggle), Aditya Vuchi, and the family office of the Phoenix Group. These investors contribute not only capital but also strategic networks that span enterprise, infrastructure, and innovation. Biome has also committed a Rs 100 crore investment over the next three years to co-found and scale high-impact startups with deep operational support. Among its early bets is a stealth-mode frontier AI venture headquartered in the US, led by one of the worldโ€™s leading AI scientists and Zoop.Money, a start-up reimagining home loan access. Biome is led by Srinivas Kollipara, Madhu Poomalil, Kaustubh Patekar, and Zaran Bhagwagar, the venture studio originates and co-founds companies from the earliest stage. Its operating team embeds seasoned product leaders, growth operators, and domain experts into each venture from day one, accelerating validation, execution, and scale. โ€œWeโ€™ve built Biome to be the kind of early partner we believe early-stage companies truly need: deeply embedded, execution-led, and committed through every phase of growth. Our capital doesnโ€™t just support companies โ€” it helps build them, brick by brick,โ€ said Srinivas Kollipara, Managing Partner at Biome.

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Colossa Ventures, a SEBI-registered independent venture capital management company, has announced the first close of its maiden fund โ€“ Colossa WomenFirst Fund at Rs 100 crore. The fund with a target corpus of Rs 500 crore will primarily focus on investing in the pre-Series A stage and beyond. Based on research Colossa aims to create a niche in healthcare & healthtech, fintech, climate & cleantech, deeptech and the consumer sectors. The fundโ€™s strategy is to leverage gender-diversity to generate alpha, and has attracted institutions such as SIDBI and family offices like Dr. Ranjan Paiโ€™s Family Office, and the Shriram Ownership Trust, among others to invest in the first close. Co-founded in 2022 by Ashu Suyansh and Vandana Rajadhyaksha, Colossa WomenFirst Fund is a sector-agnostic venture growth fund, that seeks to revolutionize the startup landscape by focusing exclusively on women-founded or co-founded, or where women are the main beneficiaries. A bunch of women-focused funds are currently active in India. For context, Kalaari Capital runs CXXO initiative for female founders. Gender-focused investment platform Achieving Women Equity (AWE) Funds also launched its maiden India fund amounting to Rs 350 crore. Search giant Google runs a program called Google for Startups Women Founders Fund and provides $100,000 in equity-free cash to female-founded startups. Saha Fund, She Capital, and StrongHer Ventures also focus on women founder-led startups.

Alteria Capital announces final close of Fund III at Rs 1,550 Cr

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Mumbai-headquartered venture debt firm Alteria Capital has announced the final close of its third fund at Rs 1,550 crore (approximately $187 million). The fund was oversubscribed with a target size of Rs 1,000 crore and a green shoe option. Alteria Capital, which has backed startups such as Rebel Foods, BlueStone, OneCard, Ather and Captain Fresh, will continue backing startups across consumer brands, e-commerce, fintech, logistics, business-to-business platforms, rural and agritech, healthcare, and climate tech. It will also evaluate companies in the Gen AI and spacetech segments. While it closed the venture debt scheme at Rs 1,550 crore, the shorter duration scheme, currently under subscription, is expected to raise around $105 million. The shorter duration scheme is likely to see its final close by the end of 2024. It will be available to all portfolio companies with the average cheque size ranging between Rs 3 crore and Rs 100 crore. The fund has already deployed 50% of the total capital commitments to portfolio companies, including OneCard, Renee Cosmetics, Samunnati, Blissclub, Rebel Foods, Giva, Lead School, Kissht, Captain Fresh, Traya, BlueStone and Ather.

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Physis Capital crosses Rs 200 Cr in funding Physis Capital, the growth-stage venture fund launched by Vinay Bansal, Ankur Mittal, and Mitesh Shah of Inflection Point Ventures, has raised over Rs 200 crore ($23 million) in its ongoing fundraise. According to the company, the final close is expected within the next 6 to 9 months. The fund focuses on tech-driven startups from Pre-Series A to Series B and aims to build a concentrated portfolio of 15โ€“20 companies. It will invest $1โ€“1.5 million initially, with follow-on cheques of $1โ€“4 million for high-performing portfolio companies. Physis Capital has already backed three startups Ben & Gaws, CTPL, and STAGE and has 8 more deals in the pipeline, with 3โ€“4 expected to close in the next two quarters. The fund has seen participation from leading institutions and family offices including SUD Life, Haldiramโ€™s Family Office, Lotus Holdings, and Narayana Nethralaya. โ€œWith strong support from marquee investors and a clear focus on founder-first investing, Physis Capital is well-positioned to back the next wave of high-impact startups in India. We are on track to build a portfolio of over 15 companies by the first half of next year,โ€ said Vinay Bansal, General Partner, Physis Capital. In March 2022, angel investment platform Inflection Point Ventures (IPV) had announced the launch of its $50 million new fund Physis Capital with a green shoe option of another $25 million. Later in May 2023, Physis Capital announced its first close of CAT II $50 million fund.

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